12/07/2011: A new Army Sustainment Command complex was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Nov. 7. This new eight-acre complex includes a maintenance shop, warehouse and operations building for issuing and maintaining over 2,300 pieces of equipment, from weapons to Mine…
December 7, 2011 by Ed Timperlake President Hu of the Peoples Republic of China sounds “General Quarters” on the eve of Pearl Harbor Day in calling for the PLAN to make ready for combat and the US response is a call for “Transparency”. [caption id="attachment_31072" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Inside the Beltway…
12/06/2011 by Ed Timperlake Currently the Navy and Air Force are teaming up to address how to deter war especially in the Pacific. The planning document is built on fighting and winning a battle and a war. In a shooting war the US and our Pacific allies can fight and…
12/05/2011: HONOLULU -- An HC-130 Hercules airplane aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point drops supplies to seven mariners who are stranded on a deserted Pacific island in the Republic of Marshall Islands Nov. 6, 2011.Seven males between the ages of 19 and 30 left the southwestern part of Maloelap Atoll…
12/5/2011 by Ed Timperlake Through a coincidence of timing and chance I recently met a retired USAF officer who has never forgotten the aviators’ duty to take care of one’s aircrew. He visited the Washington DC DAV Office, spreading the word about fellow Air Force flyers in distress due to…
12/5/2011 by Richard Weitz Russian news media hinted darkly the foreign governments and their agent were seeking to influence yesterday’s parliamentary elections. The accusations of spies being involved in the election process were correct, but the spies were working for the Russian government. One of the duties of the Russian…
12/03/2011: Marines with Engineer Support Company, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion working in direct support of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, to clear improvised explosive devices with mine-clearing line charges near Route 611 in Kajaki, which was laced with IEDs.Afghan residents had been forced to leave their homes due to the…
[caption id="attachment_12920" align="alignleft" width="150" caption=" "][/caption] By Dr. Richard Weitz 12/02/2011 - Second Line of Defense was recently invited to participate in an open house for Lockheed Martin’s Affordable Innovation Technology Demonstration at the LM Global Vision Center in Arlington, Virginia. The demonstrations from the Lockheed Martin Global Training and…
