Shore Huggers and Horse Marines
Marines move inland after the landing at Inchon (September 1950) Recently, while I was supposed to be counting the number of jeeps serving with the...
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I Stare at the Empty Chair Next to Me. He Isn’t Coming. We Still Wait for Him.
I sit staring at the empty chair next to me. We know whose chair it is. He isn’t coming. His name was Sam. He’d grown up in the country, the...
Read MoreSweden and Nordic Defense: Shaping a Way Forward
WASHINGTON — Gen. Micael Byden was appointed Supreme Commander of Sweden’s military in 2015, a job whose requirements changed dramatically in...
Read MoreTransparency in Arms Support to Ukraine: Missing in Action?
Throughout the U.S. effort to support war-torn Ukraine, Republican politicians asked where the money was going in Ukraine, and who was profiting from...
Read MoreDistributed Operations During Nordic Response 24
U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conduct distributed aviation operations (DAO) during Exercise Nordic Response 24 at Oulu, Finland,...
Read MoreThe Multi-Domain Requirements of an Australian Maritime Strategy: The 11 April 2024 Seminar
The first of two seminars of the Sir Richard Williams Foundation in 2024 was held on 11 April 2024 at the National Gallery of Australia. The seminar...
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Defence Secretary Oral Statement to provide a Defence Personnel Update
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps provided an oral statement to the House of Commons on 07 May 2024, to update the House on a data incident involving...
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An Embattled Frontier
Guest post by Rick Schwertfeger Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command, Austin, Texas. Part 2 of 3 As the years of the late 16th century period...
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Experiences During the Battle of the Somme Influenced ‘The Lord of the Rings’
J.R.R. Tolkien is renowned for crafting the legendary high-fantasy tales of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Before earning fame as an author,...
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Shaping C2 for the ADF and Coalition Forces: The Perspective of Air Vice Marshal Mike Kitcher
When I was in Australia in September of last year, I had a chance to talk to the then Deputy Chief Joint Operations (DCJOPS), Air Vice-Marshal Mike...
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