Friday, December 16, 2022
No, the Military Dragged Itself in to Politics via CDR Salamander
via CDR S
American respect for its military is plummeting. It has dropped by 30 points in the past five years in surveys conducted by the Reagan Foundation. In their recently released poll, less than half of respondents have a great deal of trust and confidence in America’s military. Unless both civilian and military leaders take corrective actions to repair the breach, this will impede recruiting, diminish unit cohesion, and damage the bond between the military and the public it serves.
As concerning as the drop itself is the reason. 62 percent of respondents said they were losing trust and confidence because the military leadership is becoming overly politicized. Nor is the attitude partisan: 60 percent of Democrats gave that answer, as did 60 percent of Independents and 65 percent of Republicans. Only 35 percent of respondents expressed confidence in the military’s ability to act in a professional and nonpolitical manner.
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It is much more than that. The American public see senior leadership who refuse to defend their own institution. Our military reflects its nation, so of course will have many of the same ills. There are the usual suspects who will use any topic to bash the military they will never like and will attempt to paint the military with a very thick and broad brush – often using questionable metrics to describe a military full of racists, sexists, and rapists – and when confronted our senior leaders either remain silent or accept the worst descriptions of the personnel they lead.
Service members see that. Family members see that.
They also see a senior uniformed leadership who will discipline enlisted personnel, company grade and field grade officers with aplomb, but do nothing but defend, excuse, or even look the other way from abject failures from fellow General and Flag Officers (GOFO).
The greatest national humiliation of our nation since the fall of South Vietnam was only 15-months ago, and yet who has taken responsibility or been held accountable? It was at best a negotiated surrender and retreat under fire – and yet in front of the people’s elected representatives we made excuses, fudged, or made the farcical claim that Kabul was a successful Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) (see 2:38).
The whole disaster was treated like the weather. No one was to blame. It just “happened.”
Thursday, December 15, 2022
This propaganda only makes me believe NATO is a joke.
Really? Seriously? This is fucking pathetic. I know this isn't meant for me. I know this is meant for the greater Western world that will love this. But from my seat its just the wrong message.❄️ Season's greetings from all of us at NATO 🎵#WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/cPqjeW7zLZ
— NATO (@NATO) December 14, 2022
Predictable. You send weaponry to a corrupt country and they will end up on the black market...
Yeah. All those that cheer for the current action by the West in Ukraine should continue to cheer when a terrorist decides to sit at the end of a runway and knocks down a civilian jetliner with a donated anti-aircraft missile. This was so predictable that it sickens me. Pain is coming and it will come with the cheers of sheeple bleeting away.US Mulls More Troops Inside Ukraine To Track Arms As Leaked Cable Admits "Impossible" Task https://t.co/0XpS5duQWi
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 15, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Odesa is without power
Plunged into darkness after Russian drone attacks, Ukraine's city of Odesa is living without power
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 12, 2022
The Black Sea port was once a top holiday spot for Ukrainians and Russians, but authorities said Sunday that 300,000 people had no electricity after Russia hit key infrastructure pic.twitter.com/0zLmckv6fV
This is the perfect example for the battle for your mind happening in Ukraine...
Saw this post. Had a little time and was curious so I read all the replies. It was the usual "Glory to Ukraine" stuff.
Remember, I had time so I was able to scroll thru. Then I saw this.RIP to my fellow RN and friend Rebekah Maciorowski who recently passed away while serving as a medic in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/xo0v43oqX1
— ANGELA WOOD (@wornoutnurse) December 11, 2022
— Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (@MollyRobben1) December 12, 2022The moral of the story.
There is a battle for your mind going on. You can bet that in addition to military aid, the US is providing the Ukrainians with social media aid to get the American people to support the extravagant spending that is happening to prop up that corrupt govt (if this was an African country all of you cheerleaders would be yelling that it ain't our business and we're spending too much money...at least I'm consistent).
Additionally I had time. Mostly I don't. Life has me busy and this is just a part time activity.
So to my detractors? Get over yourselves. Do your own damn research. Debate it among yourselves in those rooms where everyone agrees with ya.
But to blunt I'm tire of many of ya'lls bullshit.
If you don't like it here then fucking leave.
The "Lightning Carrier" more effective than China's two super carriers? Commanders are still making huge bets on an "incomplete" F-35
Because of that, the Tripoli's commanding officer refers to the configuration as an "assault carrier" rather than a lightning carrier, according to Thomas, whose command is responsible for US Navy operations in the western Pacific."One day you can have F-35Bs on the flight deck. The next day you can have MV-22s and you can be putting Marines at the shore, and so it just is a very versatile instrument," Thomas said of the lightning carrier.The Navy is still experimenting with how to integrate the lightning carrier with "a full-size carrier" and its carrier strike group, which consists of a carrier, escort ships for defense and resupply, and at least one submarine. Thomas said the Navy had two of its nuclear-powered carriers operating with the Tripoli during the Valiant Shield exercise in June.Thomas also said an amphibious assault ship, designated an LHA, in the lightning-carrier configuration was much more capable than China's two aircraft carriers in service.
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"I will note that LHA with 14 F-35Bs is much more capable than either of the PRC's current carriers, both from a sortie-creation perspective as well as just a sheer capability," Thomas said.
The F-35B Lightning II is the short-takeoff and vertical-landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a fifth-generation fighter with advanced capabilities. The F-35B's array of sensors allow the STOVL jet to act as a battlefield hub, relaying information to friendly forces across a wide area.
"There is no comparison between a J-15 and an F-35B," Thomas said, referring to China's main carrier aircraft.
A lightning carrier also allows allies and partners "to see the capability you can bring with the F-35Bs on the flattop," Thomas said, pointing to the UK, which sent a carrier embarked with F-35Bs to the Pacific last year, and to Japan, which is converting two helicopter carriers to operate F-35Bs.
They keep reusing old talking points with regard to the F-35. "Its sensors make it more capable than its Chinese counterparts".
What are those sensors?
When the F-35 was under development AESA wasn't widely used. Now it is. Even OLD fighters are being upgraded with the system.
GAN wasn't even imagined when the plane was being developed. Now its gaining widespread use and is rumored of being capable of detecting stealth aircraft.
Plus they haven't even started Block 4 Upgrades to make the plane capable of delivering on its promise of almost 20 years ago.
China is rapidly improving.
I just don't see how the F-35 can be viewed (still viewed) as a game changer.
Besides. The US is selling the F-35 all over. When was the last time you saw the US selling its best tech to Bob, Joe Bob and Billy Bob?
UK Royal Navy/Marines Joint Personnel Recovery Infographic
The Royal Marines are following the USMC in developing Littoral Groups. What continues to mystify me is that while everything is bieng oriented toward the sea battle, you still have stuff like this. TRAP Ops are still configured and oriented toward recovering personnel on land. It makes no sense. I would think that saving personnel at sea, whether from boats/ships or aircraft (and I'm talking about dozens of people or more) would be where both services were pivoting to.
What is a Joint Personnel Recovery exercise?
— Commander UK Carrier Strike Group (@COMUKCSG) December 7, 2022
This infographic helps to explain the multi-faceted approach required for delivering a successful recovery of downed aircrew and security of UK equipment.👇
Joint delivery from @RoyalNavy and @RoyalAirForce personnel. #CSG22 pic.twitter.com/tR02jMDwfi
I gotta ask. WTF is going on Griner! Check out these pics...one has to wonder!
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