by Joe Katzman | May 30, 2005 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Events, Issues - International, Leadership & People, Memoriam, Scandals & Investigations, USA, Warfare - Lessons
“Anyone who fightswith us is a brother.” Four Canadians killed by U.S. friendly fire in Afghanistan were honoured by their American fellow soldiers of 187th Infantry Regiment. Amid the echoing strains of a lone bugler and the sharp report of a 21-gun...
by Joe Katzman | May 30, 2005 | Europe - Other, Leadership & People, Memoriam
Brig. Guiseppe Coletta As part of his Memorial Day weekend features, MilBlogger “Greyhawk” offers “Per Liberta,” a memoriam to Italian Brigadier Giuseppe Coletta. Coletta, a Sicilian officer in the 13th Regiment of the Carabinieri (military...
by Joe Katzman | May 30, 2005 | Leadership & People, Memoriam, USA
Col. Austin Bay Columnist and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Austin Bay recounts his Memorial Day weekend 2005 speech to Tejanos In Action: “This morning I spoke at a Memorial Day ceremony held at the Travis County International Cemetery. A group of Hispanic...
by Joe Katzman | May 27, 2005 | BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Air, Forces - Land, Forces - Marines, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, R&D - Contracted, Scandals & Investigations, Signals Radio & Wireless, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, T&C - CSC, USA
In the wake of the U.S. Secretary of Defense’s FY 2006 budget requests for $419 billion after making a number of significant program cuts, the U.S. House of Representatives (Congress) passed H.R.1815, a $441 billion defense budget for FY 2006. The legislation...
by Joe Katzman | May 27, 2005 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance
(click to expand) Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. on Wednesday said it received a $212 million contract from Britain’s Ministry of Defense that authorizes production of Arrowhead sensor kits by its subcontractor Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control...
