2014-06-09 by Richard Weitz For the third year in a row, Russia and China conducted a major bilateral naval exercise last month, following the previous joint drills off the coast of Russia’s Far East in July 2013 and those in China’s Yellow Sea in April 2012. The Russians called the…
2014-06-16 by Robbin Laird Inside the Beltway is a tough place to get real changes done. And innovation within the confines of the Pentagon is notably challenging. This decade will see significant innovation generated by the strategic and combat challenges facing American and allied forces and the introduction of several new…
2014-06-15 The Saudis brought an air combat package from Saudi Arabia to this year's Red Flag 2014 which represented a step change in capability. The Saudi F-15s came to the United States to train in one of the premier air combat training exercises in the world, Red Flag. [caption id="attachment_66413"…
06/14/2014: Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) aboard the USS Makin Island during Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, Calif., April 9, 2014. PMINT is a…
2014-06-14 by Ed Timperlake On the eve of the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of World War I, there is a word describing German Army doctrine employed in their advance into neutral Belgium that resonates to this day: “Schrecklichkeit”. The word means “terror” or “frightfulness” a doctrine employed by the…
2014-06-13 The USS America is going to sea mid-July 2014. During a visit to the ship on June 12, 2014, Captain Hall, the CO of LHA-6, discussed the ship and its contribution. [caption id="attachment_66342" align="alignnone" width="207"] Leadership of LHA-6. Credit: Second Line of Defense[/caption] A key way to look at…
2014-06-13 by Robbin Laird As the Middle East moves further from an Arab Spring congenial to Western interests, the tinderbox returns. In the tinder box, one rarely gets to choose the folks one likes; one has to work with whomever one can to achieve one’s strategic interests. It is not…
06/11/2014: Historic P-31 Mustang aircraft fly by Gray Army Airfield at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in a "Victory" formation, June 6, 2014. Greg Anders (wing) is flying a P-51D from Heritage Flight Museum; John Sessions (lead) is flying a P-51B from Historic Flight Foundation; and Carter Teeters (wing) is flying a…
