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		<title>F-35: Blade Bummer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news that the Pentagon&#8217;s fleet of 51 F-35 fighters has been grounded because of a half-inch crack in one of its engine&#8217;s turbine blade is one of those problems that can truly be called a teething issue: it&#8217;s something that happens on most every high-tech jet engine that is pushing the engineering envelope. Pentagon officials over the weekend suggested waiting for Pratt &#38; Whitney, the maker of the F-135 powerplant that powers the F-35, could take a week to 10 days. Sometimes such problems are natural; sometimes not. All involved want to make sure that whatever caused the crack is unique to that particular blade and not a threat to all F-35 engines. A single-engine warplane like the F-35 could be doomed by a disintegrating turbine blade. This isn&#8217;t a new problem with the F-35 powerplant; a similar blade cracked during testing in 2007. &#8220;Most likely root cause is resonant response to aerodynamic excitation by the upstream 54 vanes in STOVL operation,&#8221; an investigation into that earlier failure concluded. &#8220;No indication that defects in material properties or single crystal orientation significantly contributed to the failures.&#8221; News of the grounding comes at a sensitive time, as F-35 advocates try to convince the Australian government this week to stick to its original plan to buy 100 of the jets. The grounding is only the latest in a series of problems for the program, which has been plagued by delays and cost overruns. The U.S. military plans on spending $396 billion for 2,457 of the planes, making it the most costly weapons system in the history of the world (the planes, built by Lockheed Martin, are slated to cost $332 billion; Pratt&#8217;s price for the engines is projected to be $64 billion). But the program&#8217;s problems, and looming defense-spending cuts, are likely to cut the program, perhaps by as much as half, defense officials say privately. The grounding affects the F-35s being built for the Air Force, the Marines and the Navy because all three variants use the same engine (&#8220;Putting all<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=108372&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General John Allen Salutes&#8230;His Wife</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2013/02/19/general-john-allen-salutes-his-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marine General John Allen – caught up and cleared in the email scandal that brought down CIA director David Petraeus – told President Obama on Tuesday he would rather retire from the U.S. military than become Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, one of the top posts in the U.S. military. “Today, I met with General John Allen and accepted his request to retire from the military so that he can address health issues within his family,” Obama said in a statement. “I told General Allen that he has my deep, personal appreciation for his extraordinary service over the last 19 months in Afghanistan, as well as his decades of service in the United States Marine Corps.” Obama had already tapped Allen for the NATO post last year when former Army general Petraeus’ affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, became public and forced him to resign from the CIA. Within days, emails between Allen and Jill Kelley, a Tampa socialite, surfaced. She had gone to the FBI to complain about harassing emails she said she was getting from someone, later identified as Broadwell, concerning Petraeus. The email exchange &#8212; said to involved thousands of pages of messages and attached documents &#8212; led Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to put Allen’s nomination on hold until the propriety of the emails was established. Allen was cleared of any wrongdoing last month. Pentagon officials say Allen had been considering retirement ever since his nomination was placed on hold and his wife, Kathy, has grown increasingly ill with an auto-immune disorder. &#8221;For more than 35 years, my beloved Kathy has devotedly stood beside me and enabled me to serve my country,&#8221; Allen said in a statement released Tuesday. &#8220;It is profoundly sobering to consider how much of that time I have spent away from her and our two precious daughters. It is now my turn to stand beside them, to be there for them when they need me most.&#8221; Allen, 59, stepped down from the Afghan post Feb. 10. Panetta praised the longest-serving U.S. commander in the Afghan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=107618&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Exercise, Low Profile, In Japan-China Dispute</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/11/08/big-exercise-low-profile-in-japan-china-dispute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Spitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO – One of the largest-ever joint training exercises between U.S. and Japanese troops is underway in and around the Japanese home islands – but you won’t hear a lot about it.  And for that you can credit tensions with China. More than 47,000 U.S. and Japanese troops, scores of warships and hundreds of combat aircraft are taking part in the exercise, which runs through November 16. The plan is to test the ability of U.S. and Japanese forces to respond to a variety of air, sea and land threats. The so-called Keen Sword exercise is held every two years, but comes this year at a particularly sensitive time.  Japanese and Chinese patrol ships are engaged in a dangerous game of cat and mouse around disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japan insists the islands, which it calls Senkaku, are Japanese territory, and has maintained a steady presence of Coast Guard vessels offshore. China also claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyu, and has been sending maritime surveillance vessels into or near territorial waters almost daily. There have been no direct clashes so far, but tensions remain high. The row was triggered when Japan’s national government in September agreed to buy the islands from private owners, and Tokyo has been struggling to lower the temperature ever since. Authorities last month quietly canceled what would have been a centerpiece of this year’s Keen Sword exercise &#8212; an amphibious landing with Marines and Japanese ground troops. They also are restricting news coverage of the exercise, which has been widely publicized in the past. Both moves were clearly designed to avoid further antagonizing the Chinese. Politically, that was smart, says Alessio Patalano, a lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and a specialist in East Asian security and naval strategy. “With no amphibious exercise, no one in China can claim that the U.S. and Japan are showing an aggressive behavior and that prevents the more conservative voices in China from gaining points,” says Patalano. But militarily, maybe not so<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=93086&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Modest Proposal for Defending Japan&#8217;s Remote Islands</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/25/a-modest-proposal-for-defending-japans-remote-islands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Spitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooler heads have prevailed so far in the standoff between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea. But it might be time for Japan to put a few defenses there in case warmer heads prevail the next time. Japan has talked for years about stationing troops or equipment on its far-flung Nansei Islands, which stretch some 700 miles (1,120 km) southward from the home islands, and developing a modest capability to conduct amphibious warfare. But so far, it’s amounted to little more than vague plans and slogans. If Chinese warships want to slip troops ashore on one of the hundreds of remote islands that Japan owns or claims in the region, there’s little to stop them. And to pry them off would require the help of U.S. Marines &#8212; with potentially dire consequences for U.S.-China relations, not to mention the security of the entire region. There’s no indication, of course, that China actually plans to seize Japanese territory. Japan itself is officially pacifist and has renounced the use of force in settling international disputes. That’s all fine and good. But if Japan wants a little more say in defending its territory, it could do so with a few modest steps. Here’s where to start: 1. Put troops, ships and planes in the region and keep them there. The exact mix and number can be argued all day, but the point is to have a force that is substantial enough to dissuade anyone who might be tempted to look for a quick and easy military option. A battalion or so of ground troops, a squadron of patrol planes and a few small or medium-size warships, based in the southernmost islands near Taiwan, would probably suffice. Right now Japan has nothing south of Okinawa, and very little even there. Might as well post a “Come on in” sign. 2. Establish a joint command that will compel Japan’s self-defense forces to work together. Japan has an excellent navy, a good air force and a decent army. But they suffer the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=90572&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making All Our Troops Bulletproof</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/22/making-all-our-troops-bulletproof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rep. Niki Tsongas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoot, move, communicate. This was the clear, succinct analysis given by an Army major when asked to describe the key components of a military mission. In three words, the major illustrated the reality of modern war theatres &#8212; one in which a soldier’s safety and success relies as much on mobility as it does on strength. Clearly-drawn front lines have become a thing of the past, due to complex locations with ubiquitous enemy threats. In places like Afghanistan, the line is barely visible at all. Constant and pervasive danger makes agile movement a high priority for all soldiers, whether they are assigned directly to combat or not. It is surprising then that one of a soldier’s most basic and necessary pieces of equipment – body armor – can sometimes work in direct contradiction to that basic need. Several years ago during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, I asked a young sergeant if he were ever tempted to take off his protective gear. He hesitated and glanced sheepishly at the general sitting nearby before giving a confident reply: “Yes, ma’am.” He explained the armor was cumbersome, heavy and that sometimes it was just easier to maneuver without it. A visit to Afghanistan amplified the sergeant’s concerns. There, I met with a colonel who heaved off his armor and, rubbing his sore knees, spoke of the burden the gear’s weight put on his joints. Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan are outfitted with body armor that weighs as much as 40 pounds. When combined with the gear that troops must carry in the field, the total weight our soldiers carry can exceed 120 pounds. It can lead to long term muscular skeletal injuries and an elevated risk that armor may be removed in the field. Lightened body armor, which the military has made progress on, would mean increased safety and reduced risk for soldiers like the sergeant and the colonel. But for the major, the task of shoot, move, communicate is made even more difficult by the fact that the armor does not<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=89912&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women 0-For-2 in Marine Combat Training</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/17/women-0-for-2-in-marine-combat-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second female Marine officer has washed out of the corps' infantry-officer training, Marine Corps Times reports. That means both women – along with nearly 30 of 107 men – have failed to make it through the grueling 13-week course.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=89304&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Austin Tice, And the Tug of War</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/11/on-austin-tice-and-the-tug-of-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Gibbons-Neff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago, a friend posted an article — a Facebook post, rather — that Austin Tice wrote before he went missing. Austin is a freelance journalist, fellow Marine, and fellow Georgetown student apparently captured by someone in Syria in August.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88660&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s What Friends Are For…</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/07/thats-what-friends-are-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Morrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night was our &#8220;family dinner&#8221; at our suicide-survivors&#8217; conference in San Diego.TAPS provided us with fried chicken (I was one happy Texan!) and several other comfort foods. We sat at tables with friends both new and old and everyone had the same precious look on their faces- exhausted yet grateful. I was feeling tired, emotionally stretched, excited, comforted, and thrilled to hear our key note speaker Marine Corps Sergeant Major Brian Battaglia, the senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that role, his mission is to keep the nation&#8217;s top military officer &#8212; Army General Martin Dempsey &#8212; keenly aware of how the nation&#8217;s young men and women in uniform are faring and feeling. It&#8217;s a vital job after &#8212; as of Sunday &#8212; 11 straight years of war. I first met Sergeant Major Battaglia in June at the Department of Defense-VA suicide prevention conference. He sat in the front row during our panel of survivors&#8217; stories, and served as a grounding force for me while I poured my heart out. I had no idea who he was, but was compelled to go thank him for giving me an encouraging smile when I struggled to grasp words. I soon learned that he played a very important role within our military, specifically working on suicide prevention. So, you can imagine my delight when I found out he would be speaking at the TAPS Suicide Survivor Seminar. Saturday night, Sergeant Major Battagia spoke to our gathering of survivors, and encouraged us to continue sharing our stories. He honored our loved ones and affirmed what I, too, believe: they all died heroes. He spoke of the love and support we all now have in TAPS and of his personal appreciation and awe of such a passionate and precious organization. Lastly, he addressed the fiercest survivors among us, the children. As a teacher, I was so incredibly moved by what came next. Sergeant Major Battaglia invited the children to come to the stage. He told them that<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88060&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The MRAP: Brilliant Buy, or Billions Wasted?</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/02/the-mrap-brilliant-buy-or-billions-wasted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon celebrated its Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle program at the Pentagon on Monday, but the biggest question was left hanging: did the nearly $50 billion investment in MRAPs make sense?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87407&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big U.S. Fleet Nears Disputed Islands, But What For?</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/09/30/big-u-s-fleet-nears-disputed-islands-but-what-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Spitzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO – It’s probably just a coincidence; no need to worry yet. But the U.S. has quietly assembled a powerful air, land and sea armada not far from where Japan and China are squaring off over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Two Navy aircraft carrier battle groups and a Marine Corps air-ground task force have begun operating in the Western Pacific, within easy reach of the Senkaku Islands. That’s where Japanese and Chinese patrol boats are engaged in an increasingly tense standoff. Chinese vessels have repeatedly entered territorial waters around the small islands in recent weeks and Coast Guard vessels from Japan and Taiwan fired water cannons at each other last week. The islands are controlled and administered by Japan, but claimed by both China and Taiwan. No warships have been directly involved in the confrontations, so far. But China has vowed to continue sending patrol vessels into territorial waters and Japan has assembled scores of Coast Guard vessels to “defend” the islands. The U.S. hasn’t taken sides in the ownership dispute, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for “cooler heads” to prevail. Nonetheless, U.S. officials have stated clearly that the Senkakus fall under the U.S.-Japan security treaty, which would require the U.S. to come to Japan’s aid in case of attack. Navy officials confirmed Sunday that the USS George Washington carrier strike group has begun operating in the East China Sea, near the disputed islands. The USS John C. Stennis group is only slightly further away in the South China Sea. Each carrier is armed with more than 80 warplanes, and strike groups typically include guided-missile cruisers and destroyers, submarines and supply ships. In the nearby Philippine Sea, some 2,200 Marines are embarked aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard and two escorts. The Marines are equipped with amphibious assault vehicles, light armored vehicles, artillery, helicopters and Harrier fighter jets. Carrier groups and Marine task forces often operate alone, so the convergence of the three groups in a relatively small part of the Pacific represents an unusual<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87072&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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