When considering contributions which the USMC can make to the joint or coalition force in Pacific operations, an ability to put an air arming and refueling point on virtually any spot on the kill web chessboard is clearly a key contribution. These are referred to as FARPs or Forward Arming…
We have visited the USAF's Contingency Response Group at Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakenhurst, New Jersey and have discussed CRG operations in the Pacific with the CRG wing which operates from Anderson Air Base. The CRG concept is designed to operate combat air capabilities from austere basing, or disrupted basing in…
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…
According to a June 4, 2020 article published by the UK Ministry of Defence, a new Cyber Regiment has been launched to protect frontline operations from digital attack. The Ministry of Defence has launched 13th Signal Regiment, a dedicated Cyber Regiment, which will protect vital defence networks at home and on…
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…
The strategic shift from the land wars to full spectrum crisis management is a very significant change. Operating against adversary forces who have full spectrum capability requires building and training a force which can prevail in a wide variety of contested environments. We have argued that shaping interactive kill webs…
There is much uncertainty in life. COVID-19 proves that. When it comes to forecasting, it would great if all the seers of the future would pause to answer this question: How well did we do in forecasting 2020 from the perspective of 2019? But one certainty is that the press…
By Robbin Laird With the return to the sea on which the USMC has been working with the US Navy over the past few years, the role of “amphibiosity” has been in evolution as well. The Bold Alligator Exercises started in 2011 and re-focused on the importance of the return…
