 | Black Sea Fleet: Politico-Military force The commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, said last week that the Black Sea Fleet could increase the number of warships at its base in Sevastopol to 100 and the number of its personnel to 25,000. But will the Russian Navy stay in the region after 2017, when the agreement to deploy the Russian fleet on Ukrainian territory expires? Vladimir Dorokhin, Ambassador at Large, Russian Foreign Ministry. |
 | Lieutenant General Caldwell at Dole Institute Lieutenant General Caldwell currently serves as the commander of the Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, the command that oversees the Command and General Staff College and 17 other schools, centers, and training programs located throughout the United States. The Combined Arms Center is also responsible for development of the Army's doctrinal manuals, training of the Army's commissioned and noncommissioned officers, oversight of major collective training exercises, integration of battle command systems and concepts, and supervision of the Army's Center for the collection and dissemination of lessons learned. His prior deployments and assignments include serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects and spokesperson for the Multi-National Force -- Iraq, Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division; Senior Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense; Deputy Director for Operations for the United States Pacific Command; Assistant Division Commander, 25th Infantry Division; Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Commander, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division; a White House Fellow, The White House; Politico-Military Officer in Haiti during OPERATION RESTORE/UPHOLD DEMOCRACY; Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division during OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM; and Chief of Plans for the 82nd Airborne Division during OPERATION JUST CAUSE in Panama. About.... Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell IV Lieutenant General Caldwell's decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), and the Louisiana Cross of Merit. Lieutenant General Caldwell graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1976. He earned Masters Degrees from the United States Naval Postgraduate School and from the School for Advanced Military Studies at the United States Army Command and General Staff College. Lieutenant General Caldwell also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Senior Service College Fellow. To watch full program go to our website at www.doleinstitute.org and go to Program Video Library |
 | 70th anniversary of the North Korean army - Military Parade North Korean military band performing at the "90th birthday of late Kim Il-sung and the 70th anniversary of the founding of Korean People's Army" North Korean Military Parade Pyongyang, April 25, 2002 Well, more militia then regular army parade. Since it was a TV broadcast, commentary overlaps the footage partially. P.S - Just to clear things up about the Korean Peoples Army being 70 years old (at the time of this parade) despite the fact the DPRK came into existence after World War II. A propaganda quote on the 25/4/2002 from the Korean Central News Agency of the DPRK's English website: "KPA, revolutionary armed forces Pyongyang, April 25 (KCNA) -- Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army. On the occasion all the officers and men of the people's army and people look back with deep emotion upon the proud course of the revolutionary armed forces replete with victory and glory. Seven decades ago President Kim Il Sung founded the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, the first genuine army of the people in the history of Korea, to wage a protracted and hard-fought struggle against the Japanese imperialists and accomplish the historic cause of the country's liberation. After the liberation of Korea in August 1945 the KPRA grew to be the KPA, the regular armed forces. The servicemen displayed matchless self-sacrificing spirit and mass heroism in the three-year-long Fatherland Liberation War (June 1950-July 1953) to defeat the U.S. imperialist aggressors who had boasted of being the "strongest" in the world and creditably safeguarded the sovereignty of the country and the nation and their dignity. The KPA that won the wars against the two formidable imperialist enemies has grown to be an invincible army under the guidance of supreme commander Kim Jong Il. He has pursued the army-based policy to train the KPA as the main force of the revolution, lead the struggle to defend socialism to victory and remarkably increase the nation's military potential. In the 1990s when the imperialist campaign to isolate and stifle the DPRK was at its height and a dangerous situation was prevailing in the country the KPA gave full play to the revolutionary spirit of soldiers to perform shining feats in the defence of the country and socialist construction. The rare wisdom, outstanding politico-military ability and matchless grit of the supreme commander are the source of the tremendous combat power of the KPA." Read it for yourself here - http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200204/news04/25.htm#10 |
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