ODESA, Ukraine (July 2, 2021) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), Ukrainian navy Island-class patrol boat Starobilsk (P191) and (P190) return to Odesa, Ukraine during Exercise Sea Breeze 2021, July 2, 2021. Exercise Sea Breeze is a multinational maritime exercise cohosted by the U.S. Sixth Fleet and the…
By Robbin Laird During my most recent visit to Camp Lejeune, I had a chance to talk with the CG of the II MEF Information Group and his team. The meeting was suggested by the CG of II MEF, Lt. General Beaudreault, who underscored: “I think it would be hugely…
By Robbin Laird The strategic shift from the Middle Eastern land wars to the high-end fight revolves around effective crisis management. With the 21st century authoritarian powers working hard to make the world safe for authoritarianism, the liberal democracies need to focus on protecting and expanding their abilities to defend…
HMAS Ballarat has come to the end of a three-month deployment to Southeast and Northeast Asia where it conducted a number of navy-to-navy engagements with partner nations across the region, including the United States. Following a request from the Indonesian Government, HMAS Ballarat also assisted in the search for the…
ODESA, Ukraine (July 2, 2021) Ukrainian navy Island-class patrol boats depart a pier as the River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Trent (P224) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) return to Odesa, Ukraine, July 2, 2021, during Exercise Sea Breeze 2021. Exercise Sea Breeze is a multinational…
By Harriet Pointon Mather Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth was back in the water on July 1. She was lowered out of the dry dock at the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson, Western Australia, after completion of upgrades to her radar capabilities, communications systems and crew-habitable areas, which are a major part of…
By Pierre Tran Paris - It was natural for the U.S. president, Joe Biden, to encourage the Swiss authorities to opt for an American fighter jet in the Swiss competition, Florence Parly, armed forces minister said July 2. “There is nothing new under the sun,” she told the defense journalists…
By Private Jacob Joseph With more than seven live-fire traces open simultaneously, the culminating activity of Exercise Southern Jackaroo, held from June 15-24, took months to plan, and included forces from the US Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defence Force. Private Brendan Hannam, from 5 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), fired the first…
