2014-01-25 We have written extensively over the years about the introduction of the Osprey and the USMC approach to learning as you deploy. It is not about the Inside the Beltway “reviewers” determining the point of delivery of capability to the warrior, it is about the warriors themselves shaping combat…
2014-01-21 In an interview with the CO of the “Sumos,” he focused on the growing role of the pairing of KC-130Js with Ospreys. I would add that since the arrival of the Ospreys, about 2/3rds of our tanking requirement is to support the long-range assault support capability, which the Osprey provides. …
2014-01-17 Case 4: Deterring North Korea in the Second Nuclear Age For the United States, the deterrence of North Korea is no longer reduced to the defense of South Korea. It is about deterrence of states emerging in the second nuclear age. There is significant global cross fertilization from the…
2014-01-16 It took a while for the KC-130J to work out its wrinkles. But by 2002, the new plane entered into USMC operations. This preceded the Osprey by five years, but the maturing of the Osprey and its pairing with the KC-130J is shaping a new long range force insertion capability.…
2014-01-15 The recent Forager Fury II exercise was a test of the ability of the USMC, USAF and the USN to surge forces into key objective areas in the Western Pacific. According to a story Airman 1st Class Emily A. Bradley, 36th Wing Public Affairs published on December 17, 2013:…
2014-01-15 The USCG is struggling to recapitalize its cutter fleet. The National Security Cutter is an effective ship as part of a maritime security package but will not be bought in the numbers required for the USCG’s global role. The smaller cutter, the Offshore Patrol Cutter, is struggling even to…
2014-01-15 By Michael W. Wynne 21st Secretary of the United States Air Force Welcome to a new year in the world of design and development of Air Superiority; and therefore Concepts of Air Warfare. Over the past several years, while the United States was unilaterally giving up its clear advantage…
2014-01-15 Case 3: Shaping A Distributed Operations Force for the Pacific The United States is in the midst of its Pivot to the Pacific. The U.S. Marine Corps is in many ways the pivoting force for the pivot. The USMC is really at the center of the pivot to the…
