Visiting SP-MAGTF in Spain: A Mission Rehearsal Drill for Reinforcing an Embassy

02/01/2014
2014-02-01 Interviews Conducted by Murielle Delaporte Second Line of Defense’s Murielle Delaporte had the opportunity to visit the Special Purpose Crisis Response MAGTF at their temporary operating facility in Spain in mid December.  Shortly after she observed their training efforts, the force went on its second mission, this one to South…

Nato Response Force Exercise, 2014

01/30/2014
01/30/2014: Various Land Sea, and Air exercises as part of NATO multi-national training exercise in early 2014. For NRF 2014 rotation NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) gives his specific guidance to JFC Brunssum to train, prepare and certify the Immediate Response Force (IRF) and the elements designated in the Response…

The U.S. Military and Operation Damayan: Shape a Relief Infrastructure and Withdraw

01/25/2014
2014-01-25 By Robbin Laird While many TV commentators seemed to have spent their time covering the Philippine relief situation doing little but to criticize the performance of the Philippine government (Anderson Cooper certainly comes to mind), key contingents of the USMC and USAF were working rapidly to establish the infrastructure for…