Professor RODGER KRAM (Biomechanics, University of Colorado Boulder): Marine-types, soldier-types, EMTs, that's sort of thing.
In 1958, a young former Marine -- Bob -- came on as chief engineer.
Further write-offs loom over two contracts, for Nimrod marine-surveillance aircraft and new Astute-class nuclear submarines.
The Marines have been participating in Operation Khanjar -- the Marine-led offensive targeting militants in Helmand.
And most of those dollars still come from companies that sell boats, fishing equipment and other marine-related products.
Building something new is the goal of the marine-products division of the Miyagi prefectural government, in the northeast.
Along with the serious marine-on-Alien FPS action, we can also expect some tension between the military and Weyland-Yutani.
The International Energy Agency thinks that Britain is pursuing more marine-power designs (29) than any other country (America, with 13, is second).
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Some of these guys are pretty big. (Laughter.) Captain Kemp is an ex-Marine -- which means he's still a Marine.
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You can have it all as a super human space marine - jetpacks, armor, hammers, swords, guns, bombs - in melee, ranged and aerial combat modes.
There is more hope for offshore wind, which is technically trickier, since North Sea oil has left a legacy of marine-engineering expertise in Britain.
The European marine-energy research centre is located in the Orkney Islands, and plenty of research and development work is being done around the country.
David Pugh, the leader of the Isle of Wight council, is hoping to interest Southampton University, which has a big marine-research division, in his tidal-power plans.
Subsidies are more generous in countries such as Portugal, which is keen on building a marine-power sector of its own and offers extra cash to less mature technologies.
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The project looks at four main threats to coral reefs -- marine-based threats, over-fishing, coastal development, and land-based sources of pollution -- in six main coral reef regions.
Yet to come (and be placed) is a marine-safety agency, at one moment destined for that mighty seaboard power, Luxembourg, until France rocked the boat with a claim from Brest.
Coastal communities and small island developing states (SIDS), which rely on marine-based ecosystem services for a significant portion of their livelihoods, will be the first to feel the impacts of increased ocean acidification.
Duncan MacKay, a local marine-energy consultant, says that if all the energy companies' plans come to fruition, something like 500 seabed and surface turbines will be installed within 18 miles of Thurso over the next decade.
It said one such branch in a British marine-equipment company wrote to the firm's headquarters in London suggesting that the company take advantage of strong local demand by moving more of its operations from Britain to China.
Today, hundreds of floats deployed under the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), coordinated by UNESCO and largely supported by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), are used to measure ocean temperature, salinity and tsunami risk.
The Marine Conservation Society says harvesting whitebait in large quantities reduces food supplies for other species - such as marine birds - in the food chain.
The Center for Security Policy welcomed the Defense Acquisition Board's long-awaited decision Wednesday to approve full-rate production of the V-22 Osprey, the Marine Corps-Special Operations hybrid helicopter-airplane that will support the sorts of missions the United States military will have to undertake in the 21st Century.
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Gasfin is a shareholder in the operating companies, TGE Gas Engineering GmbH (www.tge-gas.com) and TGE Marine AG (www.tge-marine.com).
The ship wound its way along the stunning Ross Sea -- believed to be the last untouched marine eco-system on the planet -- providing scientists with an important insight into one of our few remaining healthy waterways.
Last week's order to ground the planes - in the US air force, army and Marine Corps - marked the second time in two months planes from the F-35 range have been grounded.
The Navy now has 13 maritime prepositioned ships (MPS) divided into three squadrons, each capable of supporting a brigade-sized Marine Corps air-ground task force for 30 days.
For military officials -- like General Paul Kelley, a former Commandant of the Marine Corps -- this is about national security.
And in Hawaii, WATG is building the U-Sea Marine Habitat, an 80-room undersea hotel, observatory and marine research center.
Initial air operations are almost always the predominant responsibility of Navy-Marine air, while on-going sustainability is shared with the Air Force.
The Lockheed Martin F-35C that the Navy is officially planning to buy is a stealthy, single-engine strike fighter derived from the same technologies as the Air Force F-35A and Marine Corps F-35B.
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