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National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marines Likely to Curtail Ground-Vehicle Wish List The Marine Corps is struggling to keep its ground-vehicle modernization plans afloat.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Big Dog' Could Become A Marine's Best Friend Dogs are said to be man's best friend. Marine Corps officials hope that a new four-legged robot called "Big Dog" will be a Marine's best friend.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marine Corps Lab Eyes Unmanned Aircraft for Battlefield Re-Supply Scientists are pondering new ways to employ robotics technology to extend the reach of supply delivery networks.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marine Corps Ponders Latest MRAP Lessons As thousands of mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles are rushed to the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials say that the enemy already has found ways to beat the heavily armored trucks, known as MRAPs.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Contentious Debate Over Border Fences Won't End Soon Dormant as a national issue until late 2005, securing the southern border suddenly became an intensely debated subject and a political hot potato.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Cost of New Border Fencing Could Reach $47 Billion A series of cameras and sensors linked to Border Patrol vehicles and a command and control center south of Tucson, Ariz., was meant to serve as a test bed for a so-called virtual fence.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	FEMA on a Mission to Regain Credibility Scarred from its poor performance during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, agency leadership openly said it would take a major disaster to prove itself. It got that chance when wildfires swept through Southern California.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Emergency Responders Hone Skills Amid the Rubble One of the first skills firefighters and other first responders learn at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center is how to hoist a slab of concrete off a rubble pile using only their muscles.
National Defense July 2008 Juan D. Deaton	How to Achieve Next-Generation Public Safety Networks Cellular technology is an extremely attractive option for public safety communications. The success of the commercial market will guarantee that the technology will continue to improve.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	F-35 factory: One aircraft per day by 2016 Inside a manufacturing facility so large that workers routinely bike and ride golf carts down paths named after fighter jets, preparations are underway to begin mass production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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