2017-06-17 According to an article published on the Norwegian Ministry of Defence website, NATO will be focusing on its core mission of collective defense in the upcoming Trident Juncture exercise. "NATO needs to hold exercises on a large scale. Only this way are we able to test all the levels…
2017-06-18 According to a piece on the UK Ministry of Defence website published on June 14, 2017, currently there are 1,500 UK military personnel involved in NATO exercises underway in five countries in Europe. The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has today visited some of the 1,500 British personnel currently…
06/15/2017: The F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team performs on the second day of the Wings Over Wayne Air Show 2017 on May 21st at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. GOLDSBORO, NC, UNITED STATES 05.21.2017 4th Fighter Wing But what they were demonstrating was considered by the preivious president a "cold war"…
06/18/2017: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (may 13, 2017)- USS Bataan (LHD 5) performs a connected replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) while underway. Bataan and its ready group are deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and…
2017-06-02 By Robbin Laird In Colin Clark’s recent coverage of the visit of RAAF Air Chief, Air Marshal Leo Davies,, to the United States, he highlighted the “institutional interoperability which the RAAF was shaping with its closest allies, and notably with the USAF and the USN. On a regional level,…
2017-05-31 By Danny Lam During the Korean War, US forces were able to draw on ample surplus inventory left over from World War II. Nevertheless, ammunition shortages materialized as consumption rates far exceeded expectations early in the conflict. Later, General Ridgeway’s use of firepower to save allied lives strained supply…
06/13/2017: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct sustainment training while forward deployed in the Middle East, April 26, 2017. SPMAGTF Marines consistently train to enhance their ability to respond to any mission they may encounter while conducting USCENTCOM’s crisis response…
2017-05-28 By Robbin Laird President Trump is certainly not a laid back type of leader. Then again he would not have been elected if he was, given the nature of the evolving U.S. political process. He also was elected much like his predecessor with regard to domestic issues. President Obama…