The U.S. Army Contracting Command has selected Raytheon to train Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) pilots under a three-year contract, valued at up to $145 million. The AAF students will go… Continue reading "Expansion Plans for Afghan Air Force Move Ahead as Raytheon Win Training Contract"
With large parts of the UK armed forces now operating in new ways, including individual service people working from home, elements of training will inevitably be conducted remotely. This has… Continue reading "COVID19: How Far Can Simulated Military Training Go?"
The UK Ministry of Defence rarely deals in equipment or technology anymore; its focus is on capability. That being the blend of, what they call defence lines of development or… Continue reading "Defence Capabilities: UK National Audit Office Review – Why Doesn’t the MOD Get What it Wants?"
NATO had planned for March 2020 to be a huge test for the entire of the alliance’s defensive capabilities. The concept of rapid deployment of troops on the Eastern Flank… Continue reading "NATO Scales Back Defender Europe 2020 as Russia Continues Exercises"
On 11th March, European Command cancelled what was left of the Cold Response exercise, one of several exercises to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Norwegian-based maneuvers started… Continue reading "Cold Response and Other Military Exercises Cancelled or Scaled Down due to Covid–19"
The United States State Department has approved the sale of four Textron AT-6 Wolverine light attack aircraft to Tunisia. The announcement made on the 26th February pertains to the turboprop planes,… Continue reading "US Approves Textron Wolverine Sale to Tunisia"
Russian and Belarusian airborne forces participated in a joint tactical exercise in Western Russia starting on 18th February through to the 20th. The exercise was held at the Strugi Krasnyye… Continue reading "Paratroopers from Belarus and Russia Complete Joint Military Exercise"
In December 2019, Poland’s Ministry of Defence of Poland announced plans for the creation of the first facility responsible for the education and training for all of Poland’s special forces… Continue reading "New Joint Special Forces Training Centre in Europe"
Note- This article is the second portion of an earlier article that contiues the discussion of the dynamics of being a member of a Marine Scout Sniper platoon. To read… Continue reading "Dynamics of a Scout Sniper Platoon Part Two"
Earlier I covered the topic of the failure rates at the Marine Corps Scout Sniper Basic Course and what the Marines wanted to do to mitigate the failures. I disagreed… Continue reading "Dynamics of a Scout Sniper Platoon Part One"