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Outside November 2009 Brian Mockenhaupt	Fire on the Mountain In the rugged eastern provinces of Afghanistan, American Troops are engaged in a kind of alpine warfare not seen for decades. Months can go by without combat, but the calm is often shattered when you least expect it.
Vietnam August 2006 Colonel Dick Camp	3rd Battalion, 26th Marines Fight With the NVA 324B Division in September 1967 During the Vietnam War As the battalion got the word that it would be relieved, an enemy voice was heard over the battalion radio: "Goodbye, 3/26!"
Vietnam August 2007 Mark Bernstein	Vietnam War: Operation Dewey Canyon One of the most successful offensives of the Vietnam War was also one of its most controversial.
Vietnam Tom Evans	'Sixtys Up!' Mortarmen do one thing in the infantry better than anyone else. They hump equipment--carrying heavy loads everywhere riflemen go.
Outside April 2006 Aron Ralston	My Summit Problem What would you do after you'd been trapped in the wilderness and forced to cut off your own arm? You probably wouldn't try to become the first person to climb all 59 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks in winter, and alone.
National Defense October 2006 Harold Kennedy	Army, Marines Strive to Improve Personal Combat Gear As the Pentagon struggles to pay mounting war costs, the Army and Marine Corps are pressing ahead with efforts to provide troops with improved equipment.
National Defense January 2007 Harold Kennedy	Army Selects New Winter Gear to Give Troops Edge in Combat With winter winds now blowing full force in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is preparing to supply its combat troops with a new generation of cold-weather clothing.
World War II October 2006 Stanley C. Jersey	Ordinary Marines: Guadalcanal's Lonely Patrol During World War II An unsung unit patched together from a depleted battalion of 2nd Division leathernecks cleared the way for the legendary Carlson's Raiders on Guadalcanal.
Outside July 2003 Peter Maass	The Rough Guide to Iraq This spring, a quarter of a million Americans took a trip. It was noisy, hot, and violent. Accommodations were poor. Some of them didn't come back.
Outside November 2003	The Universal Language of Pow Ready to grab fresh big air? We've got hemispheres of the white stuff -- and timely beta on boosting your stamina, choosing the right equipment, and finding singular steeps close to home. Who says winter ever needs to end?
Outside October 2005 Stark et al.	Let the Bad Times Roll Thirteen unlucky people tell of their worst moments while outdoors... Great books about bad luck... Ten worst adventure disasters of the past 200 years...
Military History March 2007 Randy Gaddo	Blowup in Beirut: U.S. Marines Peacekeeping Mission Turns Deadly In 1983, the deadly truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon shocked the nation. Today it looks like a harbinger of global terrorism.
National Defense July 2005 Harold Kennedy	Marines Seek Better Training, Gear for Urban Combat The U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its emphasis to preparing Marines to fight in urban areas, in addition to deserts, mountains and jungles.
World War II February 2007 Dick Camp	The Leatherneck Resistance: A Secret World War II OSS Mission An elite group of Marine paratroopers joins French freedom fighters on a covert mission behind enemy lines.
Outside February 2004 Eric Hansen	Winter's Wonderland Workout Keeping super-fit from November to April outside of the gym is easy.
Vietnam Joe Zentner	Above and Beyond the Call From Roger Donlon in 1964 to Roy Benavidez in 1981, the Medal of Honor was awarded to 239 Americans who served in Vietnam.
Fast Company November 1999 Karen Karbo	Skiing Scared They've been devoured by monster moguls. They've freaked in the steeps. Now they're fighting back. Meet four brave souls who have traveled to British Columbia to jump-start the ski season -- and to take on their own version of the abominable snowman.
National Defense December 2004 Michael Peck	Marines Unveiling Two New Games The Marine Corps is adapting two commercial video games---one a first-person-shooter and the other a platoon level strategy game---for training purposes.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Jeff Wise	As Killer Avalanches Strike, Tech to the Rescue in Backcountry With at least five Americans succumbing to the snow in one January weekend, science continues to battle winter's white killer, but can technology trump recklessness in the backcountry?
Aviation History January 2007 Otto Kreisher	The Rise of the Helicopter During the Korean War Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean War's early days, choppers had become an essential battlefield tool by the conflict's end.
Vietnam August 24, 2004 Al Hemingway	Harvey Barnum: Medal of Honor Recipient In-country for just two weeks, artillery forward observer Harvey Barnum assumed command of Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a Viet Cong ambush. Here, he talks about his experiences during two Vietnam tours.
Outside November 2008 Rob Story	The Goat Route Ski tourists may flock to the Haute Route of France and Switzerland, but this crew wanted more. So they skinned, pisted, and off-pisted all the way across the westernmost Alps -- with a little help from 59 lifts and Hunter S. Thompson.
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	Corps' Trainers Target `Ungoverned' Areas of World The first element of the Marine Corps' new special-operations command already is scrambling to tackle its mission to help prepare the soldiers of under-developed nations to defend themselves against terrorists.
National Defense April 2012 Dan Parsons	Marines Tired of Playing Army Role in Land Wars "We're there to get in, kick down doors, kill who we have to kill and get the hell out," said Lance Cpl. Lewis Rivera, with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Weapons Company. "Everybody wants to get back out here at sea. Everybody."
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean	Small Unit Leaders Need Better Training Marine Corps planners have begun a series of combat experiments designed to sharpen the skills of dismounted troops.
Nursing November 2009 Laskowski-Jones & Jones	Winter emergencies: Managing ski and snowboard injuries This article provides an overview of ski- and snowboard-related trauma, describes injury management considerations in the field, and offers advice for snow sport injury prevention and safety.
Vietnam June 28, 2004 James Donovan	Combined Action Program: Marines' Alternative to Search and Destroy The U.S. Marine Corps CAP just might have been a viable alternative to MACV's 'big battalions' strategy in Vietnam.
National Defense January 2012 Dan Parsons	Challenges Persist with Nonlethal Technology The escalation-of-force module is a Marine-specific approach to nonlethal capabilities. Other services have their own.
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al.	10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.
Popular Mechanics December 24, 2008 Andrew Moseman	Win Snowball Fights With Better Strategy and Snow Tech Snow experts to tell us what makes the best packing snow, how to build a solid snow fort and what tools you can use to dominate this winter.
Outside August 2007 Josh Dean	Powder Keg As you may have heard, they ski in Iran. As you may not have heard, the terrain is pretty sweet, there are dudes bouncing on the chairlifts, and the hills are alive with happy women in flowing robes. Can we make peace with this place immediately?
Adventure November 2005 Robert Earle Howells	Adventure Travel 2006: The Sports Trips Atlas The best locations around the world for skiing, rafting, mountaineering, diving, and mountain biking.
Vietnam June 2007 Peter Brush	Battle of Khe Sanh: Recounting the Battle's Casualties A Marine veteran of the war's longest battle in 1968 searches for the truth beyond the official numbers.
National Defense February 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marines Bring Iraq Lessons Into Street - Fighting Drills An urban-combat training center in California may be the largest such facility in the world. It can provide that "you never know what's around the corner" unexpected feeling -- just like in a real city.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Frederik Balfour	Fresh Killing Fields Evan Wright's book "Generation Kill" and Andrew Exum's book "This Man's Army" are a must for anyone wanting to grasp the experience of the trigger-pullers in today's U.S. military.
AskMen.com Steve Richer	How To: Join The Special Forces It used to be that the Special Forces only recruited from within the military, but now even civilians can sign up. Here's how you can become a member of the Special Forces.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	Marines Prepare to Fight at Sea, on the Ground, From the Air After more than a decade of slogging counterinsurgency warfare, the Marine Corps is preparing for the conflicts of the future.
Popular Mechanics January 2010	On the Ski Slopes With Avalanche Patrollers No matter how experienced a ski patroller is, the danger of a particular slope can never be evaluated perfectly.
Vietnam John W. Flores	Marine's Sacrifice in the Battle of Hue With the 1996 commissioning of the guided-missile destroyer USS Alfredo Gonzalez, a Marine Medal of Honor recipient's legacy lives on.
National Defense July 2005 Michael Peck	Marines Share Hard-Earned Knowledge Marines fighting in Iraq have concluded that, in order to defeat insurgents, the urban tactics learned in the United States require a substantial makeover.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s.
Outside November 2007 Jon Billman	The Wendy Syndrome Professional freeskiers play in a Neverland of sponsorships, big air, and deadly consequences. But what happens when it's time to grow up? Charlotte Moats makes the leap from big-line ripper to house flipper -- and den mother to a ragged pile of lost boys.
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy	Amid Bursting Bombs, Services Seek Better Body Armor As roadside bombs take an increasingly costly toll among U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military services are struggling to provide more effective body armor for deployed forces.
Outside April 2002	Letter Thank you for your cover story on search and rescue... I found it refreshing to read about the training marines undergo to prepare for the rigors of outdoor life... etc.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Soldier Energy Needs Outpacing Technology, Policy The military over the past decade has been grappling with the issue of power and its effects on everything from the mundane -- like microwaves and coffee pots -- to the sustainment of troops on foot patrols.
National Defense November 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines Seek to Recapture Their Lost Sea-Warfare Skills "Dawn Blitz 2011," was a simulation of what it could be like to deploy a Marine Expeditionary Brigade force of up to 17,000, entirely from ships.
National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons	Benghazi Attack Puts Spotlight on Marine Embassy Guards When the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was overrun on Sept. 11, public outcry erupted over whether security at the installation was sufficient.
Adventure February 2005 Steve Casimiro	Tahoe Unbound There's a new era of backcountry skiing in Lake Tahoe. Here's how to reap the rewards.
National Defense September 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marines buying powerful telescopes for every rifleman in fighting units The total number soon will surpass 600,000, said the program manager for optics and non-lethal systems at Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va.
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Training Facilities Force Marines To Experience the Fog of War Maneuvering through mock villages is not a new concept, but the Marine Corps believes this system creates the most realistic setting those deploying overseas can experience in the United States.