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…
01/25/2014: U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and African Union operations against militants during this three week-long operation. Credit:Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa:1/23/14 According to…
01/25/2014: A C-17 Globemaster III out of McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepares to take off from Entebbe Airport, Uganda, Jan. 23, 2014. U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1,000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and…
2014-01-25 In a recent piece published in Business Standard, the Indians seem to be opting out of the T-50 or Russian 5th generation program. Business Standard is a leading Indian publication which focuses upon on markets, companies, industry, banking and economic issues. According to the paper: The Indian Air Force…
2014-01-25 By Robbin Laird While many TV commentators seemed to have spent their time covering the Philippine relief situation doing little but to criticize the performance of the Philippine government (Anderson Cooper certainly comes to mind), key contingents of the USMC and USAF were working rapidly to establish the infrastructure for…
2014-01-25 We have written extensively over the years about the introduction of the Osprey and the USMC approach to learning as you deploy. It is not about the Inside the Beltway “reviewers” determining the point of delivery of capability to the warrior, it is about the warriors themselves shaping combat…
01/24/2014: Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's East Africa Response Force or the EARF has been positioned at the U.S. Embassy in Juba, South Sudan, since Dec. 18, 2013 when the initial evacuation of U.S. citizens took place. The EARF is part of a Defense Department initiative of regionally aligned…
