Italian Coast Guard’s New Offshore Patrol Vessels Will Deliver Enhanced Capabilities
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri recently released a video showing the launch of the Luigi Dattilo (CP 940), the first of two …
International Militaries
Indian Carrier Aviation: No Longer the Only Game in Town
The Indian Navy likes to point out with respect to Indian carrier aviation that besides the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) …
The Surrender of Italy: The Allies’ Bungled Opportunity
Gen. George S. Patton called it “the unforgiving minute”– that moment in combat when opportunity for success at little or …
Outsourcing Strategic Airlift: NATO’s Two Very Different Solutions
In this age of coalition warfare and continuous global deployments, nearly every nation’s military regularly needs at least some strategic …
French Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel L’Adroit Has The Big Picture
A small combatant is making a big impression wherever it goes.
The French Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) FS L’Adroit …
SOCOM Undersea and Land Efforts Seek Industry Collaboration
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) representatives have recently announced opportunities for enhanced industry collaboration to help develop and identify …
Operation Gomorrah
On the evening of Saturday, July 24, 1943, members of the German military mingled with civilians and prepared to enjoy …
Interview with Rear Adm. Tom Carney, COMLOG WESTPAC, and Capt. Jim Hruska, COMMSCFE
Rear Adm. Tom Carney, Commander Logistic Force Western Pacific (COMLOG WESTPAC), along with Capt. Jim Hruska, Commander Military Sealift Command …
Indian Naval Aviation: Transforming at 60
India’s naval fleet air arm, known formally as Indian Naval Aviation, marked its Diamond Jubilee in May 2013 with two …
The Smatchet: Fairbairn’s Other Fighting Knife
The Special Training Centre at Inverailort House near the remote hamlet of Lochailort on Scotland’s western coast is justly famous …