2014-01-29 by Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird The US Army was mobilized for the land wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This mobilization phase is now ending. The US Army now seeks to become more agile and effective in getting to crisis situations earlier rather than later. A piece in National…
01/29/2014:A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station San Francisco rescued three injured persons from a car that traveled off the side of a cliff near San Mateo, California on Thanksgiving November 28, 2013. Credit: USCG District 11:11/29/13 See our interview with the then District 11 Commander, Rear Admiral…
2014-01-28 By Ed Timperlake No one doubts that landpower remains a key element of the strategic calculus. The question is what type of landpower makes sense for the United States in dealing with 21st century challenges? Is it the USMC approach to a three-dimensional enabled ground warrior or is it a…
2014-01-27 by Robbin Laird Secretary Gates has done the nation a service by writing his memoirs. His work provides useful insights into his thinking and approach as well as providing a unique look at the working styles of two very different Presidents. The book is quite revealing about the man himself. …
01/28/2014: U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft maintenance unit performed an engine removal on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2014. Before the engine, that had a bad hydraulic line, could be removed Airmen had to remove the missiles from the aircraft. The F-16…
2014-01-28 by Oscar Nkala France says it plans to expand its military presence in Africa with the deployment of at least 3 000 troops to military bases in Niger, Mali and Chad as well as a logistics and supply base in Ivory Coast. France already has troops on stabilization missions…
2014-01-25 By Ed Timperlake With North Korea now a nuclear power with evolving strike missile capabilities, the past is not prologue to the defense of South Korea. The US Army is not simply a barrier force to the invasion from North Korea; it needs to be shaped as part of the…
01/26/2014: The crew of the Permission Impossible, a 22-foot sailboat, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, reporting their sailboat was aground and were in need of assistance. A Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station…
