Global Stability in a Time of Flux

01/03/2012
01/03/2012 By Robbin Laird Many years ago when finishing my graduate degree in Political Science at Columbia University I wrote my dissertation on how to understand the nature and dynamics of historical change.  The title of the dissertation was order within chaos, and the core point was that stability was harder…

Last Man Standing

12/24/2011
12/24/2011 by Ed Timperlake Aerospace Daily has just reported breaking news that the GAO dismissed a bid protest by Hawker Beechcraft on their submission of the AT-6 for the light air support aircraft program--known as the LAS acquisition.  This GAO finding  is a  tribute to the USAF LAS Acquisition Team ---a Navy…

The Maturing of Russia-India Relations

12/19/2011
12/19/2011 by Richard Weitz After India obtaining statehood in 1947, the nonalignment doctrine championed by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru disallowed India from entering any alliance or bloc. Instead, India pursued had a unique policy that combined pragmatism with nonalignment. This nonalignment policy allowed India to work with the Soviet…

Darwin Military Museum

12/14/2011
12/14/2011: U.S. Marines with 2nd Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team out of Norfolk, Va., visit Darwin Military Museum in Darwin, Australia, Nov. 26, 2011. FAST Marines are attending Exercise Semper Fast 2011, a combined training event hosted by 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment focusing on small arms ranges, direct fire ranges,…

US Coast Guard cutters respond to disabled tug

12/12/2011
12/12/2011: PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island, a 110-foot patrol boat, and the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender, respond to the tug Beth McAllister that was disabled 23 nautical miles southeast of Ocracoke, N.C., Nov. 5, 2011.The tow was passed…

Moving Tanks, Equipment Out of Iraq

12/09/2011
12/09/2011: National Guard Soldiers from 1452nd Combat Heavy Equipment Transport Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Load Tanks at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. Credit: 362nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:11/4/2011

Over Hill, Over Dale the MRAPs Hit the Dusty Trail

12/08/2011
12/08/2011: In the first photo, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles roll into the Redistribution Property Assistance Team Yard at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, Dec. 3, 2011.The RPAT assists soldiers and units coming out of Iraq to turn in mission essential items, which helps them redeploy back to the United States. [slidepress…

New facilities for Logistic Support Team at Camp Atterbury

12/07/2011
12/07/2011: A new Army Sustainment Command complex was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Nov. 7. This new eight-acre complex includes a maintenance shop, warehouse and operations building for issuing and maintaining over 2,300 pieces of equipment, from weapons to Mine…