By John Wheeler
[email protected] John is starting this week a new weekly column dedicated to the cyberspace domain: he will continue to provide regular insights into how to shape effective con-ops in the cyber domain and craft a Terms of Reference for facing XXIst Century cyber challenges. John has a…
In the wake of disaster: How the Haiti earthquake is likely to redefine the notion of port security by Tim Martin, Deaken University This article is posted with the permission of Risk Intelligence, which published it in its latest Issue of Strategic Insights (January 2010). *** [caption id="attachment_4913" align="alignnone" width="280"…
In an interview on February 15th, 2010 with Sldinfo, Brig. Gen. Darryl Burke, the 12th Air Force (Air Forces) Southern Vice Commander, provided an update on the Air operation in support of Haiti relief. General Burke arrived in late January to lead members of the Air Component Coordination Element supporting…
The Haiti relief operation featured a number of key US and allied military assets in shaping the overall capability. In this interview, Sldinfo talked with one of the most knowledgeable US analysts of the seabasing concept in the US military. Jim Strock is Director, Seabasing Integration Division of the Capabilities…
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…
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…
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 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,…
