10/13/2014: U.S. Marines attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 conduct a Defense of the Expeditionary Airfield Two (DEAF-2) exercise which involves defending a forward arming refueling point site against simulated attackers at Bull Attack, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Oct. 03, 2014. The DEAF-2 exercise supported WTI…
2014-10-10 By Robbin Laird Secretary of State Kerry commented during the early part of the Ukrainian crisis that Putin was living in the 19th century. We are now dealing with forces in Iraq and Syria who are not even close to making into that century. Indeed, rather than shaping new…
10/12/2014: The Navy's newest amphibious assault ship USS America is commissioned during San Francisco Fleet Week. This portion of the Commissioning event contains the remarks of the ship’s skipper, Captain Bob Hall. Credit: DoD News:10/11/14 For overview pieces on the USS America: The USS America: Redefining Amphibious Assault 10/08/2014 –…
10/12/2014: Marines and Sailors assigned to USS America (LHA 6) man the rails as the ship pulls into port for Fleet Week San Francisco, Oct. 6, 2014. During Fleet Week, Marine units demonstrated assets available for the Bay Area in response to a sudden crisis. The intent was to showcase…
10/13/2014: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Purple Foxes, redesignated to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 during a change of command and redesignation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 9. The unit transformed platforms from the CH-46 Sea Knight to the MV-22 Osprey. This was the last…
10/13/2014: Second Line of Defense has followed the USS America in detail since it christening event. Now the ship has been commissioned and will prepare for its active duty role. It will do so in a troubled world, where the Marines and sailors are likely to see difficult duty in…
2014-10-12 The new Norwegian Sec Gen of NATO has wasted little time in putting a face on the defense of NATO. He has underscored that the Alliance is about defending the territory of all of its members. The background of the new Sec Gen was highlighted in September 30, 2014…
2014-10-10 According to Andrew Rettman writing in the EU Observor, the EU is considering various responses in Africa including use of military forces as part of the containment effort. The EU foreign service, in an internal paper discussed by EU countries’ ambassadors in Brussels on Thursday (9 October) - and…
