COVER STORYOnce a training mainstay, jungle warfare now a niche that Marines don’t want to forgetThirty-five years since the last helicopters left Saigon, the U.S. military’s institutional memory of jungle warfare has largely faded into the history books. If a large-scale fight ever broke out again in a jungle environment, most Marines here agreed that, given similarly capable enemies, it would be a tougher fight than in Iraq or Afghanistan. • Story
Confidentiality concerns may deter some civilian victims from reporting sex crimesCivilian victims of sexual assault on military bases are entitled to much less confidentiality when reporting the crime than military victims, a disparity that some victims and a senior military expert on the issue believe is suppressing reports and prosecutions. • Story
Tinian may be alternative for Marines on OkinawaIf you need a new home for those helicopters on Okinawa, give Tinian a call. The tiny mid-Pacific island is waiting to hear from you. • Story
ABVs ready to break Afghan groundThe Marine Corps has deployed a new weapon to fight Afghan insurgents’ roadside bombs. The 62-ton Assault Breacher Vehicle — built from a refurbished M1 Abrams tank chassis — can be equipped with a plow and bulldozer blade to dig up roadside bombs and breach obstacles. • Story
With no clean water, Haitians can’t avoid illnessClose to a month after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, those who cannot afford potable water drink sewer water mixed with bleach. Most of the Haitians treated Thursday at a small tent city inside the capital suffered from gastrointestinal ailments, and others who had been washing their clothes in dirty water had vaginal and urinary tract infections, said Bryan Swanberg, an emergency medical technician. The camp holds about a dozen tents but only one squalid porta-potty. • Story
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Spouse CallsA weekly column in Stripes' Scene magazine by Terri Barnes, a military wife and mother of three who lives and writes in Germany. • This week's column • Terri Barnes' blog
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