Flag Day for the Finnish Armed Forces is held on June 4th. Before we got too far away from the 4th, we wanted to highlight the event. Celebrated since 1950, the 4 June is an official flag day of the Finnish Defence Forces. It is the birthday of C.G.E. Mannerheim, Marshal…
Every year, U.S. European Command Components and historic-lineage military units from the U.S. participate in D-Day commemoration ceremonies in the Normandy region of France. Due to COVID-19, most D-Day 76 events/ceremonies are cancelled this year. While coronavirus has interrupted life around the world to an unprecedented degree, the D-Day tradition…
By Richard Weitz In his first public speech on U.S. arms control policy, the newly appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, Marshall Billingslea, offered more details on the administration’s general approach toward the issue, particularly concerns about “unconstrained” warheads and verification. Billingslea has also been nominated to be the…
by defenceWeb The EU naval operation in the Mediterranean, previously concentrating on migrants is up and running with a new mandate and name since the beginning of this month. It is now Operation Irini, named after the Greek goddess of peace, and the major objective of the multi-nation naval operation…
By Kenneth Maxwell Boris Johnson’s family has since 1951 owed the 500 acre West Nethercote Farm near the Exmoor village of Winsford in West Somerset. He spent much of his childhood there. Winsford is quite close to where l live on my hill. It is located further up the River…
By Pierre Tran Paris - A lack of ministerial coordination and sharing of information lay behind a two-day delay in recalling the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier while the crew were stricken by Covid 19, the minister of the armed forces told parliamentarians. Florence Parly appeared respectively May 11 and…
You may remember that President Sarkozy made a decision to build Mistral amphibious ships for Putin's Russia. But after some serious rethinking, that sale was voided and a new customer sought. Eventually, the customer for the two ships which had been built was Egypt. And if you fast forward to…
Editor’s Note: We excerpted the eight lessons which should be learned from the complete article by Charlie Dunlap, J.D. on the Crozier case. But Dunlap’s comprehensive article published in Lawfire should be read in its entirety and we are posting this excerpt to draw our reader’s attention and suggest they…
