AEI/Heritage Project for the Common Defense Weekly Read Board

Navy:

"No, the Russian Navy Isn't Going to Collapse," by Dmitry Gorenburg (War on the Rocks, 02/02/15)

"The One Article to Read on Chinese Naval Strategy in 2015," by Franz-Stefan Gady (The Diplomat, 02/03/15)

"Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy," by Editors (USNI News, 02/03/15)

"The Coming (Invisible) War of the UUVs?" by Jon Solomon (Information Dissemination, 02/04/15)

"A Better LCS- Or An All-New Frigate?" by Bill Sweetman (Aviation Week, 02/05/15)

"McCain to Pentagon: Don't Let Your Aircraft Carriers Visit China," by Craig Whitlock (Washington Post, 02/05/15)

"The Navy's Hidden Crisis," by Robert C. O'Brien (Politico, 02/05/15)

"Navy Considering Railgun for Third Zumwalt Destroyer," by Sam LaGrone (USNI News, 02/05/15)

USMC:

1.    Inside the commandant's plan to rebuild the NCO ranks

2.    Q&A with the CMC: Dunford's vision for the Marine Corps

3.    Corps' 2016 budget temporarily halts drawdown

4.    Marine Corps Proposes $25B Budget Keeping End Strength at 184K

5.    Hornets to deploy with Corps' Middle East crisis response unit

6.    Marine Corps receives its first F-35C fighter jet

7.    3-star calls on defense industry to help cyber Marines

8.    Marine Corps Special Operations troops begin New Orleans training

9.    Task force studies women in ground combat positions

10.  CMC's plan for ship-to-shore connectors soothes critics