2013-03-07 According to an Airbus Military press release of March 6, 2013: [caption id="attachment_51288" align="alignnone" width="300"] The first French A400M will be delivered soon. Credit: Airbus Military[/caption] The first production Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has made its maiden flight, marking a key milestone towards its delivery to the…
2013-03-07 By Richard A. McCormack,
[email protected] http://www.manufacturingnews.com Structural changes in U.S. industry over the past 30 years caused primarily by the financial sector's insatiable quest for profits have left "gaping holes" in the American system of scaling up new technologies to large-scale production, according to preliminary findings from a study…
2013-03-07 During the week prior to the christening of the new Mobile Landing Platform in San Diego, Second Line of Defense sat down with Rear Admiral Mark Buzby to discuss the role of the ship and the evolution of the seabase. We have focused on several dynamic tools being added…
2013-03-07 by Richard Weitz In the past decade, the PLA has increasingly participated in multilateral peacekeeping operations in Africa. Since 2000—when China deployed fewer than 100 peacekeepers—there has been nearly a twenty-fold increase in troops-on-the-ground. In recent years, China has provided more troops, police, and observer teams to UN peacekeeping…
2013-03-05 The Montford Point Marines are of course legendary for their courage and their ability to fight Japanese in World War II and racism in the United States at the same time. But talking to some of the more than 30 plus Montford Point Marines at the ceremony, it was…
03/04/2013: The latest of the USN ships, the USNS Montford Point, was christened on March 2, 2013 in San Diego at the NASSCO shipyard. Second Line of Defense attended the ceremony and did interviews before the ceremony to discuss the ship,. We interviewed Jim Strock from the USMC Combat Development…
2013-03-04 By Murielle Delaporte Editor, French magazine “Soutien Logistique Défense”( http://www.sldmag.com) and co-founder, Second Line of Defense. *** This article is based on an interview with the French forces in Mali and lessons learned from recent French operations and military training. The entire French approach is embedded in both history and…
03/14/2013: Footage of pallets containing Post Exchange goods falling onto Forward Opertaing Base Thunder. FOB Lightning soldiers transport the pallets to a storage area. Credit:115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment:12/23/12
