The Trump Administration: Facing the Challenge of Enhancing the Ready Force in the Short to Midterm
President Trump has announced that there will be a shipbuilding office in the White House and…
Read More »The Core USMC Air Assets: 2025
The lynchpin of rapid force insertion for the USMC is clearly the Osprey. This aircraft is…
Read More »The Operational Re-Set: Distributed Aviation Operations
In my interview with MajGen Benedict, shortly before his retirement from the USMC as the Commanding…
Read More »A Look at this Year’s USMC Aviation Plan: Shaping a Way Ahead
In January 2025, the USMC released its latest Aviation Plan. As was noted in the press…
Read More »How did we get where we find ourselves today?
We clearly are entering a new phase of global history. It does no good to wring…
Read More »Shaping Distributed Maritime Effects the Marine Corps Way: A Discussion with LtGen (Retired) Heckl
As the United States faces the challenge of the strategic shift in maritime operations in a…
Read More »The Headless Crisis: A Lame Duck Presidency Escalates the War in Ukraine
When we had the Cuban missiles crisis, we had President Kennedy and an Administration. When we…
Read More »European Defense and Foreign Policy Entry Points, 2017 versus 2025: Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0
Dateline: Paris, France This week I returned to Rome to spend time with the Italian Air…
Read More »The Trump Election and Its Impact on European Defense: A Polish View
The U.S. presidential election has worldwide implications, and Central and Eastern Europe is no exception. Donald…
Read More »The War in Ukraine: The Trump Election and Its Impact
Dateline Paris, France In a piece I published on June 30, 2024, I highlighted the Ukrainian…
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