Thursday, October 13, 2011

Junglies...

Sea King Mk4 helicopters prepare for takeoff from Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan


Photographer: POA(Phot) Mez Merrill

A Royal Navy Sea King Mk4 helicopter is pictured on an operation over Helmand Province, Afghanistan.


Photographer: POA(Phot) Mez Merrill

A Royal Navy Sea King Mk4 helicopter is pictured on an operation over Helmand Province, Afghanistan


Photographer: POA(Phot) Mez Merrill

A Royal Navy Sea King Mk4 helicopter is pictured on an operation over Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Photographer: POA(Phot) Mez Merrill

Time to reorganize the US Army again. Bring back Light Infantry!


The US Army reorganized in order to follow the Transformation banner back in the early 2000's.  It was the wrong move.  They decimated there light infantry formations and started to reform around the Stryker IFV.

With the US reoreinting toward the Pacific, its time for the US Army to get its head out of the sand, watch to see where the wind is blowing and realize that for a myriad of missions --- LIGHT INFANTRY MAKES SENSE!

Couple Light Fighters with Combat Aviation Brigades, USMC MEU's and Special Operations and you have a force that can deploy anywhere...especially if they partner with USAF lift in the same way that the USMC teams with the Navy.

The Army got itself into a situation where it is either a medium or heavy force.  That is not the answer.  Light Infantry should form the backbone of the force with Heavy forming the remainder.  The Stryker formations are a concept who's time has come and gone.

Light Fighters own the night!

Air-Sea Battle? The Brits did it first in the Falklands.

Want to see a primer on the Air Sea Battle Concept (at least as I understand it)?  Then look no further than the Falklands War.

The Brits did it first, leveraging carriers, long range aerial tankers, long range bombers, surface ships for air defense and submarines to keep the opposing fleet bottled up.

Air Sea at its finest.

The Marines and Para's retook the islands during the ground phase but that's a different and fascinating story.  But I digress.  Check out Grand Logistics take on the Harrier at war.


MW3



Hmm.  Might seem crazy but an outbreak of Islamic attacks in Western Europe with a couple of false flag attacks thrown in?  Seems plausible and would probably tip us toward what MW3 is tossing our way (if my reading of its plot is correct)....anyway, awesome graphics.  Another game to add to the Christmas list.

Major hat tip to Endo-Tactical.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Old Guard Sniper

Staff Sgt. Christopher Rance, Continental Color Guard, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), looks for a target through his weapons scope, Oct. 6, at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. Rance and his partner, Cpl. Christopher Stevens, Continental Color Guard, will be the first team of snipers from The Old Guard to compete in a sniper competition, Oct. 14-16, in Elk Garden, W.Va.
3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard”
Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Coffee

Even more of the F-35B at sea....





Tuesday, October 11, 2011

EADS NA Armed Scout Contender. Great helo, wrong contest.

EADS NA has been hammering away that its helicopter is the right one for the US Army's next generation scout.

It offers twin engines, an ASSEMBLY plant in the US and commonality with a helo in production for the US Army, the UH-72.

If the Army operated its helicopters in the same way that the Marine Corps does (or if the Marine Corps was looking for an off the shelf replacement for the Huey) then the AAS-72 would be a no brainer.

Dropping off a recon team and then being able to fly out and provide fire support or over watch for a unit is an awesome capability.

But the US Army Scouts don't operate that way.  They're more like light weight Apache's than utility helicopters.

That's why EADS won't win this contest.

They will put up one helluva fight though and in the end I bet the Army ops for a simple upgrade rather than new helicopters.

AESA for ground forces...HAMMR!

Navistar Defense's Saratoga

Hat tip to Jonathan...thanks...via Navistar Defense




Ricardo presents a fuel efficient Humvee type vehicle..

Thanks Jonathan...appreciate the article....via Automobile

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Combat Weather...is it time to do away with this special ops unit?


I don't know a thing about this unit.  Never ran across one in real life.  But is this a unit that needs to be?

Say it out loud.

Combat Weather Technician.

In the 21st Century with satellite coverage world wide.  With UAV's providing real time intelligence...with most units having Path Finder trained personnel.

Do we really need this unit?

Warrior Talk discusses awareness and street survival.



Warrior Talk has an excellent article on avoiding...and if necessary winning a confrontation on the streets.

It hasn't happened yet but with the economy still limping along and with people hurting and desperate you can bet that violent crime will increase.  Are you living in condition white or yellow?  Do you even know what I'm talking about?  Check out his 3 articles here, here and here and see if you don't learn something!