A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey lands on a recently repaired runway during Operation Turning Point on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., June 16, 2022. The Osprey quickly touched down, loaded personnel, and took off in order to test the runway for viability following repairs to it. VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE…
Since 2014 with Russia seizing the Crimea, it is clear that President Putin has an agenda to expand Russia. The current Ukrainian-Russian war is in the next step. How can Europe and NATO best meet this challenge? BG (Retired) Preziosa ended our conversation by discussing the nature of the challenges…
By Thomas Wilkins On 8 July, the world was stunned by the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe during a campaigning speech in the city of Nara two days before elections were to take place. While domestic debates about improved security for politicians continue in Japan, it’s also…
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing conduct Agile Combat Employment training at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, July 11, 2022. ACE is a key operating concept for how Pacific Air Forces will fight in a modern, contested environment. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN 07.11.2022…
By Robbin Laird In this first article in my series highlighting my recent discussion with BG (Retired) Preziosa. we discussed the importance of enhanced cooperation among European states in delivering integrated combat power in times of crisis. In that initial piece Preziosa warned that both the new NATO and EU…
Lt. Col. Ryan "Voodoo" Worrell, Commander of the 356th EFS, talks about working jointly with the Republic of Korea pilot counterparts. SOUTH KOREA 07.08.2022 Video by Senior Airman Jack LeGrand DMA AFN Pacific Media Bureau-Korea
By Paul Bracken While media attention focuses on the military and humanitarian aspects of the war in Ukraine the huge implications for multinational corporations get very little attention. Two major themes stand out here. First, many companies will be swept up in the impassioned media stories of the war and…
U.S. Marines with Marine Forces Special Operations Command conduct night operations with an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365, during Exercise Raven (RavenEx) 22-5 at Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, May 14, 2022. VMM-365 provided assault support for MARSOC during a pre-deployment training exercise to…
