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…
The Nordics are both individually and collectively working to enhance their defense capabilities. In this article, we are highlighting recent press releases from Nordic Ministries of Defence as well as the UK MoD with regard to shaping a way ahead for Nordic defense. The Finnish Ministry of Defence highlighted Finnish…
By Robbin Laird When I worked for Secretary Wynne when he was head of defense acquisition and then Secretary of the USAF, I had a chance to focus on the coming of the F-35 global enterprise. What I argued at the time was that a global force of F-35s would…
By Robbin Laird In my previous article highlighting the coming of autonomous unmanned surface vessels to the fleet, I underscored: “Autonomous USVs can provide wolfpack deployed ISR or relay systems to enhance the reach and survivability of the fleet in its distributed operational role. They can also provide an ability…
