Exercise Southern Jackaroo 23 was held underneath the Diamond Strike suite of exercises and held between Australian Army personnel from Brisbane’s 7th Brigade, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and the United States Marine Corps in Queensland’s Townsville Field Training Area from 19 Jun – 14 Jul 23. The exercise was…
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, supporting the 4th Infantry Division alongside eFP Battle Group Poland U.K. soldiers assigned to The Royal Lancers, Aliwal Troop and Romanian soldiers assigned to the Romanian contingent, Iron Cheetahs and Polish soldiers assigned to 15th Mechanized Infantry…
U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion jump from an MV-22B Osprey and KC-130K Super Hercules during Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line parachute operations over Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 9-10, 2023. The training sustains operational readiness while ensuring Marines are prepared to rapidly insert into austere environments through…
From 26 May to 19 June 2023, rostered personnel from the Joint Explosive Ordnance Support Explosive Ordnance Disposal gathered to participate in Exercise Nepean Harvest in Marrangaroo Training Area, New South Wales. Ammunition Technicians from across the Services attended the training, which consisted of scenarios and opportunities for them to…
We have just published our latest book, this one bringing together our work on Second Line of Defense with regard to the evolution of French defense policy under President Macron during his first term. Here is what Robbin Laird, the editor of the reader, wrote about the book: Emmanuel Macron…
U.S. Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, take part in Exercise Arctic Edge 23 on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, and Cold Bay, Alaska, May 8-9, 2023. The battalion…
By Robbin Laird We have heard a lot about A2D2 and about the authoritarian powers and their asymmetric threats, Well two can play this game. The U.S. Navy has within reach a new capability to throw curve balls into the con-ops of an Iranian or Chinese navy approach to challenging…
U.S. Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, take part in Exercise Arctic Edge 23 on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, and Cold Bay, Alaska, May 8-9, 2023. The battalion…
