US Navy – With its sophisticated guidance package, long range and ability to be fired from a variety of platforms, the Joint Common Missile (JCM) will give Army, Navy and Marine Corps aviation crews a powerful new weapon from the air.

• Sea Power: Joint Common Missile Will Bolster Navy, Marine and Army Air Power

Background – History – The Marines hit Saipan hard and found, for the first time in the Pacific, what combat in the cities was all about.

• Leatherneck: Saipan

Background – Transformation – The purpose of the present article is to describe the consequences of overreliance on technologically advanced systems over the course of a single war.

• Parameters: Overreliance on Technology in Warfare: The Yom Kippur War as a Case Study

Background – 4th Generation Warfare – William Lind reviews the 4 generations of warfare.

• Defense and the National Interest: The Canon And The Four Generations

Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks reflects on the casualties in Iraq.

• Washington Post: Sacrifice In the In-Box