Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient leaves legacy

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Pacific Perspective:USMC Develops Aviation Combat Skills With Australian Allies

The Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRD-F) conducted Exercises RAPTOR'S STRIKE 22 and DIAMOND STORM 22 with Australian Defence Force (ADF) counterparts from 2 May-24 June in Adelaide,South Australia,MRF-D reported.RAPTOR'S STRIKE enhanced low altitude air defence (LAAD) interoperability as LAAD Marines from Marine Air Combat Group 38 Detachment (MACG 38) integrated with ADF personnel.MRD-F Marines worked closely with 100 Air Defence Battery to improve integrated air and missile defence,thus demonstrating a primary feature of Force Design 2030 concepts and expeditionary advanced base operations.In the current Indo-Pacific Region environment,with a militarily assertive China and Russia causing concern from Japan to Taiwan and beyond,air defence assets are critical as they enable manoeuvring.Integrating these Marine Corps assets with Allied air defence capabilities further increases the ability to maintain freedom to manoeuvre.* Next,the MRD-F ACE moved on to DIAMOND STORM 22,providing aviation coordination and battlespace awareness to the Allied exercise force.Working beside Royal Australian Air Force counterparts,they developed key relationships;Anti-Air Warfare Tactics,Techniques and Procedures (TTP);and enhanced MRF-D battlespace awareness.While supporting real-world contingencies,the drills were also critical enablers of Exercises KOOLENDONG 22 and PITCH BLACK 22,which is led by the ADF.DIAMOND STORM was an Air Warfare Instructor Course incorporating top Australian pilots and Special Operations Forces. MACG 38 provided battlespace awareness and MRD-F Marines also supported the drills with MV-22 Osprey lift,transportation and manoeuvre.The ADF Air Warfare Centre and 88 Squadron focused on detailed integration of offensive air support;offensive counter-air;suppression of enemy air defences;fixed wing-delivered close air support;and Airborne Command and Control.The participants operated force-on-force against a thinking adversary with a comprehensive and modern integrated air defence system,within a contested electromagnetic spectrum environment and during the conduct of long-range combat assault transport missions.

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Increasing Firepower:Advanced Technology USN Warship Deployed to Rota,Spain

On 17 June 2022,the newest Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) member,USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117),arrived at its new homeport of Rota,Spain.It had recently been operating with NATO Allies Canada,France,Germany and Norway in Exercises Cable Car and Green Light.In the Baltic Sea,the high tech vessel had also integrated with the 2nd Marine Division and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked Amphibious Squadron Six and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).What is more,the guided-missile destroyer interoperated with the new Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) during the inaugural deployment of the Sioux City.Paul Ignatius commanding officer Commander Aaron Arky said that:I couldn't be more proud of the team as they superbly conducted undersea,air-defence and expeditionary operations during this patrol.* The Paul Ignatius was commissioned in 2019 as the second of eight Flight IIA:Technology Insertion ships,bringing enhanced capability and technology advancements to U.S. Navy Europe and Destroyer Squadron 60 (DESRON 60),according to NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY ROTA.The heavily armed Arleigh Burke-class warship is able to conduct missions ranging from sea control and power projection to disaster reflief.Alongside the Paul Ignatius,Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79 arrived in Rota as well,providing rotary-wing aircraft mission capabilities to the four FDNF-E destroyers deployed there.* Flight IIA:Technology Insertion destroyers are equipped with Aegis Baseline 9,which provides improved Integrated Air and Missile Defence capabilities.Their increased computing power and radar capabilities can quickly detect and react to modern air warfare and Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) threats.The multi-mission ships provide a wide range of warfighting capabilities in the multi-threat air,surface and submarine warfare domains.Each of the destroyers is armed with 96 Standard,Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC) and Tomahawk Air-to-Surface/Loitering Attack Missiles;a 5-inch Mark-45 gun;2 Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS);and two Mark-32 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes for Mark-46 or Mark-50 ASW torpedoes.

Shield AI Raises $165 Million In Funding Round To Accelerate Autonomous Piloting - Aviation Today

Shield AI Raises $165 Million In Funding Round To Accelerate Autonomous Piloting - Aviation Today: Defense technology startup Shield AI has closed a $165 million funding round that the company said will be used to accelerate the development artificial intelligence (AI) pilots, including in degraded GPS and communications environments. Shield AI said that with the investment it is now the fourth startup valued in the multi-billion-dollar range in the past 20 years, …

North Atlantic Ocean Strategy:NATO'S Dynamic Mongoose 22

NATO has announced that an iteration of its premier anti-submarine warfare drills,Dynamic Mongoose 22,will commence on 13 June.Maritime forces from nine NATO Allies will take part:Canada,Denmark,France,Germany,the Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,the UK and the US.Vessels will include three submarines;11 surface warships;and 16 Maritime Patrol Aircraft.The annual wargames provide complex,realistic and challenging warfighting drills to enhance proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare disciplines in a context of safe operations.Submarines will take turns hunting and being hunted in coordination with air and surface combatants.The exercise will also demonstrate the readiness and mobility of the maritime element of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF),the spearhead of the NATO Response Force.According to Commander,Submarines NATO,Rear Admiral Stephen Mack,USN,the drils will enhance teamwork and improve knowledge of the operating area,the expansive waters of the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap between Iceland and Norway.* The maritime warfighters will practise Anti-Access/Area Denial operations in the GIUK Gap,flexing critical skills at closing the Gap to naval forces from adversaries such as Russia and China.Indeed,the NATO maritime forces had assembled at Reykjavik,Iceland on 9 June.The exercise will thus consist of conducting sea control/sea denial-related naval tasks in preparation for future collective defence and crisis response operations,NATO noted.*

Raytheon Technologies Moving Global Headquarters To Northern Virginia - Aviation Today

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A symbol of freedom, unity and hope - Flag Day

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Major NATO Maritime Drills Commence:BALTOPS 22

On 5 June 2022,NATO exercise BALTOPS 22 begins in the Baltic Sea Region.The drills will run through 17 June.According to U.S. Naval Forces Europe,BALTOPS 22 will strengthen the combined response capability that is crtitical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the region.Those participating include:Belgium,Bulgaria,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Latvia,Lithuania,the Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Sweden,Turkey,the UK and the US.A myriad of capabilities will demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritme forces,to include:amphibious operations;gunnery;anti-submarine and air defence drills;mine clearance operations;explosive ordnance disposal;unmanned underwater vehicles;and medical response.Sweden is the host nation.* The scenario builds on BALTOPS 21 story lines and continues the incorporation of the space domain in coordination with the NATO Space Centre.The team of international forces will be tasked with responding rapidly in a time of crisis.Over 45 ships;75 aircraft;and some 7,000 service members will execute the manoeuvres.US Navy warships taking part include:the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3),dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44),guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20).* Strategically,Finland and Sweden's penchant for employing small missile-armed surface combatants and shore-based aircraft with Sweden's stealthy submarines in the context of Nordic geography creates significant Anti-Access/Area Denial capabilties.This could be used to block Russian transit of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.The exercise will take place in the Central and Southern Baltic Sea and include drills in the Stockholm archipelago near Uto;on land and sea outside Visby and Faro;on Ravlunda Exercise Field;on Osterlen and in Hano Bay.Sweden will contribute a submarine;two Visby corvettes;two minesweepers;four fighter aircraft;two helicopters and more than 500 troops.There will also be drills on riparian land ranges in Germany,Poland,Sweden and the Baltic States.Warfighting simulation will include maritime interdiction and personnel recovery,strengthening the cohesion and skillsets of NATO Allies and Partners.Personnel recovery is the recovery and reintegration of isolated military personnel,those who must survive,evade,resist or escape because they became separated from their units during combat operations.The Warrior's Ethos states:I will never leave a fallen comrade.An adversary may influence military strategy and national will by exploiting the intelligence and propaganda value of isolated personnel,according to the United States Army Combined Arms Centers.*

NATO, Croatia. US Army Airborne troops during a live fire exercise.

NATO Secretary General with 🇺🇸 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, 02 JUNE 2022

NATO Secretary General remarks at the 🇺🇸 White House, 02 JUN 2022