Recovery of MH-60S Seahawk: The CH-53K Does the Heavy Lifting
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), U.S.…
Read More »The April 2024 Seminar: The Multi-domain Requirements of an Australian Maritime Strategy
A maritime strategy considers more than naval operations. It details the ends, ways, and means necessary…
Read More »How to Acquire Submarines for the Royal Australian Navy: Shaping an Effective Path
In a recent article for The Strategist I painted a depressing picture of the UK’s submarine capability—a force undercapitalised, with…
Read More »USMC Transformation Path: A Discussion with LtGen Heckl
Recently, I met with LtGen Heckl in his office at Quantico. I have known him for…
Read More »Distributed Operations, C2 and the Challenges: The Elephants in the Room
Recently, the 17th annual Mobile Deployable Communications Conference was held from the 24th to the 25th…
Read More »Exercise Good Hope
Exercise Good Hope VIII, the latest instalment of the bi-national maritime exercise between the South African…
Read More »The RAAF at Red Flag Nellis 24-1
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aviators have joined counterparts from the United States and United Kingdom…
Read More »The Timeline for the Tiltrotor Enterprise: A Platform Perspective
There are various ways one can conceptualize the timeline for the emergence and evolution of the…
Read More »Crafting, Operating and Shaping a Way Ahead for a Tiltrotor Enterprise
The concept of having a combat “helicopter” that can fly at the speed of an airplane…
Read More »From Iraq Insertion to the Tiltrotor Enterprise: The Creation of a Multi-Domain Capability for the U.S. Forces
As the United States faces a global overload of strategic challenges and the concomitant challenge of…
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