I’ve been getting a lot of feedback on the Osprey post from Wednesday, which “speculates” on the Marines’ deployment to Afghanistan, and particularly why the service refuses to talk on the record about it in detail. Well, I’ve got a little more “informed speculation” on the deployment from a variety of sources and I thought […]
From the monthly archives:
October 2009
This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. In the midst of a deeply entrenched identity crisis, the U.S. Air Force is turning to technology as the potential answer to some of its problems. Air Force Chief Scientist Werner Dahm is conducting a sweeping “Technology Horizons” study to lay out technological opportunities that […]
Well, there’s more to the GAO report on Army ESAPI plate testing than meets the eye. With only a couple references thrown in early on, it’s easy to miss it. But a sharp eyed researcher at the Project on Government Oversight who called me today to ask a few questions did my job better than […]
My colleague Jamie McIntyre has a post over on his new blog, The Line of Departure, on the Osprey’s pending deployment to Afghanistan. He forwards some intel from the Rainman of all things Osprey, Rick Whittle, who covered the plane as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News and took the buyout a few years […]
Now back to the M-4 COP Kahler/OP Topside debate. I spoke with Col. Doug Tamilio, Program Manager for Soldier Weapons and Rich Audette, the Soldier Weapons deputy PM on Oct. 15 about the findings in a draft report on the so called “Battle of Wanat” that called out the M4 and the M-249 for multiple […]
