U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct maintenance on UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 28, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing…
A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct pre-flight checks and air-drop cargo during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course (WTI) 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 6, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…
U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, conduct an air delivery ground refueling operation on F/A-18 Hornet aircrafts during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…
By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We all know what tunnel vision is. But what is necessary for successful adaptation of a military in a dynamic situation is to be able to do trajectory vision. In other words, the ability to adapt but to do so with an eye on…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, load a Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System inside a KC-130J Hercules during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 2, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and…
By Robbin Laird In a visit to Quantico, I had a chance to talk with LtGen Karsten Heckl, who serves as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and the Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration. I first met him when he was Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation,…
On 27 September 2023, the second Williams Foundation seminar for the year was held at the National Gallery in Canberra. The second provided a case study of building blocks for enhanced deterrent capabilities, namely shaping a multi-domain strike enterprise for the ADF and the support structure for so doing. At…
By Robbin Laird During my visit to MAWTS-1 in November 2023, I had a chance several times to talk with the CO of the command, Col Eric Purcell, about the evolution of the three WTIs he has been in charge of since he took command. Because I had visited in…
