China’s top health authority warns the public to spend less time in supermarkets and buy things directly rather than spend unnecessary time there, since at least 10 staff members from six supermarkets have been found to be infected with #COVID19. https://t.co/TdNtQXmBoVpic.twitter.com/0lhNrIO696
Kinda backwards...US Marines providing logistics to US Army forces? Interesting. This is kinda the vision that the Commandant is pushing for in the Pacific...where USMC provides logistical support to the joint force.
Don't see how its workable and the Corps is heading into new territory but so be it.
The future is hazy. We'll see if this works or if it's dumped in a few years.
BREAKING: Nashville mayor, area sheriffs confirm unspecified number of deaths after tornadoes shred buildings across Tennessee. https://t.co/gTuEEdRNKI
Most here know me. I don't go yelling "global warming" after every weather event. Having said that this seems unusual. May the memory of those that died be a blessing. God be with the survivors. Hopefully the rebuilding will be swift and sturdy.
SOCOM needs a new ride? The solution is obvious in my opinion and they have a couple of choices. The first is the AMV...
The second is the S. Korean offering...
The last vehicle on my list would be the Brazilian rig just heavily modified by BAE for US forces (mostly upgraded armor)...
This ain't exactly a heavy lift. Actually we know what SOCOM wants. Probably a 6x6. More than likely nothing that's in use by American forces. It has to be air deployable by C-130 and it should be able to take a variety of weapons.
The above vehicles check all the boxes. Put some SOCOM bubbas on airplanes and send them around to evaluate those vehicles at their countries of origin, put forward an urgent request to Congress, start having them roll off the production lines in a couple of years and get this off the books.
The US administration has ruled out retaliatory airstrikes in Syria after at least 34 Turkish troops were killed in an attack last week, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said today.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, the US military’s top officer, said today that the United States "doesn't have clear, unambiguous intelligence on who was flying which planes." But the deadly strikes took place at night, and Al-Monitor’s Amberin Zaman reported on Sunday that only Russian pilots have the capability to fly in Syrian airspace after dark.
Esper and Milley’s comments appeared to further steer the US administration away from a possible military response in Syria, even after President Donald Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-Sc., called for an immediate no-fly zone over Idlib on Thursday. Graham spent hours with Trump on Friday at a rally in his home state.
Geez. What's up with Graham and his fellow travelers? Those guys want the US involved in every conflict around the globe! What is their thinking? How can they look back over the past two decades and still think that they steered our foreign policy in the right direction?
Back on task.
Love it. Turkey made their bed. They get to lay it in alone. As it should be.
Capable of protecting the @USAF’s high value airborne assets (HVAA) in a contested environment makes the Defender a critical piece of the Future Force#AWS20#AFApic.twitter.com/i67eHno3ZU
Wow. This is an extremely short vid but if they actually follow thru then this alone will spark massive churn in the system.
Instead of standardized hit all your check marks you have free play in the style that sent shock waves thru the DoD like Millenium Challenge did so many years ago?
How would you like to be the Battalion or higher Commander that gets body slammed by the opposition force (assuming its a rival Marine, or God forbid US Army, Royal Marine or other allied unit)? This could be career altering.
Even better it could identify "naturals" that could be the future ranking leaders of the Corps.
Sauce for the goose? If done correctly it could quickly and easily identify weapon systems that should be retained, modified or discarded. Same goes for warfighting concepts.
This! This right here!
These type exercises if they hold true to the promise should come LONG before any drastic changes in our force structure. It should determine how much of system X, Y or Z we should purchase. It should help us decide if we're resilient enough to last against a peer force.
My hope?
I hope they hold true to the promise. I hope the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force and every real ally we have decides to participate.
Doing exercises right could revolutionize the US military (and our allies) going into the future.
IF THEY DO IT RIGHT. IF THEY ACTUALLY ADOPT FREE PLAY WITH NO TIME LIMIT!
