US Navy – Many questions need to be answered about the new littoral combat ships.

• Virginian Pilot: Report says proposed ship needs more tests

US Marines – Disbursing services during wartime range from contracting to ensuring that Marines receive their pay in the combat zone.

• Marine Corps Gazette: Disbursing Goes to War

Background – History – Like weary boxers, the opposing forces slugged it out with one another in Ironbottom Sound.

• World War II: First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal