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class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p>The Marines’ F-35B <em>Lightning II</em> jump jet performed its first night-time short takeoff and vertical landing at Maryland’s Patuxent River Naval Air Station on Tuesday.</p> <p>This ability to take off from, and land on, cramped spaces …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114456" class="post-114456 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/procurement/" title="View all posts in Procurement">Procurement</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/05/howd-this-escape/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/110530-m-es508-057.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="Enduring Freedom" title="Enduring Freedom"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/05/howd-this-escape/" title="Permalink to “How’d This Escape?”" rel="bookmark">“How’d This Escape?”</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 05, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/05/howd-this-escape/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114456" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p>And they say the Pentagon is slow when it comes to procurement? It moved pretty quickly this week – although it was cancelling a procurement instead of actually buying something.</p> <p>There’s both good and bad news associated …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114533" class="post-114533 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/korea-2/" title="View all posts in Korea">Korea</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/05/fleeing-imminent-incoming-north-korean-rockets/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screen-shot-2013-04-04-at-5-27-44-pm.png?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="Screen Shot 2013-04-04 at 5.27.44 PM" title="Screen Shot 2013-04-04 at 5.27.44 PM"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/05/fleeing-imminent-incoming-north-korean-rockets/" title="Permalink to Just In Case: U.S. Has Plans for Americans to Flee South Korea" rel="bookmark">Just In Case: U.S. Has Plans for Americans to Flee South Korea</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 05, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/05/fleeing-imminent-incoming-north-korean-rockets/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114533" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://www.army.mil/article/80105" target="_blank"><em><strong>Courageous Channel</strong></em></a> isn’t some new offering from your cable TV provider.</p> <p>It’s the name of the regular <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/NEO/Neo.asp" target="_blank"><strong>Noncombatant Evacuation Operation</strong></a> exercise done by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://topics.time.com/u.s.-military/">U.S. military</a> in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://topics.time.com/south-korea/">South Korea</a> to practice getting thousands of U.S. …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114350" class="post-114350 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/korea-2/" title="View all posts in Korea">Korea</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/04/trying-to-plumb-the-north-korean-mindset/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/158353121.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="TOPSHOTS-NKOREA-MISSILE-KIM" title="TOPSHOTS-NKOREA-MISSILE-KIM"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/04/trying-to-plumb-the-north-korean-mindset/" title="Permalink to Trying to Plumb the North Korean Mindset" rel="bookmark">Trying to Plumb the North Korean Mindset</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 04, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/04/trying-to-plumb-the-north-korean-mindset/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114350" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;">The titting-for-tatting between <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://topics.time.com/north-korea/">North Korea</a> and the U.S. continued Wednesday as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://topics.time.com/pentagon/">Pentagon</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15909" target="_blank"><strong>announced</strong></a> it is dispatching a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system to Guam to shoot down</span> …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114368" class="post-114368 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/korea-2/" title="View all posts in Korea">Korea</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/current-top-pentagon-official-urged-bombing-north-koreawhen-he-was-on-the-sidelines/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/hires_130402-d-ni589-369.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="130402-D-NI589-369" title="130402-D-NI589-369"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/current-top-pentagon-official-urged-bombing-north-koreawhen-he-was-on-the-sidelines/" title="Permalink to Current Top Pentagon Official Urged Bombing North Korea…When He Was on the Sidelines" rel="bookmark">Current Top Pentagon Official Urged Bombing North Korea…When He Was on the Sidelines</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 03, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/current-top-pentagon-official-urged-bombing-north-koreawhen-he-was-on-the-sidelines/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114368" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p>In one of those strange twists of fate TV writers love, Ashton Carter, the current deputy secretary of defense, advocated bombing North Korea seven years ago when he was safely in his bunker at Harvard University.</p> <p>Along with …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114266" class="post-114266 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/military-spending-2/" title="View all posts in Military Spending">Military Spending</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/hagels-flawed-defense-spending-premise/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/hires_130315-d-bw835-154.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="130315-D-BW835-154" title="130315-D-BW835-154"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/hagels-flawed-defense-spending-premise/" title="Permalink to Hagel’s Flawed Defense-Spending Premise" rel="bookmark">Hagel’s Flawed Defense-Spending Premise</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 03, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/hagels-flawed-defense-spending-premise/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114266" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;">Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sketched out his plans for building a leaner <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://topics.time.com/pentagon/">Pentagon</a> on Wednesday — and made some cogent observations on what needs to be done to square U.S. defense plans with U.S. fiscal reality — but he based</span> …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114240" class="post-114240 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-video has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/korea-2/" title="View all posts in Korea">Korea</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/brinksmanship-blockade-north-korea-bars-south-koreans-from-kaesong/"><span class="play-video"></span><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/165302063.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY" title="SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/brinksmanship-blockade-north-korea-bars-south-koreans-from-kaesong/" title="Permalink to Brinksmanship Blockade: North Korea Bars South Koreans from Kaesong" rel="bookmark">Brinksmanship Blockade: North Korea Bars South Koreans from Kaesong</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 03, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/brinksmanship-blockade-north-korea-bars-south-koreans-from-kaesong/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114240" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The other shoe dropped in North Korea Wednesday, as the government of Kim Jong Un refused to let nearly 500 South Korean workers cross the DMZ to work in the Kaesong industrial park.</p> <p>The joint operation between North and South …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114184" class="post-114184 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/military-spending-2/" title="View all posts in Military Spending">Military Spending</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/sequestration-what-sequestration/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/97223280.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="97223280" title="97223280"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/sequestration-what-sequestration/" title="Permalink to Sequestration? What Sequestration?" rel="bookmark">Sequestration? What Sequestration?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 03, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/sequestration-what-sequestration/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114184" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p>Three contract inquiries Wednesday make you wonder just how eager the U.S. government is to save money:</p> <p>– The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=25737954943e498156f04088731eab8b&tab=core&_cview=1" target="_blank"><strong>seeking</strong></a> a gardening contractor who “shall, on Monday through Saturday …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114191" class="post-114191 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/korea-2/" title="View all posts in Korea">Korea</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/hey-guys-the-cammies-are-supposed-to-hide-you/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/int_northkorea.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="North Korean soldiers with weapons attend military training in an undisclosed location" title="North Korean soldiers with weapons attend military training in an undisclosed location"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/hey-guys-the-cammies-are-supposed-to-hide-you/" title="Permalink to Hey Guys: The Cammies Are Supposed to Hide You…" rel="bookmark">Hey Guys: The Cammies Are Supposed to <i>Hide</i> You…</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 03, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/03/hey-guys-the-cammies-are-supposed-to-hide-you/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114191" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p>Let’s face it: we like looking at photographs of the North Korean military because, well…they make the U.S. military look <em>really</em> good.</p> <p>So here is a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://world.time.com/2013/03/15/north-korea-ratchets-up-tension-on-the-peninsula/" target="_blank"><strong>batch</strong></a> of photos put together by Time’s ace photo staff for your …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-114207" class="post-114207 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/">Battleland</a></span><span class="entry-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/chuck-hagel/" title="View all posts in Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a></span> <figure class="entry-thumb entry-thumb-s "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/02/hagel-taking-pay-cut/"><div class="responsive" data-responsive><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/145897292.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1" alt="145897292" title="145897292"/></noscript></div></a></figure> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/02/hagel-taking-pay-cut/" title="Permalink to Hagel Taking Pay Cut" rel="bookmark">Hagel Taking Pay Cut</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-byline">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/author/mt53/" title="Posts by Mark Thompson" rel="author">Mark Thompson</a></span><span class="entry-date">April 02, 2013</span><span class="entry-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/04/02/hagel-taking-pay-cut/#comments"><span data-lf-article-id="114207" data-lf-site-id="314100" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content group"> <p>Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel – following a path <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/2013/02/15/ash-carter-deputy-defense-secretaryand-troublemaker/" target="_blank">blazed</a></strong> by his deputy, Ash Carter – will kick back up to 14 days’ pay to the U.S. Treasury to replicate the pecuniary pain sequestration will inflict on fellow Pentagon …</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-113934" class="post-113934 post type-post status-publish hentry category-battleland category-national format-article has-thumbnail has-badge position-right"> <header class="entry-header"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853/http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/" class="time-brand-link"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406011853im_/http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/badge-battleland.png" alt="Battleland" class="entry-badge"></a> <span class="entry-brand"><a 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