An Interview With Captain Dwyer 10/08/2010 – "When you separate the V-22 and the fixed-wing striker you untether the range from the helicopters. So since we could put the V-22/F35B tandem on a different vessel, that vessel can go somewhere else and still be able to provide protection for the…
By Hon. Ed Timperlake 10/08/2010 - As the United States Marines go through one of the cyclic challenges to their mission it is interesting to look at the Navy/Marine team’s recent performance of a Marine Expediency Unit (MEU). Navy/Marines forces in the Indian Ocean (IO) projected power from the sea…
By Ed Timperlake 09/24/2010 The world has taken notice of an important and successful military attack in a nasty war raging in Colombia South America. The event has a lesson for the American Military especially in Afghanistan.
An Interview With Lieutenant-Colonel Berke "The joint operational role for the Raptor is significant. I'd say 80% of our funded testing since I've been here in the last two years in some way, shape, or form involves integration; whether it's integration with other airplanes like F-18s, F-15s and 16s, or…
A Conversation with General Corley About the Future of Air Power "In my mind, I think enduring capabilities for a Combat Air Force is, first, the ability to dissuade and deter, and I probably think I would add the word reassure. I think we are missing the point if we…
In the dynamic and fluid conditions of the defense business in the second decade of the 21st century, governments and industry and working through a variety of approaches and business models to shape capabilities for US and allied forces. One such example is the Watchkeeper program.
In meetings during our visit to TRANSCOM spring, TRANSCOM officials explained how they addressed the Haiti mission.... the nature of an aid effort to an earthquake ravaged country like Haiti was fluid with requirements in flux. And highlighted throughout the interview were the multiple military aid assets, which were being…
An Interview With Captain Lance Bardo, Commanding Officer of the USCGC Waesche "This asset is large enough with enough capability built into it actually to manage your response I mean that literally; we have nothing else in the Coast Guard or the Navy for that matter to manage domestic response…
