04/25/2017: General Curtis Scaparrotti, Commander of European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, visited Airmen at RAF Lakenheath in conjunction with a deployment of F-35A Lightning II’s. He highlighted the the significance of the arrival of F-35s to the modernization of the joint and coalition force operating in defense of the North Atlantic. What…
2017-04-26 By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to Australia to attend the Williams Foundation seminar on integrated force design, I had a chance to discuss Army modernization with the head of the effort, Brigadier General Chris Mills. This is the third time I have had the opportunity to interview…
2017-04-23 By Kenneth Maxwell Brazil is continuing its long plunge into the murky world of profound political crises. Past corruption revelations, simmering judicial conflict between the federal judges and the political and private sector elites, and challenges to a system of government and the constitutional arrangements, which emerged when Brazil…
05/01/2017: U.S. Marines conduct cold weather training at sekiyama, Japan, during exercise Forest Light March 13- 15, 2017. Forest Light is one of various bi-lateral training opportunities conducted by JGSD and deployed U.S. Marine forces. Marines are with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary…
2017-04-26 By Robbin Laird Shifting from a primary focus on the counterinsurgency focused land wars of the last 15 years to shaping a high intensity combat force, which can prevail against peer competitors, is a significant challenge for the United States and its closest allies. A key dynamic within this…
2017-04-24 By Robbin Laird During my latest visit to Australia, I had a chance to visit South Australia and RAAF Edinburgh, which is near Adelaide. At Adelaide, the Australian Navy will be building its new submarines and at RAAF Edinburgh the Aussies are standing up the other key element of…
2017-04-25 By Robbin Laird The discussion of something like integrated force design can seem to be abstract and metaphysical and more of a seminar topic than an actual strategic effort by the ADF. But it is not. It is about ensuring that your warfighters are more lethal and survivable. One…
04/27/2017: Patrouille de France during Atlantic Trident 20176 LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, VA, UNITED STATES 04.21.2017 Video by Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Garcia 192nd Fighter Wing Earlier, we highlighted the coming of the Patrouille de France to the United States in a piece published on 3/2/17: The Patrouille Acrobatique de France also known as the Patrouille de…
