By Hon. Bill Anderson What if we could incentivize the private sector to offer distributed alternative energy solutions that could provide energy and potable water at the point of use at forward operating bases and do it without large technology development earmarks…so, not spending an additional dime of taxpayer money?…
An Interview With Captain Dwyer (II) 10/17/2010 "The V-22 was used in a perfect conceptual way. We ranged the entire island. We went out to little villages that nobody had been to. We went from the epicenter. We covered the whole concentric rings from where the earthquake struck and we…
An Interview with Major Jeff "Kingpin" Davis 10/16/2010 The Afghan war and the Iraqi operations have been tough on the rotorcraft supporting US forces. The CH-53E was introduced in 1981 and has been a bedrock USMC asset ever since. But attrition and wear is necessitating its replacement. The CH-53K is…
By the Hon. Ed Timperlake 10/15/2010 What can go in from the Sea with a Navy/Marine AF team can also be withdrawn. Allies to whom we owe a debt can be evacuated or protected from the sea.
10/09/2010 - Slideshow: "Being in the flight line, we're in a unique area where we have to finish the build, and then get the final product to the customer."
By Hon. Bill Anderson 10/08/2010 The US Marines have been testing a deployable sustainable energy system utilizing solar and/or wind energy generation and combining with energy storage capacity and sophisticated energy management capability.
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 Hon. Bill Anderson 09/29/2010 If delivering energy to the troops was as simple as flipping a light switch or a quick trip to the local service station for a fill-up, the military’s energy supply chain would be quite mundane. Unfortunately, our war fighters don’t live in that kind of…
