Hurricane Irene Response: USCG Curtis Bay MD
10/06/2011
10/06/2011: USCG personnel on Chesapeake Bay after Hurricane Irene discuss dealing with the Hurricane and its aftermath. Credit: 356th Broadcast Operations Detachment: 08/28/2011
The F-35 At Eglin
09/30/2011
09/30/2011 We have done several interviews and notes on the arrival of the F-35s at Eglin. With the arrival of the new aircraft, which are production, not test aircraft at Eglin, a new era has begun. The update from the Deputy Wing Commander on July 17 2011: AF9 arrived yesterday…
New Capabilities for Remaking Strategy: The Osprey and the Belize Excursion
09/26/2011
09/26/2011 We have written elsewhere about the impact of the Osprey on Libyan operations. And Lt. Col. Boniface, the ACE commander for 26th MEU, underscored one element of that impact. The Ospreys from Afghanistan flew directly to Souda Bay, Crete and then onto Naval Air Station Signalla, Italy. This trip…
A Special Report on the National Security Cutter
09/23/2011
09/23/2011 We have just posted a new special report for downloading. This special report focuses on the USCG's National Security Cutter. The report looks at the key role which this capability plays for the USCG and its missions. The NSC is unique in providing for both defense and security missions which…
ROTC and Harvard: How Goes It?
09/22/2011
09/12/2011 - Editor’s Note: We received an article presented to the Military Order of the World Wars in Boston on 7 September 2011 from the author, Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret) Harvard ‘63, who is the Chairman of the “Advocates for Harvard ROTC”. The article provides an important update…
The Strategic Whiteboard
09/15/2011
9/15/2011 by Robbin Laird The Second Line of Defense team is starting a series, which we will call the strategic whiteboard. By leveraging the new systems being designed and built today, and building upon the capabilities of these new systems, America can have a better defense at less cost. This…
Building Stability in an Unstable World
09/15/2011
09/15/2011 by Col Robert "Juice" Newton USAF (ret) The coming weeks will see Congress debate various recommendations from the so-called deficit reduction super committee and the stakes could hardly be higher. This committee has until Thanksgiving to find $1.5 trillion in budget cuts and failure to do so will lead…
Iraqi Soldiers Learn Vehicle Maintenance
09/14/2011
09/14/2011: 1st Cavalry Division soldiers teaching Iraqi Army soldiers preventive maintenance on ground combat vehicles. Credit: 362nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:07/23/11