During a July 2021 visit to 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) I talked with LtCol J. Eric Grunke and LtCol Jessica Hawkins. Grunke just relinquished responsibility to Hawkins for the Marine Aviation Training Systems (MATS) ecosystem within 2d MAW; encompassing all aviation simulators and the necessary infrastructure. There is a MATS Site at each of the major 2d MAW air stations; MCAS Cherry Point, MCAS New River and MCAS Beaufort.

On Aug. 14, Simon won the 2021 Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and received the Golden Girl Award as the tournament’s most outstanding female fighter.

The U.S. and Ukrainian navies wrapped up Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 July 10 in the Black Sea region.

NATO and U.S. military leaders gathered at Joint Force Command Norfolk in Virginia on Thursday to celebrate full readiness of the first operational NATO headquarters in North America.

Logistics is often viewed as the enabler of operations. But if one is designing the force to operate throughout an extended area of operations or an extended battlespace logistics capabilities are part of the definition of the art of the possible for crisis management. In a crisis, the goal is to be able to put force up against the critical choke point in the crisis seen as a process.

The “Home of Expeditionary Forces in Readiness” has a new commanding general of its expeditionary force.

A Change of Command ceremony took place at Camp Lejeune on Thursday. The event was originally supposed to take place outside, but because of the weather, it was moved indoors.

Fox Nation host and Proud American correspondent Abby Hornacek goes behind the scenes with the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels and Shetterly Squadron.

During my most recent visit to Camp Lejeune, I had a chance to talk with the CG of the II MEF Information Group and his team.

The strategic shift from the Middle Eastern land wars to the high-end fight revolves around effective crisis management. With the 21st century authoritarian powers working hard to make the world safe for authoritarianism, the liberal democracies need to focus on protecting and expanding their abilities to defend their interests.