The RAF is participating in the current Baltic Air Policing effort with Spain and France. An article by Sean McAngus published on June 26, 2020 by The Press and Journal highlighted the role of RAF Lossiemouth aircraft in the effort. Crews from RAF Lossiemouth based at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania,…
In this episode of The House of Wolverine, Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Buchanan assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) supply department, talks about how Ford receives, handles and stores supplies while underway. 06.19.2020 Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Gary Prill USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
By Robbin Laird Kill webs rely on networks, wave forms, connectivity, distributed C2 and platforms which can leverage all of the former. Platforms are the time-space entities which enable the force; integrability allows a distributed force to deliver the desired combat effect. At Jax Navy, the P-8 operators are trained…
1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment completes a six-month deployment with 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan, under the Unit Deployment Program from Oct. 2019 to May 2020. 1/25 participated in exercises: Fuji Viper, Forest Light, Northern Viper, among others. The training the unit conducted in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility…
By Robbin Laird With the coming of the P-8/Triton dyad the U.S. Navy is paving a way ahead for collaborative concepts of operations between manned and remotely piloted aircraft operating in the Pacific. But also, the US Navy’s MPR community is working man-machine teaming with regard to its P-8 as…
By George Galorisi Over 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu noted, "The line between disorder and order lies in logistics." While logistics may not stir a great deal of passion among Navy and Marine Corps warfighters, one doesn’t need to be a historian to understand the importance of logistics to warfare…
In this episode of The House of Wolverine, Lt. Robert Repp and AD1 Steven Lazio, both assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) aircraft intermediate maintenance department, talk about their division's responsibilities and the ship's jet engine test instrument (JETI). 06.12.2020 Video by Seaman Apprentice Angel Jaskuloski USS Gerald…
Murielle Delaporte in a draft chapter in our forthcoming book entitled The Return of Direct Defense to Europe: Meeting the 21st Century Authoritarian Challenge, underscored how the UK and France would continue to work together even in the post-Brexit era. She wrote: Britain’s decision to leave the European Union could be…
