Hamas fighter was dead on his feet. FAFO

 

Two Hamas militants fire on the IDF from a rooftop. Each are hit by a barrage of fire. pic.twitter.com/TgnRpgjGCu

— FUNKER530 (@FunkerActual) May 18, 2024

The biggest most glaring flaw of Force Design 2030? Divest to invest.

 As the title goes the biggest flaw of Force Design 2030 is divest to invest.

If you're looking at things from the outside and believe the rhetoric of HQMC that is.

But the reality is much more stark.

Divest was undertaken for one reason.  To change the mission of the Marine Corps.  To change its ethos, its character and its traditions.

I say all the time that this is the new Marine Corps and it is. It can't be emphasized enough.

We've all been debating the plan.  We should have looked at the rationale behind the plans.  This is an internal assault led from the top on the very being of the USMC.

Lies, lies and more lies from our govt....

"SICK LIES"

New York Post goes after Fauci for his lies about dangerous virus research at the Wuhan institute of Virology.

It's only going to get worse for these liars.
(friend sent me this photo from a NY bodega.) pic.twitter.com/tE9xqB0Ffn

— Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) May 17, 2024

They damn near sainted Fauci and he's the bastard that backed the whole damn thing. Amazing in a different age but par for the course in ours. Weird. Its like putting the murderer in charge of the investigation of why his victim died.

The US Army is leading the way on all domain missile fires. The USMC should monitor and piggyback on their solutions...

US Army's current plans call for a fleet of 865 launchers capable of launching the MLRS Family Of Munition (GMLRS, GMLRS-ER, ATACMS & PrSM).

HIMARS: 521
M270A2: 344

The Army is also developing HIMARS Inc. 2/Autonomous Multi-domain Launcher for added capacity. pic.twitter.com/SsD9VQ5jMZ

— AirPower 2.0 (MIL_STD) (@AirPowerNEW1) May 13, 2024

The supposed carve out for roles in the DoD that the USMC planned with its Force Design 2030 is outdated, wasteful and caused unnecessary friction. The Army did it right. They added to their capabilities instead of subtracting. They did not give up roles. They added to them. The big brains on active duty fucked up so bad its scary (in the literal meaning of the word). The reality is simple. The gambled the entire Marine Corps on the thinking of an arrogant Commandant and now instead of the fictional fight for survival, the Marine Corps is barreling full force into a REAL battle. Pride goeth before the fall. I see pride leaving the room for many Generals, Colonels and Majors. If you pick a side in a fight you better pick the right one cause if you don't it will bite you in the ass....or in this case fill body bags.

Open Comment Post. 18 May 24

Nicholas partially gets it. Ukraine is lost. China is united with Russia in a war of industry against the West. We are incapable of winning such a war at this time.

 

BLUF: It seems inevitable that Ukraine will be lost, especially with China offering Putin unlimited support. Whether it is stopping Putin from conquering Ukraine or responding to subsequent aggression elsewhere when he succeeds, war between NATO and Russia may be unavoidable. https://t.co/0JqyAUcwFy

— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) May 17, 2024

Question. Why is the US military sole sourcing light tactical vehicles (Polaris...awesome but!) instead of putting out specs for all to compete on?

 

Polaris vehicles are awesome.  But lets be honest.  They're just one of many ATVs on the market today.  The war on terror is over so why is the govt sole sourcing them?

Why aren't they putting out specs and having ALL ATV manufacturers putting out vehicles?  Can-AM, Honda, etc...the weird thing is that even foreign countries are biting and not even looking around at other offerings to militarize!

You want to see waste?  This is it.  Want to see the free market die for blatant fraud?  This is it.

Remember as cool as these things are they're just modern day jeeps...not the jeeps sold to consumers but more like modernized WW2 jeeps.

Let me hit you with something else.  I bet a militarized HILUX would be cheaper and just as transportable!

Olight is making a red dot but I don't know....rechargeable via hood with a 17 day life?

 

Man I just don't know about this one.  I'm hoping one of the gun guys on YouTube does a test on it.  On the surface it looks awesome.  The only thing that really gives pause (and this is from 1000 ft looking down) is the recharging hood.

That seems like a mighty short life on a tool that I use to defend myself and others.

I mean it would suck BAD to hear a bump in the night and the dot ain't working meanwhile the goons are making their way thru your home to get you and yours.

Anyway this is just info in case you didn't see this. I'm saving judgement and hoping for a review real soon.

China Builds World’s First Dedicated Drone Carrier

 Thanks to Moebius2249 for the link!

*Small correction for my friends at Naval News.  If memory serves me correct the Turks turned their LHDs (while entering service) into dedicated drone carriers.  That's a first because to be honest anything with a flight deck can carry drones and land helicopters. Still its a rather dramatic statement, a warning to plans for warfare in the Pacific and an indictment to the rigidity that we have in our warship designs.  Example.  LSDs and how they're being used is passe especially in light of Force Design 2030.  Even that concept is aviation centric.  A French Mistral type platform that is lighter than a San Antonio class would fit that role perfectly and probably cost the same or less while giving more space for aviation.  Enough of that.  Onto the story from Naval News.

Mysterious Drone Carrier

The world knows about China’s first three carriers; the largest and most capable, the Type-003 Fujian, is currently undergoing sea trials. This new carrier is very different. Its claim to fame will not be that it is larger. Instead, we are confident that this ship is the world’s first dedicated fixed-wing drone carrier.

The design is smaller than the regular aircraft carriers, with a flight deck approximately one third the length and half the width of a U.S. Navy or Chinese Navy (PLAN) super carrier. For comparison, it is slightly shorter but wider than a World War Two escort carriers. It would be possible to operate fixed wing aircraft from it, but its straight deck arrangement would be anachronistic, not allowing aircraft to take off and land at the same time. Additionally there doesn’t appear to be space for a typical aircraft hangar, so the number of aircraft would be greatly limited. It does make sense as a drone carrier however.

Drones are an increasing part of naval warfare. Leading navies are already trialing them from regular aircraft carriers. And some navies, notably Iran and Turkey, are working on plans for ‘drone carriers’. But this space is still in its infancy.

Analysis of the ship

It is immediately apparent that it is, in general arrangement, an aircraft carrier of some sort. It has a marked runaway running along the port (left side) with an island superstructure on the starboard (right) side. 

Beyond this, it is unusual in every respect. The hull is a widely spaced catamaran. While catamarans are often featured in aircraft carrier concepts because they allow a large deck area, no one has actually built one before. Additionally, analysis of satellite imagery shows that the flight deck is very low. It appears unlikely there is a hangar deck below the flight deck. If there is, its ceiling is very low. Therefore, it does not appear designed to support high tempo or prolonged flight operations. 

The flight deck is wide enough to comfortably operate aircraft or drones with a wingspan of around 20 meters (65 feet) such as Chinese equivalents of the Predator drone. 

However, the mere existence of a flight deck suggests that aircraft intend to land on it. A catapult or launch rail of some form would be sufficient for launch if recovery wasn’t necessary.

 Make sure to read it all here 

‘A big mess is brewing’ Thousands of Russian fighters are flooding into Libya

 via Meduza.io

In the past three months, Russia has begun actively transferring military personnel and mercenaries to Libya, according to Verstka’s findings. These forces are primarily concentrated in eastern Libya, a region under the control of Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army and a Kremlin ally. (The western part of the country, including the capital, Tripoli, is governed by the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord.)

A source within a Libyan security agency reported that at least 1,800 Russian military personnel have arrived in the country in the last two weeks alone. Some were dispatched to Niger, while others remain in Libya awaiting further orders.

One serviceman told journalists that he and several hundred other special forces soldiers were redeployed from Ukraine at the beginning of the year. Several thousand more fighters — both professional soldiers and mercenaries from Wagner Group’s Africa operations — arrived in Libya between February and April. In conversations with journalists, the soldiers themselves acknowledged that their presence in Libya is unofficial. They said that they’re there as part of a private military company, though they didn’t specify which one.

 Here 

Well damn.  Just earlier today I asked what made SOCOM unique in their mission set.  I stated that raids were not "special" and that any decent infantry unit could conduct them.  Long range patrol is outdated with UAV and aerial recon.  Why send a man where you can send a tool?

I concluded that operations behind enemy lines sounded right but not against peer opponents.

I also stated in a different post that we were headed to the age of worldwide proxy wars.

That is WHERE SOCOM will find its use in the future.

I've also stated that Africa would be the battleground.  I think we're seeing it all come together.

The US just got kicked out of a number of countries and Russia is flowing in now?  China has already established on the continent and Western hubris has alienated damn near every nation there?

SOCOM has found the location of its next big fight and the source of its future funding.

They're gonna be running non-stop ops in Africa and its gonna get ugly.  No worries for conventional forces cause they're gonna be busy supporting them.  Hell even a few infantry battalions will likely get some trigger time while doing perimeter security for everyone from Rangers to even freaking SEALs?

Is the Pentagon losing faith in the V-22? New restrictions say yes...

Thanks to Carlton for the link!

Sorry for all those on the V-22 bandwagon but its been looking like a miss for awhile now. BlackHawks were cheaper and probably just as effective.

MUST WATCH! Prediction on how the war in Ukraine is going. Hint. Not well

 

The West is losing the war: current efforts are insufficient to prevent the fall of key Ukrainian regions to Putin in the next 2 years.

1/16 🧵The facts you need to know

(Follow for a second part on good and bad sanctions) pic.twitter.com/TjcvD43UZ7

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky (@khodorkovsky_en) May 16, 2024

The Chinese are gonna overwhelm our defense with THOUSANDS of drones per sortie....an electronic warfare solution is desperately needed...

China has developed autonomous “drone swarms” with some models capable of exploding on impact pic.twitter.com/zvUbSpl4Ro

— Global Press (@GlobalPressCorp) May 14, 2024

The Chinese are looking to overwhelm our forces with drones before they even close to individual fired weapons range. Remember my warning from the start of Force Design 2030. Penny packets of Marines will be found fixed and destroyed with ease. FD2030 is a failure from the start. What I can't understand is if its obvious to me then why do they continue to push it. The only answer that I can come up with is that the Marines used in this "Stand In Force" concept are by design sentenced to horrible deaths with the hope that it will rally the American people to back a war against China in defense of Taiwan.

Wow. Marine Raiders just got mad at the idea of MEU(SOC)

Ya know what's so crazy about this shit? While it does "sing" on the surface level, once we dig deeper the question has to be asked. What makes Special Ops special? Raids? The US Army has 3 whole battalions dedicated to raids (and once long range patrol) in the form of Rangers. In this modern era what missions does Special Ops conduct that conventional infantry couldn't? If you say raids then I'm calling bullshit. If you're saying recon? I'm asking why do we need men on the ground when air systems both manned and unmanned are the real go to. Covert action behind enemy lines? In the age of super power competition? Risky as hell and most likely to fail. I'm serious. Special Ops are cool. They have fantastic training and wonderful toys but what is the unique mission that they conduct in the modern era? Not slamming them at all but I would like to know. I think I'm gonna inbox this dude. They're solid and will answer without a flame war erupting.

 

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More guesses on the "WHY" behind the pick of the Russian defense chief

Shoigu's replacement with a (relatively experienced and apparently competent) economist pretty clearly signals Putin believes victory in Ukraine will come via outproducing (and outlasting) Ukraine and her Western allies. He's preparing for many more years of war.

— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) May 12, 2024

I kinda agree with this dude. Wars quickly become self licking cones. The Russians are trying to put a stranglehold on the economic pull of the war on their economy. If they end up going the way of the US and making war an integral part of their economy then they're in trouble. If they can avoid that trap then they have the US & China beat.  Regardless this should be worrying for the allies. If they're satisfied with their current trajectory and are moving toward becoming more efficient in their defense industries then the coming dawn of worldwide proxy wars is gonna be an intense and losing proposition for the West.

Chinese national posts images of Japanese naval base surveillance via drone....surely they've done the same in the US

Chinese man leaks another drone footage from Japan’s Yokosuka Naval Base.

The ship looks like Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Howard. pic.twitter.com/8pfGliAS5l

— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 15, 2024

Seems like he fucked around and found out...

Dual wielding is a hell of a way to go out 👀#police #darwin #cops pic.twitter.com/htlWDbxf8B

— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) May 15, 2024

Open Comment Post. 17 May 24

Society is being manipulated and they told us so

Remember. They told us that we were food on the table and that they're basically eating us up. A society of more than 300, almost 400 million people are being manipulated and most are HAPPILY accepting that manipulation.

The audacity comes from telling those that you're using, that you're using them is stunning to me.

I've been trying to figure out when it all started turning.  The best I can come up with (and I could EASILY be so wrong here) is towards the end of the Vietnam War.

The first step was to try and popularize an unpopular war.  Once they lost Walter Cronkite things became clear to them.  They had to own the new media and that would ensure proper control of information to the public.  The rest is sad history.

It accelerated from there.  Reached its zenith (or what should have been its zenith, with a huge course correction) when Bush Jr persuaded America (me too) that we had to invade Iraq to get the terrorist that attacked us.  An international police action (literally police action, not police action like Vietnam was called) against Bin Laden with Special Ops support was what we needed.

Instead the bastard son of Bush Sr launched an invasion of two countries.

We bought the bullshit (I take my share of blame) instead of pushing back against it.  That was our chance to get it right. What happened instead was that corporate America, Neo-Cons, Globalist etc...all picked up on the various tools to bend us to their will.

We let them.

We're fucked.

Open Comment Post. 13 May 24

Marines with 2nd Recon conduct Mjolnir Strike

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom takes flight during exercise Mjolnir Strike 4-24 at Bombing Target-11, Piney Island, North Carolina, April 23, 2024. Exercise Mjolnir Strike 4-24 is a fire support-focused exercise for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers to increase proficiency while incorporating multiple fire support capabilities, such as ground-based indirect fires and close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ramos)

Ya know what's weird with Force Design 2030? You would think that Force Recon would move a bit into the background and that ANGLICO would become the new kings on the block. I mean they ARE the masters at coordinating air, ground and naval fires right? They are the kings at getting different services and allies to jointly put steel on target right? So why haven't they seen a new push for their capabilities....or is it that SOCOM has rendered them obsolete?

Forgot that they posted courts-martial results....might be the new Marine Corps but its still a wild place...

Posts from the usmc
community on Reddit

Cultural acceptance has to have limits. Not everything is to be respected, condoned or allowed

A 13 year old Lebanese girl, forced to marry 29 year old man, crying in pain: "The girl can't say no. It's against our culture." the man smiles: “It's love at first sight!"
byu/Citron_Neat ininterestingasfuck

Want to talk about a virus sweeping thru America? Its the acceptance of the unacceptable. I post this just as an example but we're seeing things just as bad across the board. Cultural acceptance MUST HAVE LIMITS. We should not and cannot accept stuff that is repugnant all because we want to spare feelings. Lines have to be drawn. A 29 year old with a 13 year old? Where I come from that's called pedophilia. Saying that its culturally accepted so we must accept it is idiotic.

Open Comment Post. 11 May 24

A big push to get more people into trucking went on and now we're seeing a bunch of accidents/goofy-bad stuff on the streets...

Trucker threading the needle to avoid an accident
byu/railker innextfuckinglevel

Has anyone paid attention to certain professions? We seem to have a bowwave of people employed. So many in fact that we saw layoffs in those fields just a few years ago. Now? Now they're so understaffed that we've seen big pushes into the industry. That applies to a whole host of professions. Nursing. Aircraft manufacturing. Teaching. Oh and trucking. In the trucking field we're seeing a whole bunch of accidents/goofy shit happening on the streets. My bigger concern (although that's concerning enough) are the ones that affect people in their most vulnerable state. Doctors. Nurses. Teachers (I list kids as being vulnerable because they're like unwritten books that you can place any info into). I don't believe in managed societies but maybe we should consider properly managing our professions in the future?

Hamas gunmen opened fire at Gazan civilians — allegedly for stealing.....THIS IS WHO THEY PROTEST FOR!!!

 

Long spill before. Let me change it up. If criminals are caught performing horrendous crimes they aren't covered by the Geneva Convention. With that said, the criminals that accompanied Hamas on Oct 7 (when did we legalize a known terrorist organization....cartels are quasi governmental too so why aren't they recognized?) should face military punishment in the field right?

Marine Corps Commandant @ Modern Day Marine...

Byron told me to watch the CMC's testimony in front of Congress.  He warned me that it was a big nothing burger.  I watched it anyway and it was as described.

All those fucking Congress Critters and not a damn one asked the hard questions.  Not one of those idiotic, pampered so called leaders had the courage to do their jobs.

They praised the CMC, praised each other, the CMC praised them on what a great job they all were doing.

It was fucking disgusting.

Hope springs eternal.

I thought ok.  Maybe I'm just a dumbass and that just wasn't the right venue for him to talk about the hard shit.

Maybe he'll open his mouth at Modern Day Marine and stop playing politician and start talking plainly.

I called myself a dumbass?  Naw bro.  I was a fucking idiot to think that he would come correct.

More useless platitudes, more talk about the legacy Corps while he's pushing full speed ahead with this abomination that they're building.

Mark my words.

This new Marine Corps will get its shit pushed in.  We will run out of body bags and the mothers of America will be crying their eyes out.

I tried.  I fucking quit.  These fuckers can get what they fucking get.  Only Marines that count are those in the game?  Ok.  Hope you fuckers are ready to play cause I can sit at this keyboard and rip apart that Littoral Regiment without even trying hard.  The Chinese will ass rape that thing into oblivion.

The only thing I ask of these ass hats is to change the name of the organization.  They tarnish what has come before and since they don't give a fuck then complete the re-missioning and rebranding.

Open Comment Post. 10 May 24

Now this is an interesting obstacle course

 

Tak pokonują tor przeszkód #OSF NAJLEPSI! Jest moc! 💪🏻

📍Zamość, 3 Batalion Zmechanizowany, Mistrzostwa Dowództwa Generalnego RSZ gr 4 - 18 Dywizja Zmechanizowana pic.twitter.com/J3JjTqLpn0

— 18 Dywizja Zmechanizowana (@Zelazna_Dywizja) May 10, 2024

Open Comment Post. 9 May 24

 

101st begins transformation to "Mobile" Brigade Combat Teams

How did the US Army get their transformation so right and the USMC get it so fucked up? I'm watching both services and I'm amazed. The US Army has given up NO capabilities yet is simultaneously swinging full bore to the Pacific while at the same time adding to their Airborne/Air Assault/Light Infantry. Their armored forces are modernizing too. The Marine Corps? Naw. The whole damn thing was torn down by rogue transformationalist and the failed and flawed defense battalion concept of WW2 was rebranded/reborn. The USMC has become ultra-regional and single foe focused while the US Army is setup to take all comers. Bad days in Marine land and the Army is drinking our kool-aide.

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Strike, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) fielded and tested a prototype of the Mobile Brigade Combat Team as part of the Army's Transformation in contact during Operation Lethal Eagle 24.1 at Fort Campbell, Ky., from April 11 2024 through April 30, 2024. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), is one of the Army’s first units to prototype the mobile brigade combat team (MBCT) concept. The MBCT will be lighter and more lethal while providing increased mobility to close combat forces. The Army is undertaking its most significant transformation in more than 40 years to dominate large-scale combat operations in multi domain environments. Through Continuous Transformation, the Army will maintain dominance against rapidly evolving and emerging threats in an era of dynamic change in the character of war.

TRML-4D mobile radar stations

Starliner Crew Flight Test mission overview

Leonardo DRS

 

Are you fucking kidding me MARSOC? Hamas just used para-gliders to murder Israelis and now you tout this as a new capability?

 

Marine Special Operations Paragliding Capabilities Emerge At Demonstration In Tampa

Paragliding Marines went on a mock drone hunt at the event, but this is a capability that could be valuable for a host roles.

Story: https://t.co/POX5XaMryq

— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) May 8, 2024

MARSOC can't read the fucking room. The IDF is involved in a war against Hamas terrorist that used this same "capability" to murder Israelis at a music festival and now you roll this out? Have you bastards been pulling so many triggers that you can't see that this probably isn't the time to have US Special Operations, especially MARINE CORPS SPECIAL OPS imitating what a bunch of terrorist did? GEEZ! You guys are awesome but sometimes you come up short in the commonsense department. Oh and I know I'm gonna get flamed on this take but I stand on all ten on this one. Let Navy SEALs roll this out. Even Green Berets but not you guys. BAD BAD BAD LOOK!

Late Open Comment Post. 8 May 24

 

B-Roll: Balikatan 24 – ACVs Conduct Waterborne Gunnery Live-Fire

U.S. Marines Corps amphibious combat vehicles attached to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launch from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LDS 49) to conduct a waterborne gunnery live-fire range during Exercise Balikatan 24 at Oyster Bay, Philippines, May 4, 2024. BK 24 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle, Sgt. Patrick Katz, and Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Campbell)

Balikatan 24: ACV Operations Aboard USS Harpers Ferry

Hyundai Rotem to supply wheeled apcs to Peru (K808)

A bit stunning. Once we would have simply been notified of the need and whoever was the pick of the liter manufacturer would turn to building them, kick backs all around and its a done deal. I'm pleased to see them doing it right but at the same time I kinda view it as a symptom of diminishing US influence RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD! We focus so hard on the needs of Europe that we forget we have HOME and our OWN neighborhood to pay attention to, not to MENTION the economic powerhouse of the globe that is the Pacific countries! 

Side note. Many tremble at the idea of a powerful China. What should leave you in a cold sweat is the idea of all those Pacific nations putting aside their generational despites and forming an economic/military alliance. If that EVER happens we will pray for the good ole days of Genghis Khan.  I admit its not probable but we're heading into an age of nation "blocs".  Alliances aren't formed during good times.  They're formed when you see trouble ahead or its already at your doorsteps.

 

South Korea’s (🇰🇷) Hyundai Rotem has officially announced they have been selected for the @EjercitoPeru’s (🇵🇪) 8x8 competition.

Hyundai will supply 30x K808 White Tiger wheeled armored personnel carriers for a total of $60 million. pic.twitter.com/MnDg3REOBS

— SA Defensa (@SA_Defensa) May 3, 2024

Hyundai Rotem is laying the foundations for expansion in the markets of Central and South America.
Hyundai Rotem will deliver 30 of the K808 White Tiger 8x8 wheeled armored vehicles to the Peruvian Army through STX company.
This is the first export of an 8x8 wheeled armored… pic.twitter.com/d2fDYcyfNh

— Junsupreme (@RyszardJonski) May 3, 2024

The Marine Corps That Should Have Been....THIS IS A MUST READ GENTLEMEN!!!!!

 Via Real Clear Defense

Say what one wants about the Israeli incursion into Gaza, but not a single rocket or missile has been fired from what is left of it since the start of fighting. Compare this with the relative ineffectiveness of American efforts stop Yemen's Houthis from slinging missiles at shipping in the Red Sea. The difference is simply geography. The Israelis simply have to cross fencing and concrete barriers to directly confront their attackers, the Palestinians of Hamas.

If U.S. wanted to launch such a large scale punitive operation against the Houthis, it would have to be done from the sea with a large scale amphibious assault. An amphibious assault of this scale, requiring sea borne tanks, assault engineers and bridging capabilities that have been divested by the U.S. Marine Corps. Instead, the Marine Corps is building a defensive force built around anti-ship missiles designed primarily to contain the Chinese Navy.

This is a good one folks!  A MUST READ!

Check it out here, tell your friends then swing back around and let's talk about this! 

The IDF is still singing the praises of the Eitan APC...

Don't know how to class this beast. It's bigger than a Bradley in both size and weight, hell it even makes the Boxer look small!

via Ynetnews

At that critical moment of battles against Hamas terrorists, Major A. made several dramatic decisions, that saved communities like Kibbutz Kerem Shalom. One of them was exceptional: to bring all the heavy Eitan APCs from a base in the southern part of the country to the combat zones and deploy them as a barrier between the terrorists’ infiltration routes and the communities close to the border.

He made the decision despite the fact the vehicles had not yet been operationally integrated into the unit, and he doubted whether the soldiers would know how to operate and handle them to the required level. 

Since then, the new APCs have been increasingly utilized in combat in Gaza, led by the Nahal soldiers. Initially, they mainly served for the rapid extraction of wounded from the battlefield, but subsequently, as proficiency with them increased, they were also used for operational incursions deep into the war zone. The new Eitan APC is characterized by high "off-road" capabilities and especially by its speed, which allows it to evade Hamas anti-tank rockets. 

Here 

Question.

What isn't Hamas doing that we've seen is making a difference on the battlefield?

Hamas isn't using small drones for recon and attack...especially on IDF armor.

Sidenote.  Why aren't we seeing BIG TIME WORK on anti-drone weapons from the US Army for armored vehicles...I don't care if its software to make existing guns more capable of anti-air work, we've got to get this done!

Back to Major A.

Dude did good work.  He realized the command staff was either captured, dead or soon to be.  He took command, deployed his vehicles and fought them effectively.

I look forward to reading the unclassified after action.

Enhancing Marine Corps Capabilities: ACV training course

Is it just chance or a plan? We've been seeing a whole bunch of stuff on the ACV lately. Is it because the debate about Force Design 2030 is still raging and the backers of that abomination are still trying to push the idea that the USMC is still capable of "force in readiness" missions? As a sidenote. When was the last time we heard the words "amphibious assault" coming from HQMC?

 

Open Comment Post. 5 May 24

 

Saw this post online & makes me wonder why our advancement has slowed down...

 

Saw that on X and it made me sit back in my chair.

That's actually factually correct.  Development of all kinds has slowed dramatically.  Did you know that the time period between the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the moon landing took place in what?  About 60 odd years?

As far as military aviation let's be honest.

We've been riding the coattails of the designers from the 70's and mid 80's for decades now.

WTF happened to us?  

Why is mankind stalling out?

Are we still progressing but its all black programs now?

I have no answers but from what we can see, something is wrong.

Balikatan 24: ACVs Debut in the Indo-Pacific