2017-06-18 According to a piece on the UK Ministry of Defence website published on June 14, 2017, currently there are 1,500 UK military personnel involved in NATO exercises underway in five countries in Europe. The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has today visited some of the 1,500 British personnel currently…
2017-06-02 By Robbin Laird In Colin Clark’s recent coverage of the visit of RAAF Air Chief, Air Marshal Leo Davies,, to the United States, he highlighted the “institutional interoperability which the RAAF was shaping with its closest allies, and notably with the USAF and the USN. On a regional level,…
06/08/2017: Japan hosts for the first time the 5th annual U.S-Japan amphibious and mine warfare staff talk about evolving amphibious operational capabilities. Sgt. Cheyenne Newman went to Kure to find out more about how Japan and the U-S use their relationship to build a stronger amphibious force. KURE, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN 05.24.2017…
2017-06-08 By Danny Lam The successful test of an interceptor by the Missile Defense Agency May 30 caused Vice Adm. James Syring to claim that CONUS is “safe” until 2020, or at least 3 years ahead of DPRK ICBMs. Let’s begin by taking this claim at face value. VAM Syring’s…
2017-05-26 By Robbin Laird The USMC is changing significantly as it shifts from the land wars to its evolving role as the nation’s key full spectrum insertion force. An entire generation of Marines has fought ashore and become a flexible land force; with the drawdown in the land wars in…
05/28/2017: The workup for deployment by a Marine Expeditionary Unit is a phased process of preparation. The 15th MEU will be the first operational MEU deployed on the USS America, so the ability to use its new capabilities is part of the combat preparation effort. [maxgallery id="97666"] These photos credited to…
2017-05-17 By Robbin Laird A key dynamic with the shift from the land wars to shaping a 21st century combat fore is the crucial opportunity the US and its closest allies have to learn from each other thanks to the number of core weapons systems being bought at the same…
2017-05-17 By Robbin Laird President Trump has come to power at a time when a very flexible force able to insert from the sea and rapidly return to the sea has emerged. This USN-USMC capability has migrated beyond the classic Amphibious Ready Group-Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG-MEU) into a very flexible…
