Basic Damage Control
04/01/2011
04/01/2011 - Slideshow See a basic walkthrough aboard the USS Carl Vinson, on deployment to the area of responsibility of the U.S. 7th Fleet.
Romanian and French Army Advise Afghan National Army
04/01/2011
04/01/2011 - Slideshow Mentors from many different countries play a critical role supporting NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan in site throughout the country.
National Security Implications Of Manufacturing Decline
03/29/2011
By Richard McCormack 03/29 /2011 - The shift of U.S. manufacturing to foreign nations has become an important issue to the U.S. intelligence community. The Director for National Intelligence is undertaking a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the state of American manufacturing.
Remembering 9/11: Christening the USS Arlington
03/27/2011
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake 03/27/2011 – At a somber ceremony remembering the attack on the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and the fatal crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, officials gathered to christen the USS Arlington on March 26, 2011. The event included Arlington County officials, members of families…
At the Christening of the USS Arlington
03/26/2011
03/26/2011 - Second Line of Defense is visiting the Ingalls Shipyards for the christening of LPD-24, the latest in the new LPD 17 series.
Lybia: The Need To Be “Ready Now”
03/23/2011
By Ed Timperlake 03/24/2011 - The USMC for over two decades kept the visionary flame of the need for unique capabilities of the MV-22 Osprey burning. In Afghanistan, it has been a potential war tipping technology and in today’s headlines in the Libyan “adventure” a life savor.
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial
03/22/2011
03/22/2011 - Slideshow By Robert C. Dooley, Col (ret), USAF Forty-nine of America’s first combat aviators lie in rest at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, a majestic monument erected over eighty years ago to honor all US volunteer pilots that flew with the French in World War I...
The Bahrain Red Line
03/16/2011
By Dr. Harald Malmgren 03/16/2011 - Underlying political instability in Bahrain is a fundamental conflict between the Sunni Arabs and the Shi'a Arabs.