SOCOM Is Gobbling Up Marine Air Assets.

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter provides close air support at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 29, 2012, during exercise Emerald Warrior 2012. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command designed to leverage lessons learned from operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew J. Bruch/Released

 

 

A US Marine Corps CH-46 is participating at Emerald Warrior 2012.

Now why would that be?

It because we don't have strong leadership in the Marine Corps anymore.  We have a cabal of "individuals" that lust after being called Special Ops.

But does it make sense?

NO IT DOESN'T!

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND HAS 66,000 MEMBERS!


That's equal to 3 US Army Divisions.


It has air assets from the ....


23rd Air Force  which is composed of a number of USAF wings all tasked with supporting SOCOM.


HSC-84 and HSC-85 US Navy Helicopter Squadrons tasked to provide support to SOCOM.


160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment tasked with providing support to SOCOM.

Answer this for me.

SOCOM is due to grow to over 80,000 personnel in the next 5 years.  With a force that large are we talking about Special Ops or are we talking about another service that continues to leverage resources from the other services despite an ever expanding budget, kept in the black with little accountability.

SOCOM is a rabid dog that has lost its way and needs to be restrained.

This is nonsense.

Let me repeat myself, in less than 5 years SOCOM will number OVER 80,000 people.  That's larger than the entire British Army.

That's almost the size of the British Army and Royal Marines---combined.

That's half the size of the US Marine Corps.

And we have some brain dead desk jockey sending assets to participate in a Special Ops Exercise?

Sad.  Pathetic.  Depressing.