05/02/2017: According to a piece published on the Australian Ministry of Defence website: "Anzac Day service commemorating the centenary of the battles of Bullecourt. On Anzac Day, we remember not only the original Anzacs who died on 25 April 1915, but every one of our service men and women who have…
05/02/2017: According to a piece published on the Australian Ministry of Defence website: "On Anzac Day, we remember not only the original Anzacs who died on 25 April 1915, but every one of our service men and women who have served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.…
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…
