By Caroline Mükusch 10/15/2010 Competition for the Arctic has been growing intense since 2007. The Arctic neighboring states have proclaimed or renewed their national strategies on the Arctic. In the short-, mid- and long-term perspective, the question of who is entitled to the Arctic region and its vast store of…
The Hon. Ed Timperlake on the role of power projection forces in supporting U.S. obligations and interests when effecting a strategic withdrawal. Amphibious Assault Vehicles with AAV platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1/7, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, maneuver toward the USS Denver off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 7, 2010…
A French View By General Jean-Patrick Gaviard 10/09/2010 - This article, released here with the permission of its author, has been published previously by DSI magazine. Credit photo: C2ISR/CAOC, Air Force Network Integration Center, USAF(www.afnic.af.mil) After initially describing the "classic" operation of air command and control centers (C2) of yesterday…
“Re-norming” the Asymmetric Advantage in Air Dominance: "Going to War with the Air Force You Have" (Part One) By Michael W. Wynne 21st Secretary of the U.S. Air Force 10/08/2010 - In this piece, Secretary Wynne identifies ways to leverage new technologies to “re-norm” air operations to assure U.S. and…
Following Up With Armando Martinez, Lockheed Martin Armando Martinez was recently the completion supervisor for the BF-4 or the 4th F35-B; he is now the completion supervisor for the first build of the F35-C, or the naval version of the F-35. [slidepress gallery='building-the-f35c'] Credit: Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, September…
Delivering Energy at the Tip of the Spear (Part Two) Deployable, Portable Renewable Power Units are Ready Today By Hon. Bill Anderson This posting is the second of a three part posting of the Honorable Bill Anderson’s examination of how to deliver energy to the deployed warfighter. By enhancing the…
New River Update on the Osprey: Osprey Speed and Range Enables Change 10/08/2010 – In an SLD interview with Captain Dwyer, the Osprey pilot discussed his time with the MEU after leaving Haiti. The USS Nassau on which Captain Dwyer was deployed first went to Haiti (which will be discussed…
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 Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Navy/Marines forces in the Indian Ocean (IO) projected power from the sea…