Lieutenant-Colonel Bianca: A Situation Report on the Osprey in Afghanistan

02/21/2010
On February 9th, 2010, "Second Line of Defense"' followed up its earlier interview with the Osprey squadron just before its deployment to Afghanistan last November with a new one, this time directly from Afghanistan, with Lieutenant-Colonel Bianca, the Osprey Squadron Commander. Accompanying this interview is a slideshow of Osprey operations…

General Bansard on Logistics and Sustainment in France (Part Three)

02/21/2010
Logistics on the Front Line A few months ago, SLD sat down with General Jean-Pierre Bansard, in charge at the time of Logistics Organization within the MoD Chief of Staff, in order to gain a better understanding of the evolution of French support and logistics in light of the many…

Chinese Jigsaw: What Does The Parallel Cyber Attack On India Mean?

02/20/2010
By D.K. Matai [caption id="attachment_5038" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Sikkim Border Incident (credit: video from Indiatimes.com/click on picture to access video)"][/caption] In the latest sign of rising tensions between the two rival Asian powers, the Indian government has informed the world that computers in the Prime Minister's Office were hacked on December…

Michael W. Wynne On “Is American ITAR Outmoded: The Case of Cybersecurity”

02/15/2010
Michael W. Wynne is the former Undersecretary for the Department of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and the former Secretary of the Air Force. *** "Time for a Dramatic Overhaul?" “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” is the current mantra of the Obama Administration. If we truly examine all aspects of job creation,…

General Bansard on Logistics and Sustainment in France (Part Two)

02/14/2010
Logistics on the Front Line A few months ago, SLD sat down with General Jean-Pierre Bansard, in charge at the time of Logistics Organization within the MoD Chief of Staff, in order to gain a better understanding of the evolution of French support and logistics in light of the many…

D.K. Matai on: China’s Cold Cyberwar

02/13/2010
Our colleague and regular contributor D. K. Matai starts a series on cyber security issues which complements John Wheeler’s contributions to SLDinfo on the same subject.  John Wheeler is shaping proposed Title X language for constructing a legal framework for the engagement of U.S. forces in dealing with the cyber…

General Bansard on the Evolution of Logistics and Sustainment in France (Part One)

02/08/2010
General Jean-Pierre Bansard LOGISTICS ON THE FRONT LINE (I) A few months ago, SLD sat down with General Jean-Pierre Bansard, in charge at the time of Logistics Organization within the MoD Chief of Staff, in order to gain a better understanding of the evolution of French support and logistics in…

Lessons Learned: The USMC Approach to Close Air Support in Fallujah (Part Two)

02/07/2010
CAS: A CORE CONTRIBUTOR TO SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATED OPERATIONS IN FALLUJAH (Reprinted courtesy of the Marine Corps Gazette. Copyright retained by the Marine Corps Gazette) By Maj Fred H. Allison, USMCR (Ret) Maj Allison is a former Marine F–4 radar intercept officer. He earned his doctorate in history from Texas Tech…