Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition
In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense
Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his …
Training and Education
The Last and Largest Wargame Before World War II: The Louisiana Maneuvers
By mid-1941, the U.S. Army’s ranks had more than doubled, from 620,000 in December 1940, to 1,460,998 men. In the …
DMN Q&A: Col. Robert “Shark” Garland, Commandant, USAF Weapons School
The Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas is considered one of the premier tactical …
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Year in Review
Our review of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in 2010 and early 2011 begins with events of a more recent …
Empire Challenge ’11: Canada Refines Tactical Reconnaissance Processes
Canadian Armed Forces used the occasion of the recent “Empire Challenge ’11,” coupled with the Afghan-like venue of Ft. Huachuca, …
NAVSCIATTS
One key but little-known aspect of Naval Special Warfare coalition warfare capabilities is the U.S. Naval Small Craft Instruction and …
U.S. Navy Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) Mates With Russian Sub
NATO exercise Bold Monarch 2011 brought navies from around the world to improve interoperability between submarines and submarine rescue units. …
Empire Challenge
One of the challenges with the ongoing proliferation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities across joint service and coalition …
Preparing Partners for Emergencies
In 1996, the Civil Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) Program began working with former Warsaw Pact nations in Europe and Central …
Gulf War: The Battle of 73 Easting and the Road to the Synthetic Battlefield
There is an old training axiom that a military force usually learns a great deal more from their defeats than …