2014-02-12 Lt. Col "Spinner" Boniface recently relinquished command of VMM 266 and is preparing for his next assignment. He has significant experience in the Mediterranean and the Middle East having been involved in Operation Odyssey Dawn and recently with the 26th MEU which was in the Mediterranean during the Syrian…
02/11/2014: The operational flexibility of a tiltrotar is clearly seen when the Marines approach landing sites. The ability to maneuver through the battlespace to shape alternative pathways to an LZ is important. The ability to get away rapidly in transition from rotor to plane mode is also a key capability.…
02/11/2014:MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, conducting mid-air refueling while on the way to Singapore from Okinawa, Japan, for the Singapore Air Show, Feb. 6, 2014. Credit: III Marine Expeditionary Force:2/6/14 The Ospreys followed two KC-130J Super Hercules planes of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 from Okinawa…
02/11/2014: In January 2014 a United States Marine Corps (USMC) V22 Osprey landed for the first time onboard the Dixmude, a French Navy Mistral class LHD. The Mistral was part of the Bold Alligator 2012 exercise and the French were well aware of the role of the Osprey in the…
2014-02-08 The Osprey is being featured at the Singapore Air Show. This certainly makes sense after the performance in the Philippines and its engagement in the Pacific has become a new norm. According to a piece by Capt. Caleb Eames written on February 2, 2014: Three MV-22B Ospreys with Marine…
2014-02-07 Armin Tadayon Despite Iran’s long history and culture, it is Iran’s nuclear program and attention-seeking officials that have been at the forefront of global politics in recent times. This is certainly understandable given the Islamic Republic’s occasional belligerence. We are, however, at an impasse on the negotiations with Iran…
2014-02-07 Major General Richard Rowe USA (ret) has made a significant intellectual contribution to the current debate on the way ahead for US DOD budgeting and force structure development. He captures perfectly the con-ops and technology necessary to plus up U.S. global ADA capability to both deter war and if necessary fight…
2014-02-06 by Ed Timperlake The dilemma of the 2nd Nuke Age is proliferation of devices to additional countries, some of which are run like Hitler’s Germany and have a single point cult of personality as the leader. This presents a core strategic challenge: how to deter a cult of personality…
