Friday, February 03, 2012

Bold Alligator 2012 will be worth following after all.

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Heads up gents.

Bold Alligator is about to get interesting.  Currently we've been served a rather bland diet of table top exercises and staff meetings.  But I've been told that next week the training gets alot more dynamic.

*Next week we'll actually start seeing troop movements and field problems.

*We'll finally see the red force attempting to impose its will on the blue.

*We'll finally see if the interoperability that all these navies talk about is actually here today, and not in the future.

With the different scenarios being war gamed, this will be worth watching.  I'll be particularly interested in seeing how the Australians do.  They've dedicated an Army Brigade Battalion to the Naval Infantry skill set and I look forward to seeing how far they've progressed.

The French contingent will also be worth watching and I'll keep an eye out on the Brits.

Long story short, next week is when all antennas should be focused on the coast of Virginia and North Carolina.

Stay tuned.

3 comments :

  1. It's going to be a blast. Wish I was there. Disappointed that they finally have a exercise worth something and I'm not their

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  2. yeah i get ya. i was slamming it early this week but like i said, i was told its going to be alot more dynamic. i wish i was able to get over there and just watch and film...watch and film...

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  3. Actually we've only got a single battalion that will be assigned to the amphibious warfare role at present (2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, with appropriate supporting elements including armour, artillery, aviation, engineers, combat support etc) but crawl, walk, run as they say...

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