The USMC Approach to Close Air Support

08/24/2011
08/24/2011 In this video, Captain Wittel of the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC explains the USMC approach to Close Air Support.  Captain Wittel was participating in an exercise during the week of August 21, 2011.  The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing…

The F-35B and the Way Ahead As Seen by a USMC F-18 Pilot

08/24/2011
08/24/2011 In this video, Captain Wittel of the Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC discusses the USMC approach to 21st century warfare and the role of the F-35B.  Captain Wittel was participating in an exercise during the week of August 21,…

The Unmanned-Manned Air Systems Dynamic: A USMC F-18 Pilot Reflects on His Combat Experience

08/24/2011
08/24/2011 In the world of the cubical commandos, unmanned systems are the future of air systems.  Our view is that unmanned (which are not unmanned, simply they do not have a pilot INSIDE the vehicle) systems are part of the future of airpower, not the future of airpower all by…

31st MEU Amphibious Assault (4)

08/24/2011
08/24/2011: U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform an amphibious landing at Freshwater Bay, Australia on July 19th. The amphibious landing was a part of the force on force training during Talisman Sabre. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and…

31st MEU Amphibious Assault (3)

08/23/2011
08/23/2011: U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform an amphibious landing at Freshwater Bay, Australia on July 19th. The amphibious landing was a part of the force on force training during Talisman Sabre. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and…

31st MEU Amphibious Assault (2)

08/22/2011
08/22/2011: U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform an amphibious landing at Freshwater Bay, Australia on July 19th. The amphibious landing was a part of the force on force training during Talisman Sabre. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and…

31st MEU Amphibious Assault

08/19/2011
08/19/2011: U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform an amphibious landing at Freshwater Bay, Australia on July 19th. The amphibious landing was a part of the force on force training during Talisman Sabre. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and…

U.S. Army Paradrop in Aussie Exercise

08/18/2011
08/18/2011: HOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Queensland, Australia Interview with Master Sgt. Adam Smith, U.S. Army. Footage of 501st Parachute drop in support of Talisman Sabre, Shoalwater Bay Training Area.U.S. soldiers with 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, are parachuting from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III…