2015-01-02 By Robbin Laird 1914 was a year, which marked the end of an era; although the inevitability of this change was evident after the events set in motion that year had their full effect. History has an inevitability about it, which is not experienced by those living through that…
2015-01-02 By Robbin Laird There is probably not a single American with a pulse who has not heard of Pearl Harbor. A day that brought the United States into World War II, and led to the Asian war with the United States as a major participant. When current strategists talk…
01/01/2015: U.S. Marine Corps low altitude air defense (LAAD) gunners with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing operate and perform prescribe maintenance on LAAD surface to air weapons systems in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 at…
2014-12-09 By Paul Bracken, Yale University A turn in attitudes about nuclear weapons is taking place. There is a growing realization that we are entering a multipolar nuclear world. Despite pious U.S. appeals to other countries to give up nuclear arms, this isn't happening. And there's little sign that it…
12/31/2014: U.S. Marine Corps students attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 participate in a close air support exercise utilizing the AH-1Z Cobra aircraft at Mount Barrow, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Oct. 02, 2014. The AH-1 close air support exercise supported WTI 1-15 hosted by Marine Aviation…
12/30/2014: Paratroopers with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conducting a live fire training exercise under Arctic winter conditions at Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, Alaska, October 7, 2014. Credit:4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs:10/7/14
12/29/2014: In the first three photos, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 lifts off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17,…
12/28/2014: Yeoman 2nd Class Shuan Linnell, from Becker, Minn., assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, washes an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air…
