2015-08-19 By Robbin Laird During a visit to Hawaii at the end of July 2015, I had a chance to sit down with two senior Navy personnel who work the MSC aspect for PACFLEET. CDR Corey Turner and Bruce Stewart are senior personnel with the MSC Detachment PACFLEET and discussed…
2015-08-13 By Robbin Laird Last year I visited MARFORPAC, and interviewed the staff and the then head of MARFORPAC, Lt. General Robling During my last visit, I focused on the broad strategic restructuring which the Marines were undergoing which they refer to as the distributed laydown. The U.S. Marine Corps…
08/20/2015: Harrier take off aboard U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard in the Philippine Sea. Credit: USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6):6/16/15
08/19/2015: An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), prepares to land on the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in…
2015-08-09 By Robbin Laird Pac Fleet operates in the largest area of operations for US forces. The immensity of the theater of operations, as well as the dynamics of change in the region, pose ongoing challenges of matching resources against tasks in protecting US interests and working closely with allies…
08/18/2015: An MV-22B Osprey with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, performed its first aerial demonstration at the 2015 Gijón Air Festival. The show featured aircraft from Spain, France and the United States attracting more than 200,000 people. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa:7/26/15
2015-08-18 By Zbigniew Mazurak India has recently announced its decision not to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets and to reopen the competition to replace its aging fighter fleet, this time the scope being 90 aircraft as New Delhi has already ordered 36 Rafales from France. So the whole replacement contract…
08/17/2015: AV-8B Harrier jet pilots practice short takeoffs and vertical landings aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) June 9, 2015. The aircraft are with Marine Attack Squadron 311, currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as part of the aviation combat element. The 31st MEU is the only…
