Clearing a Solomon Islands World War II Munitions Cache

10/07/2016
10/08/2016: Royal Australian Navy clearance divers hauled in over 3.5 tons of WWII munitions from the ocean in the Solomon Islands in a single morning during Operation Render Safe in September. The Australian Clearance Diving Team One found 82 United States 155mm high explosive projectiles off Guadalcanal just 50 meters from…

Touring the P-8

10/06/2016
10/06/2016: Vice Adm. James G. Foggo III and the P-8 Poseidon crew discuss the plane's capabilities. FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD, UNITED STATES 09.19.2016 Video by Daniel Zaborows For our report on the P-8/Triton dyad, see the following: http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-arrival-of-a-maritime-domain-awareness-strike-capability-the-impact-of-the-p-8triton-dyad/

Valiant Shield 2016:Photoex Formation

10/04/2016
10/04/2016: As James Gigliotti, now the F-35C Navy Program Manager at Lockheed Martin and previously commander of the Aircraft Carrier USS Harry Truman, put it: "One has to understand that distributed operations have always been crucial to carrier operations. In what we used to call “chain saw”, F-14s would operate at…

Valiant Shield 2016

10/03/2016
10/03/2016: Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 and its Task Groups participate in Exercise Valiant Shield 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps exercise held in Guam, focusing on real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace. CTF-75…

Riverine Squadron 2 in Valiant Shield 2016

10/01/2016
10/01/2016: Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron Two (CRS-2) conduct operational testing with Coastal Riverine Group 1, Det Guam Mark VI Patrol Boats during Valiant Shield 2016 in Santa Rita, Guam, Sep. 17, 2016. Valiant Shield is a biennial U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps exercise held in Guam, focusing…

“We are Aviators”

09/30/2016
2016-09-30  This French video does a great job of placing the French Air Force and its men and women within the context of serving the nation and its interests. It is in French but really very well done. One can understand the reason Americans joined the famous Lafayette Escadrille squadron.…