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Stand-up of the Navy Air and Missile Defense Command (NAMDC)

On Thursday, 30 April 2009, the Navy’s newest Center of Excellence (COE), the Navy Air and Missile Defense Center, was opened for business onboard the Naval Weapons Development Center, Dahlgren Virginia. RADM Brad Hicks, who is also the Aegis BMD program director, will serve as the Center’s first commander until a permanent flag is assigned…

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Restructuring the Military: 2009 Edition

… (T)his budget represents an opportunity; one of those rare chances to match virtue to necessity, to critically and ruthlessly separate appetites from real requirements, those things that are desirable in a perfect world from those things that are truly needed in light of the threats America faces and the missions we are likely to…

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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye – Death By A Thousand Cuts?

Disclaimer: I am not nor have I ever been an employee of N-G.  Yes, I have over 3,000 hours in their E-2C and it is with that time, and the experiences it has brought across a wide playing field that the following is submitted. – SJS The final deliveries of supplies and materials for the…

MV-22 Osprey Deployment

Chalk this one under the “It’s About Time” column: PRESS ADVISORIES from the United States Department of Defense No. 032-07April 11, 2007Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132Public/Industry(703) 428-0711 The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway, will announce the deployment of the first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron in a press briefing on Friday at 11…

SecDef recommends NORAD-U.S. Northern Command commander to lead Pacific Command

BreakingSecretary of Defense Robert Gates announced his recommendation to the President to fill two key leadership positions in the unified command structure. Admiral Keating, Commander NORAD and USNORTHCOM, is being recommended to command Pacific Command. In addition, Lt. Gen. Victor “Gene” Renuart Jr., current senior military assistant to Secretary Gates, will be nominated for a…