Throughout 2020, Joint Fires Teams (JFT) from the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery have been utilising realistic simulators to train in the engagement of enemy targets by joint fire assets and calling for indirect fire support from artillery and mortars. This training culminated in Exercise Brolga Run 2020 with the JFT…
In an article published by the UK Ministry of Defence on September 28, 2020, the UK role in Exercise Joint Warrior was highlighted. Taking part will be the Royal Navy’s largest and most powerful warship HMS Queen Elizabeth, taking her place at the heart of a UK-led NATO Carrier Strike…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) participate in airfield damage repair practical application during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-21 at Cannon Air Defense Complex in Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 28, 2020. The WTI course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons…
By Kenneth Maxwell Calouste Gulbenkian set the rules for the division of the oil spoils in the Middle East in the aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. He did so under the “red line” self-denying agreement of 1928 between the major oil companies (including the America companies of…
By Robbin Laird With the shift from the land wars to rebuilding U.S. forces for contested operations with peer competitors, the role of training is changing significantly. There clearly was innovation during the land wars, but the geographical battlespace was well known, and air and maritime power could operate with…
U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 participate in exercise Deep Water 2020 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 29, 2020. The purpose of this exercise is to increase 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s interoperability and readiness on a scale that…
The Royal Australian Air Force deployed C-27J Spartan aircraft and personnel from RAAF Base Amberley to participate in Exercise Ready Spartan Prove (RSP) in Townsville Queensland from 10 – 18 September 2020. No. 35 Squadron and No. 383 Squadron operated at austere airfields in a simulated uncertain security environment to…
Staff Sgt. Woodard talks about the capabilities of the 3D printer. NH, UNITED STATES 10.01.2019 Video by Staff Sgt. Taylor Queen 157th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
