The full text of the article is available in mirrored form on official and reputable sites, even if Defense.gov is blocked. The most direct full-text copy is on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) at:
Yes. Several official or semi‑official outlets carry the same announcement:
The “Access Denied” page with a reference number (for example, linking to errors.edgesuite.net) is generated by Akamai, a large content‑delivery network (CDN) that Defense.gov and many other large sites use. It indicates that Akamai’s edge server blocked your request—commonly due to security or access‑control rules (IP reputation, geo/IP restrictions, WAF rules, or other policy), not because the page doesn’t exist. The reference number is an internal ID Akamai uses so site administrators can look up the specific blocked request in their logs.
In short: the error is issued by Akamai’s CDN on behalf of Defense.gov, and the reference code lets Akamai/DoD staff diagnose why your request was denied.
Public documentation does not state the exact rule set for this specific Defense.gov page, so the exact restriction cannot be confirmed. However, Akamai‑style “Access Denied” (403) errors with errors.edgesuite.net are typically triggered by:
To check this in practice, a user can:
If the page works from some IPs/regions but not others, that strongly suggests geo/IP or reputation‑based blocking by Akamai’s security configuration for Defense.gov.
Because Defense.gov’s internal security settings are not public, the exact cause for this individual URL remains uncertain.
Yes. Both the Defense Department and the Marine Corps publish media‑relations contacts who can provide details or the article text:
Either office can route a request for the "Marine Corps Launches New Drone Training Program" article or further information.
Yes. The Defense Department publishes RSS feeds for its news content, and individual stories—like “Marine Corps Launches New Drone Training Program”—are typically included there as entries linking back to the full article page. The main Defense.gov news RSS index lists feeds for “News Stories” and other categories:
Separate, fixed PDFs of every article are not generally provided, but the RSS feeds carry the headline, summary, and link for the same content that appears on the blocked web page.