Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in a DoD-sponsored Blogger’s Roundtable with U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Wobbema, Chief of Staff for the Coalition Air Force Transition Team. His job? Help rebuild the Iraqi Air Force. With the recent MQ-9 Reaper kill that we talked about here on DT, my first question was if […]
October 2007
About two months ago, the American military went into high gear to create an air corps for Afghanistans military. Of course, that seems like a long time in coming, but commanders there wanted to set their priorities on building a robust ground force before switching to the more complicated task of forming an aviation force. […]
Here’s another clip from Military.com’s day at the Aberdeen range. As you can see, I’m getting a little better at this video thing, but there are still some hiccups, I know. I’ve got a few more on the editing deck, so stay tuned. Also, be sure to refer back to our first-person story on the […]
The Israeli Navy, still recovering from the image of one of its missile ships struck by a land-launched missile during the summer 2006 Israeli assault on the Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, has received a new commander — of Chinese descent. The Israeli minister of defense and other senior military officials had earlier stepped down following […]
Events like this sort of validate parts of the CNO’s new maritime strategy, don’t they? This from Military.com Sailors from the Norfolk-based destroyer James E. Williams boarded a North Korean merchant ship that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, while two other Navy vessels tailed a pirated Japanese ship in the […]
