US Army Supports Marine Deployment in Korean Exercise
03/20/2013
03/20/2013: In this video, the Third Infantry supports Marines in an exercise to support South Korean defense efforts. Credit:American Forces Network Korea:8/13/13
An Overview of MBDA in 2012
03/19/2013
According to an MBDA press release, March 19, 2013: MBDA, European champion and global player in the missile and missile system sector, achieved a turnover of 3 billion euros in 2012, equaling the figure recorded in 2011. Order intake at 2.3 billion euros as compared to 2.6 billion euros in…
Building a New Ship: Fred Harris Discusses the Mobile Landing Platform
03/19/2013
2013-03-19 Second Line of Defense visited San Diego for the christening of the USNS Montford Point. The ship is the first of a new class of ships, the Mobile Landing Platform, and a contributor to the innovation in sea basing. As Admiral Buzby, the head of the Military Sealift Command,…
North Korea and the Second Nuclear Age: The First Test for Chuck Hagel
03/19/2013
2013-03-19 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird When the Senate Armed Services Committee was grilling the new nominee for Secretary of Defense, more time was spent on his views on the surge in Iraq than the focal point of his first test: North Korea. In fact, the subject did not…
Shaping the Afghan Transition: The Air Power Dimension
03/18/2013
2013-03-18 by Robbin Laird The Western powers are facing the end game in Afghanistan. Whether what they do in the next few months is a transition or an exit remains up in the air. I mean this quite literally. If the Afghans as a nation are going to work together…
The Evolution of Training for the Afghan Air Force: As Seen in the Video Record
03/18/2013
2013-03-18 What follows are several videos which highlight the path in Afghan pilot training since 2008. In the first video, the Armed Forces Network Afghanistan highlights the inauguration ceremony for the start of the first Afghan Air Force flight school class of seven students was highlighted on 12/10/11. They are…
57th Wing Conducts Annual Load Crew Competition
03/17/2013
03/17/2013: Airmen from the 57th Wing observe the load crew competition Jan. 11, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Airmen from each Aircraft Maintenance Unit attended to support their fellow weapons load crew teams. [slidepress gallery='57th-wing-conducts-annual-load-crew-competition'] Credit:99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs:1/11/13 In photo 2, Airman 1st Class Ryan…
USCG Deals with Illegal Fishing
03/15/2013
03/15/2013: Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater conduct boardings in the waters outside the Chesapeake Bay, near Virginia Beach, Va., Jan. 9, 2013. The boardings were in support of Operation Striper Swiper, an initiative to curtail the illegal fishing of the of the Atlantic striped bass. USCG Deals with Illegal…