The use of robots, unmanned systems, and automation of various kinds is of growing significance to providing logistical support to combat forces. During the 2021 Williams Foundation seminar on next generation autonomous systems, Col. David Beaumont, a noted ADF logistician and strategist, underscored the growing importance of such systems for…
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits, assigned to 509th Bomb Wing, taxi prior to a Bomber Task Force mission at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, July 11, 2022. 07.11.2022 Video by Airman 1st Class Devan Halstead 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 2nd Landing Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice heavy lifting with CH-53K King Stallions at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 15-17, 2022. This was the first time the Marine Corps deployed the King Stallion in an exercise.…
U.S. Marines gather to celebrate Navajo Code Talkers Day at Navajo Code Talker Memorial in Window Rock, Ariz., Aug., 13, 2022. Eighty years ago, the Marine Corps originally enlisted 29 Navajo men to develop a special code in which sensitive information was sent and deciphered during the battles of the…
By Lieutenant Nancy Cotton After almost three months at sea on a regional presence deployment through the Pacific, HMAS Canberra is heading back to her home port in Sydney. In June, HMA Ships Canberra, Warramunga and Supply set sail on the regional presence deployment. Canberra sailed from Townsville with embarked forces from the Australian Army, His Majesty’s Armed…
Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam on 12 July 2022 and embarked two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. The Ospreys and their crew will remain onboard HMAS Canberra for the duration of RIMPAC…
Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre issued this statement following the conclusion of the Arctic Chiefs of Defence Meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. “I was pleased to host Chiefs of Defence and representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and the United States to share lessons learned from ongoing Arctic…
U.S. Air Force aircrew members from the 16th Airlift Squadron and U.S. Marines from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron-1, airlift a CH-53K King Stallion via a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., to Berlin, June 14, 2022. JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SC…
