1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division completing a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) mission

 

More pics from the Karzai Airport Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)

Marines depart for Hamid Karzai International Airport (Just Release Video)

 

We didn't tell the Brits? Biden refused Boris' phone calls for 36+ hours? This thing was a cluster!

36+ hours… https://t.co/VP3qiS7Ijb

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 19, 2021

Wow.

Remember how we were told the adults were back in charge?  Remember how everyone was talking about how dysfunctional the Trump White House was (and it WAS!).  Remember how everyone was talking about how the US was back and how happy our allies seemed to be when they met with Biden just a short while ago?

I wonder what the Brits are thinking after this....I don't even know what to call it.  A snubbing?  Disrespect?  Pretty bad for a force/country that has been extremely reliable.  Did we do the same to the Aussies?  They've been right along with us too.  So have many other European countries.

That upcoming NATO meeting will be interesting.

The T1 test asset (MQ-25) refuels a US Navy E-2D Hawkeye command-and-control aircraft...(VIDEO)

Another #MQ25 refueling in the books. The T1 test asset just refueled a @USNavy E-2D Hawkeye command-and-control aircraft. This is the unmanned aerial refueler's second refueling mission. pic.twitter.com/53R8HdcvFB

— Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) August 19, 2021

Lithuanian Army's Iron Wolf Mechanized Infantry Brigade receives JLTVs

🇱🇹New equipment🇺🇸

Iron Wolf🐺MechInfBrig (Mechanizuotoji pėstininkų brigada "Geležinis Vilkas") is the prime fighting force of🇱🇹Army.
They received the first 50 (of 200) 🇺🇸US manufactured armoured JLTVs
Supporting also the @BG_LTU_eFP it's making the #Alliance #StrongerTogether! pic.twitter.com/8wzUd7JBgn

— HQ Multinational Corps Northeast (@hqmncne) August 20, 2021

German Air Force conducting evacuations @ Karzai Airport, Afghanistan...

Northern Alliance retake a district. The civil war is on. Is a two state solution where we should push?

#BREAKING VIDEO - Apparently the fight back to retake #Afghanistan from the #Taliban has begun. The Northeren Alliance has retaken #Charikar district app 30 km North of #Kabul #Afghanistan #BreakingBad #afghanistanwomen #Afganisthan pic.twitter.com/D2NAi5VcLd

— Su-57 5th Gen Fighter (@5thSu) August 20, 2021

I don't know if anyone paid attention but I proposed that we should be pushing for a two state solution to Afghanistan.  

Taliban rules the south, the Northern Alliance the north.

I think it could work.  Even better?  We could establish those damn bases the Pentagon seems to lust so hard for AND we could actually make it a shining jewel (assuming the Taliban don't go crazy...but why would they...it was essentially two state before we went in!).

My concern about this whole thing?

Foreign fighters rushing in (I guess that's what we were though) from all over the Middle East to battle the Great and Lesser satans.

I've said that we're looking at a regional war in the Middle East and I stand by it.  The only thing that's keeping it from burning bright is the covid crisis.

Once that abates then I'm betting its gonna rage full force.  Iran will have money, access to the oil markets, will be working on its nukes and will have us and Israel in its sights.

Saudi Arabia might even fall in a decade if we're not careful.

The 2020's are gonna suck...hope the missile construct is actually useful in the ME. 

Open Comment Post. 20 Aug 2021

 

Oshkosh Corporation successfully demonstrated Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires at SINKEX in Hawaii. (PRESS RELEASE).

 

OSHKOSH, Wis. (August 18, 2021) — Oshkosh Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), successfully demonstrated the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) based Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires at the Sink at Sea Live Fire Training Exercises (SINKEX) in Hawaii.  As part of the demonstration, a Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) launcher, based on a ROGUE Fires chassis, successfully launched a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and scored a direct hit on a target at sea.

SINKEX is a component of the U.S. Navy’s Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021, a global event in which Sailors and Marines test and validate the Navy and Marine Corps’ operating concepts.

ROGUE Fires is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that leverages the JLTV’s extreme off-road mobility and payload capacity and Oshkosh’s advanced autonomous vehicle technologies to support Ground-Based Anti-Ship Missile (GBASM) operations. The unmanned technology associated with ROGUE Fires allows the vehicle to operate in teleoperator or leader-follower modes, which protect Warfighters from threats by removing them from the vehicle entirely.  

“ROGUE Fires was purpose-built and leverages next-generation capabilities from several proven Oshkosh Defense vehicle platforms and technologies,” said Pat Williams, Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Army and Marine Corps Programs. “Much like the JLTV itself, ROGUE Fires is tailorable to the mission at hand.  The flexible design allows for the integration of scalable weapon system payloads to offer the combatant commanders flexibility based on the mission’s requirements.”

Since receiving the JLTV production contract in 2015, Oshkosh Defense has worked closely with leading weapon system manufacturers to integrate and test various weapon system payloads and levels of firepower onto the JLTV platform. 

“The successful LSE demonstration validates the maturity of ROGUE Fires as a weapons platform and highlights its ability to add significant firepower and capability into the light tactical wheeled vehicle fleet,” Williams concluded

 
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