02-21-2013 Second Line of Defense participated extensively in the coverage of Bold Alligator 2012. https://sldinfo.com/special-report-bold-alligator-2012-and-the-future-of-the-expeditionary-strike-group/ We hope to continue that coverage during Bold Alligator 2013 this Spring. According to Col Bradley Weisz, Deputy ESG 2, BA 13 is designed to continue the revitalization of amphibious warfare expertise at the Expeditionary…
2013-02-20 The kind of capability which the A400M delivers will be highly valued by the French forces when deliveries start later this year. The evolving concepts of operations by the French forces are built on rapid insertion of force and keeping up a tempo of attack. Airlifters are a central…
2013-02-20 by Col Bradley E. Weisz (USMC) Humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) operations are a core element, which the US military is tasked to do. It is also a key part of exercising forward presence and for shaping the kind of domain knowledge essential to global operations. In the last 5 years,…
2013-02-19 When the brutal Tsunami hit Japan in 2011, the devastation was significant. The threat from leakage of the nuclear plants was ever-present. The challenge of restoring Japan in the face of significant damage was a daunting one. Earlier we have looked at the challenge of shaping resilient organizations and the…
2013-02-18 Colombia has battled the FARC for a considerable period of time. The FARC operate in the jungles of Columbia and operate in the East and Southeast of the country. The armed forces' participation in counternarcotics operations associated with the FARC is aimed at penetrating one of the areas of…
2013-02-16 by Col. Bradley Weisz In December of 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the build-up of an additional 30,000 U.S. forces to Afghanistan in support of the 8-year-old war officially known as Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The primary objectives for this large troop surge were to reverse the Taliban momentum that…
With the North Korean nuclear weapons test a keen reminder of the challenges of the 2nd nuclear age, the need to get missile defense right is increasingly pressing. https://sldinfo.com/the-challenge-of-deterrence-in-the-second-nuclear-age-a-discussion-with-paul-bracken/ [caption id="attachment_50869" align="alignnone" width="200"] PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2013) A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1A interceptor is launched from the guided-missile…
2013-02-11 Unfortunately, the debate about the littoral combat ship, and the confusion of building a fairly limited ship with disruptive change, has obscured the real transformation at sea. The dynamics of change affecting the seabase are truly significant. The ARG-MEU is being transformed into an expeditionary strike group. With the addition…
