U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 refuel a U.S. Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon with the 13th Fighter Squadron on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 24, 2021. Marines with MWSS-171 are able to rapidly set up forward arming and refueling points in austere environments to…
VMX-1 at New River is preparing the CH-53K for its entry into service. The CH-53K will replace the CH-53E “Super Stallion,” which has served the Marine Corps for 40 years, and will transport Marines, heavy equipment and supplies during ship-to-shore movement in support of amphibious assault and subsequent operations ashore.…
By Robbin Laird While reshaping how it will operate in the future, II MEF has to be ready to fight now. And to do so for 2nd and 6th Fleets as well as EUCOM. This means reshaping what it can do but to rework how it is integrated with the…
By Robbin Laird As the Marines work with the U.S. Navy to reshape capabilities for the maritime fight, two key elements for successfully doing so are the right kind of C2 for distributed integrated operations and logistical capabilities to support such a force. The logistics piece is not an afterthought,…
64th Aggressors pilot and maintenance Airman prior to take off for Red Flag 21-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 9, 2021. NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV 03.09.2021 Video by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami Nellis AFB Public Affairs
By Pierre Tran Paris - Naval Group has appointed Lilian Braylé as executive vice-president to run the Australian program to build 12 ocean-going Attack class submarines, the French shipbuilder said May 11. “Lilian Brayle will join Naval Group on 31 May as executive vice-president for the Australian Future Submarine Program,”…
By Robbin Laird As the U.S. Navy reworks how to do blue water expeditionary operations into and through the North Atlantic with integrated capabilities with our Nordic and Baltic allies, how best to shape an expeditionary approach for an offensive-defensive enterprise? What building blocks are essential to work more effective…
USS Nimitz, part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 26, 2021, after a more than 10-month deployment to U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet, which included freedom of navigation operations and participation in Operations Freedom’s Sentinel, Inherent Resolve and Octave Quartz. 02.26.2021 Video…
