2016-04-24 By Kenneth Maxwell President Barack Obama was in London this week on his way back from a visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit to Britain was a valedictory visit of sorts. It will probably his last visit to the United Kingdom as the President of the United States. On Friday he took his presidential…
2016-04-23 Unless you read and speak Danish or have friends in Denmark, you might have missed this one. Boeing is reinventing itself in Denmark using its American approach in Nordic country. Instead of the Vikings invading Anglo-Saxon territory, we are seeing something in reverse. When companies compete to sell their…
2016-04-21 By Kenneth Maxwell April 23, 2016, will mark the four hundred years since the death of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. There will be many celebrations. Not only was Shakespeare the greatest writer in the English language. He has also been gloriously translated into many foreign languages, including most notably into Portuguese by the great Brazilian…
2016-04-20 By Robbin Laird The well-regarded chief of the Australian Army, Lt. General Angus Campbell, weighed in on the future of the Australian Army in the joint environment in two presentations recently in Canberra. The first was during the RAAF’s 2016 Air Power Conference and the second was during the…
04/20/2016: An SH-60S delivers mail and cargo from USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) to USSBoxer during a vertical replenishment. Underway replenishments allow Navy ships to be at the right place st at the right time. Credit:Commander U.S. THIRD Fleet, Public Affairs Office:3/5/16
04/18/2016: PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 21, 2016) Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) takes on food and supplies during a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). Credit: Navy Public Affairs Support Element West:2/21/16
On March 17, 2016, the Williams Foundation held its latest seminar on fifth generation enabled combat operations, this one focused on new approaches to air-land integration. The terms of reference for the seminar highlighted the way ahead. “Air forces need to be capable of delivering air and space power effects…
2016-04-16 By Robbin Laird The current Chief of Staff of the Army, Lt. General Angus Campbell and Brigadier General Chris Mills, Director General, Army Modernization provided the Australian Army perspective on the evolving framework for air-land integration under the impact of evolving technologies at the Williams Foundation seminar. The Chief…
