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National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson	Directed Energy Weapons Face Hurdles Directed energy weapons used by Stryker crews are on the verge of being deployed, but there are several hurdles program directors and policymakers must overcome if these new systems are to make an impact in urban battlefields.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Insurgency Tactics Test Helicopters' Staying Power Technology so far has proven to be of little use in protecting Army helicopters from the ravages of small arms and rocket propelled grenades, military and civilian experts contend.
National Defense March 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	QDR Lays Out Strategy, But Can We Afford It? At first glance, the fiscal year 2007 defense budget reflects the arduous challenges facing the administration in trying to balance long-term strategy and requirements against immediate priorities and fiscal pressures.
National Defense March 2006	`Real ID' Controversy Heats Up Lines are being drawn in the battle over what new standards will be put in place when the Real ID Act of 2005 goes into effect two years from now.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	In the Latest Pentagon Strategy, Uncertainty Rules An elaborate plan recently unveiled by the Defense Department aims to prepare the military services to cope with a wide range of threats to national security during the next 20 years.
National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson	Non-Lethal Weapon May Spark Controversy No speakers elicited more questions from the audience at a recent directed energy conference than Stephanie Miller, a researcher working on a non-lethal weapon that employs microwave millimeter technology to make human targets recoil from attack by causing debilitating pain.
National Defense March 2006	`Black Waffle' Saves Pallets in Combat Zone A relatively inexpensive low-density hexane copolymer is being used as an equipment pallet for the U.S. Transportation Command
National Defense March 2006	Ohio Cops Receive Rolling Command Center A mobile command center packed with radios, landline telephone and cellular hookups, a global positioning system and multiple flat panel monitors is being used by an Ohio Police Department.
National Defense March 2006	Troops Inspire Array of Innovative Products The Air Mobility Lab at Fort Dix, N.J., is converting suggestions from company grade officers and non-coms into an array of diverse and useful products.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Raise Stirs Questions on `Fair Pay' A proposed 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel (the same raise that the Bush administration recommended for civilian workers) raised eyebrows in Washington. Giving equal salary increments to military and civilians, critics argue, implies that the Pentagon is failing to reward the dangerous work that troops are doing in Iraq.
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