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Visiting VMU-2 at Cherry Point

Posted on June 7, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
06/07/2015
Slideshow:Visiting VMU-2 at Cherry Point
Posted in HOME, Slideshow | Tagged Cherry Point, F-35B, Faught, John Nelson, John Putney, MAGTF, Murielle Delaporte, Palpachek, RQ-21A, Second Line of Defense, UAS, USMC, VMU-2

Visiting MAG-31: An Update on the Warlords

Posted on June 7, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
06/07/2015
Slideshow:Visiting MAG-31: An Update on the Warlords
Posted in HOME, Slideshow | Tagged Bachmann, Brian Bann, Eglin, F-35, MAG-31, MCAS Beaufort, Murielle Delaporte, Nichols, Robbin Laird, Second Line of Defense, UK F-35, uss wasp, Warlords

Visiting the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum

Posted on May 15, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
05/15/2015
Video:Visiting the Might Eighth Air Force Museum
Posted in Video | Tagged 982nd Combat Camera Company, Canada, Eighth Air Force Museum, France, Germany, Italy, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Operation Skyfall, Second Line of Defense, United States

Visiting HMS Queen Elizabeth

Posted on May 9, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
05/09/2015
Slideshow:Visiting HMS Queen Elizabeth
Posted in Con Ops, HOME, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force | Tagged F-35B, HMS Queen Elizabeth, RAF, RN, Robbin Laird, Scotland, Second Line of Defense

Visiting Djibouti: November 2014

Posted on March 31, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
03/31/2015
In November 2014, Second Line of Defense Co-Founder, Murielle Delaporte, visited the French and American forces in Djibouti.
Posted in HOME, Slideshow | Tagged African, Arabian, Bab El Mandel straight, Djibouti, French, French amphibious ship, French Ministry of Defense, Gulf of Aden, Murielle Delaporte, Red Sea, Second Line of Defense, Somali, Somalian Rift, Tonnerre, US marines

Happy Birthday Nunn-Lugar! Another Case of Second Line of Defense In Action

Posted on December 13, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
12/13/2011
Will the Russian government prove willing and able to maintain security upgrades at Russian WMD sites that previously were sustained by US and other foreign funding?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Nunn-Lugar, Russia, Second Line of Defense
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