11/05/2017: A combined platoon of Royal Tongan Marines and Australian Army soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment attacked an enemy position in mountainous terrain at Okaramio, near Havelock on New Zealand’s South Island, as part of Exercise Southern Katipo 2017 – New Zealand’s largest biennial field…
2017-10-29 Norway, like Denmark and the UK, is looking forward to the coming and integrative impact of the F-35 on its national and regional defense capabilities. As Major General Tonje Skinnarland. the Norwegian Chief of Staff, put it in an interview earlier this year: “It is not just about adding…
2017-11-02 By Danny Lam President Trump’s begins a 2 day Visit to PRC on November 8 will be his first occasion to meet President Xi since his anointment as a “core leader” by the CCP. Notwithstanding that this status has been conferred to Mao, Deng, and Jiang before, western “China…
2017-10-20 By Robbin Laird The Nordics are responding to what they see as a new situation in their region. The Arctic opening expands the range significantly of the challenge in what might be called the Nordic Security Zone (NSZNS) and the use of military power in Europe and beyond by…
10/25/2017: U.S. Marines with Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division launch a rocket from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) off the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 22, 2017. Dawn Blitz 17 allows the amphibious force to integrate the F-35B Lightning II and…
11/01/2017: Members of the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa participated with French forces in a French Desert Commando Course in the Arta region of Djibouti. The course consists of up to seven phases that teach participants combat life-saving skills, field tactics, land navigation, weapons training, trap setting, survival cooking,…
2017-10-19 By Robbin Laird The USAF has seen more than a decade in which a primary function has been to support ground operations. The USAF has served as Fed Ex, a flying gas station, a strike and ISR server in the sky for various types of ground operations. The end…
10/31/2017: The RAAF’s No. 35 Squadron has achieved a significant milestone this month, having deployed a C-27J Spartan Battlefield Air Lifter to participate in a major international exercise for the first time since the aircraft was brought into service by the Australian Defence Force. The Spartan is in New Zealand…
