SLD sat down in mid-March with Rear Admiral Peter Neffenger, District Commander for the Ninth Coast Guard District which has oversight of the Great Lakes. The Admiral discussed with us the role of the USCG in the Great Lakes region and the challenges to securing maritime commerce in the region.…
EVENT [caption id="attachment_8180" align="alignleft" width="150" caption=" "][/caption] On Tuesday, May 11th, 2010, at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in La Villette (Paris, France), the second annual Forum on Safety At Sea is being held by the SNSM (Société Nationale des Sauveteurs en Mer). The day will be organized…
The setting up of the expeditionary airfield at Dwyer to support USMC combat operations in Afghanistan has highlighted the expeditionary airfield capability of the USMC. General Walsh, USMC, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Forward deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and now back at Cherry Point, NC, underscored…
[caption id="attachment_7802" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hanging there (Photo Credit: www.uscg.mil/d9)"][/caption] The USCG plays a central role in securing ocean-going commerce globally. The transit of goods from Asia to the US to Europe shapes a virtual conveyer belt of goods, which define a central part of the lifeblood of “globalization.” The opening…
By Robbin Laird
[email protected] [caption id="attachment_7688" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="The F-35"][/caption] A significant Shift: Con Ops Customization And Service Provider The F-35 represents a significant shift in how one will conduct air operations. The F–35 is more than a fifth-generation fighter; it is a first-generation flying combat system. The effects that…
[caption id="attachment_7751" align="alignleft" width="100" caption=" "][/caption] By Ed Timperlake Former Commanding Officer, VMFA-321 "Hell's Angels" [caption id="attachment_7746" align="alignleft" width="400" caption=""The last of Torpedo Eight's TBDs, T-16 (BuNo 1506), flown by LCDR John C. Waldron with Horace Franklin Dobbs, CRMP, in the rear seat, taking off Hornet on 4 June 1942…
"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at entrances to our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of our laws." (Alexander Hamilton, 1787) The Author with USCG Commander Thad Allen During the Keel Laying Ceremony For The USCGC Bernard C. Webber (Credit: SLD, April 9th, 2010) By…
[caption id="attachment_7168" align="alignleft" width="250" caption=" French General Gaviard with American General Michael Moseley, then Vice Chief of Staff of the USAF, while visiting the Air Operations Conducting and Command Center (CCOA) in 2004 "][/caption] This is the first of a series of four articles on the subject of conflict management…
