Expert Analysis

Amphibious operations training means high-risk training, but will it later pay dividends, or is it simply keeping a dying capability afloat?

9/11 showed how difficult it is to predict the needs of the battlespace, but it’s hard to imagine the ACV is well-suited for future warfare.

The Muslim Brotherhood support a democratically elected government in Libya which would be antithetical to UAE and SA interests.

AAVs are central to the mission of the Corps, but with no major amphibious landings in sixty years, it risks being dismantled or assimilated. 

YAT-YAS is the amtracker’s motto. After all, it succinctly describes the amphibious nature and mission of the Marine Corps.

The 2017 World Drug Report reveals that two-thirds of all cocaine smuggled between South America and Europe cross the West African countries.

The B-21 Raider can shift power in the Pacific by allowing the U.S. to counter China’s hypersonic missiles and giving it diplomatic leverage.

Conflict in Central Africa boils down to a contest between state and non-state actors on who gets what; gaining weapons is a means to an end.

On January 2nd, SECDEF Mark Esper, following the U.S. airstrike assassination of Gen. Qaseem Soleimani, stated: “the game has changed.”

Recruits no longer have to fear the infamous “shark attack,” but it’s just piece of a larger puzzle the Army is still trying to assemble.

Terror groups, such as Boko Haram, are expanding attacks as they tap into terror networks worldwide which support them with arms and funds.

According to the intelligence reports, Iran has been planning on assassinating Lana Marks, American Ambassador to South Africa, for months.