An Affordable Global Presence By The Honorable Donald C. Winter - The Secretary of the Navy looks at shipbuilding challenges in an era of tight budgets.

Plus, Naval Aviation Spotlight
Taking Out Saddam’s Floating Pleasure Palace By Commander John Patch, USN (Ret.) - Was Saddam Hussein’s palatial yacht a target of opportunity or was the Navy trying to send a message? Or what?
 

Cover Story: An officer of the deck in the USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) recounts riding out “Halsey’s Typhoon” in Battling the Pacific’s Most Deadly Force By Thompson Webb Jr.

On the 25th years anniversary of the Beirut Marine barracks bombing a veteran recollects the horrific blast in Courage in the Face of Terror By Major Robert T. Jordan, USMC (Ret.)