6 February 2007 – Steeljaw Scribe

It’s Offical: AFRICOM

BySteeljawscribe 6 February 2007

In testimony before the Senate today, SecDef Gates announced: “The president has decided to stand-up a new unified, combatant command, Africa Command, to oversee security cooperation, building partnership capability, defense support to non-military missions, and, if directed, military operations on the African continent,” Gates said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The command…

A Tale of the COD (Wherein Doc Newton Is Proved Right – Again)

BySteeljawscribe 6 February 2007

So there we were, all bundled into the back of the COD — the AIRLANT eval team headed back to Norfolk after “evaluating” the ship/air wing lo these past 3 days. Not being fond of COD flights to begin with, YHS had managed to snag a seat on the last row, or if looking at…