06/25/2015: U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a vertical raid during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) March 29, 2015. These Marines departed the USS Essex (LHD 2), off the coast of San Diego, in MV-22B Ospreys and landed…
2015-06-24 The ski jump is a feature on UK warships which have operated the Harrier and will operate the F-35B. The joint UK-US test team at Pax River has recently completed the first test of the ski jump for the F-35B. In the photos below, there are three shots of…
2015-06-24 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird As the fight against ISIS continues, and the US prepares to send more ground troops, a key problem remains: what are US objectives compared to those of the Baghdad government? Lt. General (Retired) Deptula in a recent Washington Post op ed put the…
2015-06-17 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte The Marines are in the throes of transformation. The Osprey has been a major factor, as well as introducing new C2 approaches and technologies. A core competence of the Marines is to put infantry into an objective area and to provide force protection…
06/23/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion (MSOB) conduct parachute operations over Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., on April 1, 2015. HMH-461 supported the Marines of 3rd MSOB by providing transport in CH-53 Super Stallions enabling them to…
06/23/2015: A major maritime exercise involving five thousand six hundred air, maritime and ground forces has moved from Sweden to Poland. This multinational maritime exercise is in its 43rd iteration. BALTOPS 2015 has taken place across Poland, Sweden, German and throughout the Baltic Sea. The exercise is designed to enhance…
2015-06-15 By Robbin Laird The speed and range of the Osprey is a key combat enabler. It also provides significant reach and range to connect US and allied warships into a 21st century sea base. The capability to provide for resupply has been demonstrated many times, but the capability delivered…
06/22/2015: For 200 years now, men from Nepal have been serving as Gurkhas within the British army. Their numbers currently stand at around three and a half thousand. The 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles are currently on exercise in Latvia. They’re taking part in Saber Strike which involves 6000 military…
