China to Kitty Hawk CSG: “No”
(Ed. Note Flightdeck Friday will be up later today – SJS)
(Ed. Note Flightdeck Friday will be up later today – SJS)
File this one under "and you were expecting maybe something different?" Outgoing DepSecDef for Asia & Pacific Affairs, Richard Lawless remarked upon the glacial pace of mil-to-mil contacts with the Chinese military during a final press conference late last month. During the course of that press conference he highlighted several concerns, noting that a continued…
Been a very busy week here in these last few days in the run-up to the Inauguration — new folks arriving, some departing, new Congressional session and attendant questions – lots of questions, lots of briefs and also burning the midnight oil on the book project, so posting has been a bit light of late.  …
How’s your damage control training program? Is it ready to face the likes of what caused this damage? Ready for something that lasts longer than a standard GQ battle problem – measured in days not hours or minutes? Oh and about the PRT program too… —–
The Editorial Board of the USNI enters the fight in a major way: The independence of the Institute is paramount; without that openness, the Institute risks simply becoming an organ of whatever entity, whatever program, is deemed permissible by only a few, whomever those may be. It would be difficult to find a member or…
The first Navy Aegis ship to be sent to Davey Jones’ locker now rests on the bottom of the Pacific, done in by a combination of missiles and gunfire. The decommissioned cruiser Valley Forge was sunk as part of a Nov. 2 target practice on a test range near Kauai, Hawaii, according to the U.S….
One of the hallmarks of the E-2/C-2 is the (still) relatively low mishap rate. Mishaps, and in particular, mishaps that result in the loss of some or all of the crew were relatively rare events. In the early 1990’s though we had a spate of losses that spiked the rate. In one relatively short period…