2016-12-07 By Ed Timperlake Second Line of Defense has tried to make a direct difference to improve the lives of those in need. Some of those cases are as follows: Writing about The Vietnam Children’s Fund (http://www.vietnamchildren.org); Sponsoring combat disabled Marines ability to ride the rapids through the Grand Canyon (…
by Richard Weitz Of all U.S. Government departments, the Department of Defense, which relies on assured information superiority to accomplish its key military missions, has evinced the greatest interest in cybersecurity issues. In May 2011, then Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in his presentation rolling out the administration’s new International…
By Richard Weitz The fifth discussion panel at the April 2012 Army War College Annual Strategy Conference assessed the U.S. grand strategy option in coming years. Nate Freier Mr. Nate Freier of the National War College and the U.S. Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute opened the discussion by presenting the…
Dr. Michael L. Skaff created this briefing. Skaff described his background in a recent interview as follows: I was an F-16 pilot out of the Air Force Academy. I was prior enlisted, and I’ve been with Lockheed Martin for about 23 years working on the F-35 cockpit since ’95. I flew…
01/08/2012 by Robbin Laird As the country prepares for the Presidential and Congressional elections, the world will move on oblivious to the logic of the debate inside the Beltway and the country. The national debt has become a more important focus than national security. In fact, for many the two have…
01/03/2012 by Richard Weitz On December 29, the Obama administration announced that the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have finalized the deal to provide advanced F-15SA combat aircraft to the Royal Saudi Air Force. The sale has gained widespread support within the U.S. defense community and will…
12/15/2011 During the recent visit of Second Line of Defense to Denmark, SLD’s Robbin Laird and Hans Tino Hansen of Risk Intelligence sat down with Admiral Nils Wang, Commandant of the Royal Danish Defence College and former head of the Danish Navy to discuss the challenges of Arctic security. SLD has…
