Rethinking “Contingency” Operations By Heather Penney 12/6/2010 - With the deluge of media and congressional attention on the budget, deficit, and national debt, it is surprising that the connection between our current/future economic predicament and OEF/OIF has been conspicuously absent from the debate. According to the CRS, costs for OEF/OIF/GWOT…
Will The Afghan National Army (ANA) Be Able to Sustain Itself Once Western Troops Depart? By Olivier Azpitarte
[email protected] Olivier is a former Foreign Legion officer and a Paris-based multimedia reporter: he is part of the SLD team since June 2010 as a reporter. Below are his findings based on…
By Caroline Mükusch German Correspondent, Second Line of Defense Credit image: www.crystalinks.com 11/28/2010 - When it comes to the North Pole and the question of who wins the race for the Arctic, two major interests are rising: energy and security. Therefore Arctic neighbor states regularly assert their national interests in…
An Update on the Osprey from New River (VI) An Interview With Corporal Warshek And Sergeant Fante 11/28/2010 - Second Line of Defense in late August 2010 talked to Osprey maintainers at New River Air Station. One theme, which was discussed, was the challenge of maintaining the aircraft in the…
European Defense: Save Money, Cut Forces, Sustain Afghan Commitments (for now) [caption id="attachment_13394" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="(Credit: The Hudson Institute)"][/caption] By Dr. Richard Weitz 11/28/2010 - The 1998 St. Malo Declaration between Britain and France, which inaugurated the European Security and Defense Policy, declared that: “The Union must have the capacity…
Budget Decisions and the Future of the Martial Enterprise By Vince Martinez Budget Freeze: the F-22 Raptor has been one of the first victims Credit photo: www.flightgear.org 11/23/2010 - Decisions, Dollars and the Future It is no surprise that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and the MV-22 Osprey are…
By Caroline Mükusch German Correspondent, Second Line of Defense 11/18/2010 - The opening of the Arctic raises simultaneously energy security, environmental questions, and strategic competition. There are five states which claims based on extensions of their rights under international law to parts of the Arctic region: Norway, Denmark (Greenland), Russia,…
An Update from New River (V) [download PDF of full report] An Interview With Lieutenant-Colonel Garcia on the Osprey in Iraq and Afghanistan 11/18/2010 - Lieutenant-Colonel Garcia discussed his time in Iraq and Afghanistan involving both rotorcraft and the Osprey. The tiltrotor craft was used differently in the two countries…
