Rapist, racist cop. Justice served. from r/JusticeServed
Piece of shit deserves all the pain that's coming in jail. He will suffer in unimaginable ways.
I doubt he survives it.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Tainted badge. Rapist Cop...
Piece of shit deserves all the pain that's coming in jail. He will suffer in unimaginable ways.
I doubt he survives it.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Coronavirus knock on effects. Tysons warns the food chain is breaking down...
via IHeartRadio.
Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to publish an open letter warning that our food supply chain is in trouble.I wonder if they'll be able to prevent this from becoming an issue. We've been warned. Hopefully someone is taking steps to reinforce the food chain.
Tyson explained that many food processing plants across the country have been forced to pause or reduce operations during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure the safety of the workers.
"As pork, beef and chicken plants are being forced to close, even for short periods of time, millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the supply chain," Tyson wrote. "As a result, there will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed."
Another issue with the closures is that ranchers have no place to sell their livestock.
"In addition to meat shortages, this is a serious food waste issue," Tyson wrote. "Farmers across the nation simply will not have anywhere to sell their livestock to be processed, when they could have fed the nation. Millions of animals – chickens, pigs and cattle – will be depopulated because of the closure of our processing facilities. The food supply chain is breaking."
Tyson called for a unified solution to help protect workers and the food supply chain, and said he is confident we can solve these problems.
"Tyson Foods has a responsibility to feed our nation and the world. The government bodies at the national, state, county, and city levels must unite in a comprehensive, thoughtful, and productive way to allow our team members to work in safety without fear, panic, or worry. The private and public sectors must come together. As a country, this is our time to show the world what we can do when working together."
We're buying oil to store and to buttress the market. Can you do the same with food?
Lynx helicopter trying to land on a ship...this just never gets old...
Lynx helicopter trying to land on a ship at stormy weather pic.twitter.com/ljtDBMXjhK— Naval News (@navalnewsnet) April 27, 2020
ACV deals emerge unscathed from Force Design 2030
via Shepard Media.
The USMC Force Design 2030 blueprint, which intends to reduce the number of amphibious vehicle companies from six to four, does not affect agreements with BAE Systems to procure Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs).Here
BAE Systems is continuing to execute ACV low-rate production. ‘At this time, our contracts are still tracking with existing programme plans,’ a company spokesperson claimed.
In 2015, BAE Systems was awarded one of two engineering, manufacturing and development contracts, worth $103.77 million, to produce 16 ACV prototypes with Iveco Defence Vehicles. All were handed over to the USMC the following year.
In 2018, the company received a contract to manufacture the new generation of ACVs. The $198 million deal allowed BAE Systems to build 30 low-rate production vehicles. At the time, the USMC classified the procurement as a ‘much-needed modernisation to the marine corps’ ground combat element'.
BAE Systems subsequently received orders for additional platforms. The most recent contract was announced in February 2020; this $113.5 million deal to provide 26 vehicles brought the total number of ACVs ordered to 116.
‘We remain committed to our objective of providing the best possible Amphibious Combat Vehicles to the United States Marine Corps, and those plans have not changed,’ the BAE Systems spokesperson told Shephard.
The ACV is an 8x8 platform that was designed to deploy USMC combat personnel from ship to shore. It provides an open-ocean amphibious capability, as well as land mobility, survivability and payload capacity.
The vehicle is a highly mobile and adaptable platform and brings enhanced combat power to the battlefield, according to BAE Systems. It is equipped with a 690hp engine, has a range of more than 520km on land before refueling and can travel faster than 105km/h.
Up to 13 marines and three crew can be carried in the ACV with internal storage capacity for all their equipment and two days of supplies. The ACV also features a blast-resistant hull and shock-absorbing seats.
The ACVs are replacing the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) fleet that has been in service for more than 40 years with the USMC.
Well this is a pleasant surprise but I won't relax just yet. Berger is a force. Dude will set course and apparently will have to take a ton of frontals before he alters his gameplan.
If he wakes up tomorrow with a burr up his nether regions this could change.
Having said that I'm hopeful (but hope ain't a plan is it?) that they'll push this thru. God knows we're buying so few of them that it should be a no brainer.
So if this is going forward what next? What next is to mate the ACV with the EOS T2000. What do we get with that? We get a low profile RWS turret sporting a 30mm cannon, a couple of anti-tank missiles...we get an EXTREMELY accurate system which meshes nicely with the Marine Corps one shot one kill ethos!
If I was advising Berger I'd tell him. Ok Sir, don't agree with getting rid of tanks but if I can't talk you off that ledge can we at least get some organic, ground based mechanized tank killing capability with this turret?
A few thoughts on where we're at with the Coronavirus...
A few things on where we're at with the coronavirus...
1. As expected southern states are beginning to reopen. The news media pushed hard at the governor of Georgia for pushing forward but now they're all but onboard it happening.
2. The medical profession has received nothing but praise but I wonder if they went too far. They're still wanting social distancing but its become apparent that only those with underlying health factors are truly in danger (assuming what we're told is true). They appear to want a solution that is simply impossible to implement. The economy is already damaged but they don't have an answer on the way forward except to continue to shelter. It just won't work for most states.
3. NY state is probably gonna continue sheltering going forward into June. Actually it kinda makes sense. That area of the country has suffered 50% of the deaths and the vast majority of the infections. I guess at the end of the day my issue is that one state tried to implement a nationwide solution to a regional problem. It would be like the entire nation evacuating because Louisiana or Florida was facing a hurricane.
4. Dr Fauci is still loved by the press but his halo is a bit dented in conservative circles. The politics behind this whole thing is gonna be fascinating. While everyone says he didn't want the spotlight, he sure seemed to relish it. What happens if he fades into the background? Will he still be a rockstar or will he be forgotten?
5. State govts are gonna come under fire once summer hits. This shelter in place will be examined from all sides and actions taken in the name of public safety will get additional scrutiny. I think more than a few overstepped.
6. If I was part of a secret society bent on ruling America this would be the perfect crisis. Every vet here is already in the database. Our DNA is on file and our personal information is known in detail. But this would allow all those that are "somewhat" off the grid/radar/whatever to have all kinds of data entered into the govt database. Get a swab to check for coronavirus? I have your DNA. Have to do contact tracing to prevent the spread of the disease? Now I have your circle of friends, family and associates. This thing is a dictators dream.
That's all I have. Did I miss anything?
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) now part of the battle fleet...
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| On April 24, 2020, the Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation, multi-mission surface combatants. DDG 1000 achieved Hull Mechanical & Electrical delivery from BIW in 2016. Now, Combat Systems delivery has been achieved as of Friday. #USNavy |
I don't care how they do it. New guns, more missiles, a mix of the two...it just don't matter.
We just need naval firepower that can win battles at sea. Here's hoping the Zumwalt kicks ass....
ANZAC Day Remembrance Clarification...
A reader informed me of a glaring mistake I made on the post I did regarding ANZAC Day.
I acknowledged and expressed brotherhood with our Aussie friends but left out the Kiwis.
My mistake. No excuses just an apology and a promise not to let it happen again.
So to our Aussie and Kiwi brothers. WE WILL NOT FORGET! You've stood proud and strong beside the USA to even present times and we're honored to call you friends.
About Capt Crozier's missteps....
via Politico
The nation's top military officer wants a broader investigation into the events leading up to the firing of an aircraft carrier captain, after top Navy leaders recommended Capt. Brett Crozier be reinstated as commander of the virus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt, two senior defense officials tell POLITICO.Here
The push by Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to open a "full-blown investigation" into the incident would delay a final decision on reinstating Crozier after the Navy completed an "extensive" preliminary inquiry, according to one of the officials.
Ogden asked me what my opinion of now that Capt Crozier has been supposedly recommended for reinstatement to his command.
I point to the above article.
We're in the land of politics on this one. Politics and uninformed public opinion.
Once again SOME military leaders are going for the simple and easy thing.
They're playing to the mob...trying to do what's popular.
The reality is that General Milley is trying to hold the line. He's trying to maintain good order and discipline EVEN IF the Navy is willing to roll over like a lap dog.
Wow.
Do you get that?
An Army bubba is trying to hold the line while Navy brass has turned over on its belly and wants a public pat on the back....even though the skipper of one of their premier warships went pure pussy.
The reality from my chair?
The coronavirus is wrecking every military force on the planet. The only organization that had public humiliation and whining because of it was the US Navy.
France has been hit, Russia, China, and many others but we only heard about how dire and damaging it was from the US Navy.
That should shock you all. That should worry you all. Our enemies noted our weakness and so did our friends.
This episode hurt US national security and Crozier should never get another chance to sit in the big chair of a ship at sea.
I know its not a popular position but it is the RIGHT position.
Circling back to the Defense News article on the F-35B/C having limited supersonic capability...
Hey all. We gotta circle back to the Defense News article on the F-35 having limited supersonic capability. Certain individuals accused me of grasping at straws.
Although I link to ALL articles on this blog, the implication is that I somehow took it out of context.
From the article (LINK HERE)...
At extremely high altitudes, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ versions of the F-35 jet can only fly at supersonic speeds for short bursts of time before there is a risk of structural damage and loss of stealth capability, a problem that may make it impossible for the Navy’s F-35C to conduct supersonic intercepts.Is that clear enough?
The F-35C can't do fleet air defense.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Short Rant. The damn lies HQ Marine Corps tells itself...
Note. I've been trying to make this coherent but my thoughts are jumbled and I'm having trouble properly getting my point across. Readers that have been with me awhile will be able to read between the lines and sort out what I'm trying to say. For the new people, just follow along in the comments. Hopefully that'll sort this out for ya!
I've been re-reading the Marine Corps Force Design 2030 and I continue to be shocked and amazed by the rationale behind it.
One word keeps being spouted to justify many of the stop and starts, bad procurement decisions and muddling of our mission/ethos/reason for being.
They keep talking about RELEVANCY.
What an insane idea.
Not to beat an old topic to death but this first popped up in the push to buy the F-35. Critics of the program (to include myself) railed against the high cost, complained about how one program was eating up the Marine Corps budget, worried about the huge swing to an air centric force.
We were told that it was necessary because of the changing face of warfare.
But at the end of the day it made no sense.
By becoming air centric we've traded a manageable danger (anti-ship missile used against surface assault) to one that is unmanageable. The massive proliferation of anti-air systems around the globe...to include advanced anti-air complexes.
F-35's MIGHT be able to survive to conduct deep penetration raids but we were sold (at least for awhile) that we would be able to range far and wide in MV-22s and CH-53Ks and not have to worry about not only large anti-air missiles but that man portable systems wouldn't be a factor.
But I digress. We've moved beyond even an air centric Marine Corps (a bit) to a new fantasy that we must become more "naval" in nature to be relevant into the future.
Never mind the fact that we're talking of duplicating Navy Air and Air Force missions (cause that's exactly what we're pivoting to) but that because we're choosing to duplicate their mission set that we will become more relevant into the future.
That's so false it hurts.
Think about the past century of warfare.
What has been our bread and butter? Elite Infantry that is able to arrive from the sea, sustain itself in a fight for X-number of days, and allow follow on forces to arrive and carry on the fight after we've established a foothold.
So what are we doing instead now?
We're ignoring the fact that during WW2, the USMC started off as a coastal defense force, got overran initially (Guadalcanal) and re-formed, re-oriented and stormed back across the Pacific as shock troops pushing the Japanese back to their home islands.
During the Korean War the Marine Corps was most ready when the nation was least. With the US Army the line was held and the Marine Corps made a critical landing at Inchon to push back the communist horde.
During Vietnam, the Marine Corps arrived in that country and fought till the last helicopter left. Amazingly because of our excellent logistics capability the Corps operated far from what was thought to be "Marine Land" in the swamps and marshes and instead operated further North, hookin and jabbin against North Vietnamese regulars.
In Afghanistan two MEUs combined, flew deep inland and participated in the war....a war that is far from the sea.
In Desert Storm its well known how the threat of an amphibious landing tied up Iraqi forces and allowed a massive push by Army Mech forces.
Many more examples exist of many other fights that highlight the real value of the Marine Corps.
It's really about embracing the reality of the Marine Corps.
It's about providing an OUTSTANDING, WORLD BEATING, AIR GROUND COMBAT TEAM that is unequalled in the world.
The idea that we're so willing to toss that away says more about our recent/current leadership than it does about the real needs of our nation.
The Marine Corps force structure is codified by law because Marine Corps greats realized that it would provide for a Corps that would last 500 years.
The move by Berger isn't going to guarantee our future. It's gonna cut it short.
What will guarantee the Marine Corps future?
Dump the think tanks. For some reason people have wanted to tinker with the Marine Corps and even more puzzling they've been listened to. Everything has been a variation on a theme. Becoming more aviation centric (in essence a sea borne 101st Airborne) or butched up SOCOM support or now missile flinging refueling points for allied aircraft.
None of it makes sense.
Long story short? If the Marine Corps duplicated what other services provided then the Marine Corps would have long ago gone the way of the Dodo bird. Does the nation need more aviation? I don't think so. With the Air Force and Navy we have the world's largest fast jet airpower force in the world by order of magnitude. Does it need more helicopters? Nope. The US Army alone dwarfs almost the top ten helicopter forces of the remaining powers alone. So what does the nation truly need? What the Marine Corps already provides. A scalable combined arms team that can fight across the spectrum of warfare, is expeditionary (truly expeditionary, not just in name) and is capable of both rapid deployment AND arriving at the fight winning/or setting the stage for victory at a moment's notice. With the F-35 we became about platforms. That's wrong. It's about the Marine!
I've been re-reading the Marine Corps Force Design 2030 and I continue to be shocked and amazed by the rationale behind it.
One word keeps being spouted to justify many of the stop and starts, bad procurement decisions and muddling of our mission/ethos/reason for being.
They keep talking about RELEVANCY.
What an insane idea.
Not to beat an old topic to death but this first popped up in the push to buy the F-35. Critics of the program (to include myself) railed against the high cost, complained about how one program was eating up the Marine Corps budget, worried about the huge swing to an air centric force.
We were told that it was necessary because of the changing face of warfare.
But at the end of the day it made no sense.
By becoming air centric we've traded a manageable danger (anti-ship missile used against surface assault) to one that is unmanageable. The massive proliferation of anti-air systems around the globe...to include advanced anti-air complexes.
F-35's MIGHT be able to survive to conduct deep penetration raids but we were sold (at least for awhile) that we would be able to range far and wide in MV-22s and CH-53Ks and not have to worry about not only large anti-air missiles but that man portable systems wouldn't be a factor.
But I digress. We've moved beyond even an air centric Marine Corps (a bit) to a new fantasy that we must become more "naval" in nature to be relevant into the future.
Never mind the fact that we're talking of duplicating Navy Air and Air Force missions (cause that's exactly what we're pivoting to) but that because we're choosing to duplicate their mission set that we will become more relevant into the future.
That's so false it hurts.
Think about the past century of warfare.
What has been our bread and butter? Elite Infantry that is able to arrive from the sea, sustain itself in a fight for X-number of days, and allow follow on forces to arrive and carry on the fight after we've established a foothold.
So what are we doing instead now?
We're ignoring the fact that during WW2, the USMC started off as a coastal defense force, got overran initially (Guadalcanal) and re-formed, re-oriented and stormed back across the Pacific as shock troops pushing the Japanese back to their home islands.
During the Korean War the Marine Corps was most ready when the nation was least. With the US Army the line was held and the Marine Corps made a critical landing at Inchon to push back the communist horde.
During Vietnam, the Marine Corps arrived in that country and fought till the last helicopter left. Amazingly because of our excellent logistics capability the Corps operated far from what was thought to be "Marine Land" in the swamps and marshes and instead operated further North, hookin and jabbin against North Vietnamese regulars.
In Afghanistan two MEUs combined, flew deep inland and participated in the war....a war that is far from the sea.
In Desert Storm its well known how the threat of an amphibious landing tied up Iraqi forces and allowed a massive push by Army Mech forces.
Many more examples exist of many other fights that highlight the real value of the Marine Corps.
It's really about embracing the reality of the Marine Corps.
It's about providing an OUTSTANDING, WORLD BEATING, AIR GROUND COMBAT TEAM that is unequalled in the world.
The idea that we're so willing to toss that away says more about our recent/current leadership than it does about the real needs of our nation.
The Marine Corps force structure is codified by law because Marine Corps greats realized that it would provide for a Corps that would last 500 years.
The move by Berger isn't going to guarantee our future. It's gonna cut it short.
What will guarantee the Marine Corps future?
Dump the think tanks. For some reason people have wanted to tinker with the Marine Corps and even more puzzling they've been listened to. Everything has been a variation on a theme. Becoming more aviation centric (in essence a sea borne 101st Airborne) or butched up SOCOM support or now missile flinging refueling points for allied aircraft.
None of it makes sense.
Long story short? If the Marine Corps duplicated what other services provided then the Marine Corps would have long ago gone the way of the Dodo bird. Does the nation need more aviation? I don't think so. With the Air Force and Navy we have the world's largest fast jet airpower force in the world by order of magnitude. Does it need more helicopters? Nope. The US Army alone dwarfs almost the top ten helicopter forces of the remaining powers alone. So what does the nation truly need? What the Marine Corps already provides. A scalable combined arms team that can fight across the spectrum of warfare, is expeditionary (truly expeditionary, not just in name) and is capable of both rapid deployment AND arriving at the fight winning/or setting the stage for victory at a moment's notice. With the F-35 we became about platforms. That's wrong. It's about the Marine!
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