An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 launches from the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during flight operations March 24, 2020. 03.22.2020 Video by Chief Petty Officer RJ Stratchko USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
The Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel is the first of the new build platforms. It provides the template with regard to the entire reset of how the Australians are seeking to build out their integrated distributed force. The contours of the new template are in place and can be identified…
By Robbin Laird In a continuing discussion with the digital interoperability team in USMC Aviation’s Headquarters, we focused on the challenge of building beyond specific platform upgradeability to make these platforms selectively interoperable with similarly configured platforms. What the team highlighted was that with a platform by platform approach, one…
by James Durso Washington Dulles International Airport is for many people in the Washington, D.C. area the “hometown” airport, though it is also a major airport for international business travelers and has welcomed innumerable immigrants who chose to make their life in America. The airport opened in 1962 and showcases a…
By Pierre Tran Paris - Naval Group seeks to cut costs in a “savings plan” and conserve cash in response to a slowdown in shipbuilding due to the Codevi 19 crisis, the company said. “While the productive activity of all Naval Group’s shipyards has been reduced, Naval Group is launching…
By Robbin Laird In a famous line from Molière’s play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, the aspiring social climber in the play discovers that: "For more than forty years I have been speaking prose while knowing nothing of it, and I am the most obliged person in the world to you for…
Compilation video featuring statistics and capabilities of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). Video edited with footage provided by Defense Media Activity. KINGS BAY, GA, UNITED STATES 07.16.2019 Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Ashley Berumen Commander, Submarine Group Ten
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force take part in a deck shoot aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (Official U.S. Marine Corps…
