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B2 in Global Strike Challenge 2021

11/15/2021
B-2 Spirit crew chiefs perform their duties for Global Strike Challenge 2021 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Aug. 11, 2021. Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber, ICBM, helicopter operations and security forces competition with units from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Reserve…

Challenges Going Forward for the USMC: The Perspective of Lt. General (Retired) Robling

11/10/2021
By Robbin Laird I had the chance to work with Lt. General (Retired) Robling both when he was Deputy Commandant of Aviation from 2011-2012 and when he was the MARFORPAC commander from 2012 to 2014.   We started by looking back at his time as the MARFORPAC Commander, and the…

MRF-D HMARS

11/10/2021
U.S. Marines with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System platoon, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, are inserted with a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after an airfield seizure at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. U.S. Marines seized Nackeroo airfield during Exercise Loobye in…

An Update on the UK Carrier Strike Group: October 2021

11/09/2021
According to a story published by the UK Ministry of Defence on October 5, 2021, the UK Carrier Strike Group looks forward to a busy autumn in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East. Having passed the midway point of its first operational deployment, the UK Carrier Strike Group is preparing…

The USS Carl VInson Delivers: Fuel

11/05/2021
By MC1 Tyler Fraser, USS Carl Vinson  PHILIPPINE SEA - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted a fueling-at-sea (FAS) with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), Sept. 17, delivering more than 150,000 gallons of fuel and setting a milestone of more than 1 million gallons…