Friday, June 12, 2020
Navy Kicks Off Most Advanced Wargames Since 1930s
via Breaking Defense.
Looking for new ways to accelerate its nascent modernization push, the Navy has set up a new Warfighting Development office that will blend force planning, strategic thinking, and officer education under one roof.Here.
The push comes at a heady time for the Navy, as the service settles in under its fourth civilian secretary in seven months while continuing work on its 30-year shipbuilding plan — which was due to be sent to Congress almost four months ago — along with a major rethink to a new force structure plan rejected by Defense Secretary Mark Esper earlier this year.
The force structure plan is aimed at plotting the way to grow the fleet through a mix of smaller, often unmanned, vessels, while retaining the ability to defend US interests against Chinese and Russian naval modernization. It’s a tall order at a time of flat or declining budgets and rapidly emerging offensive and defensive weaponry that have eroded the traditional US superiority at sea, but all the more reason, Navy leaders say, for the new focus on strategy and education in its ranks.
Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch, head of the Warfighting Development (N7) office, said he sees the present moment as akin to the post-Vietnam years. “We were a Navy then that was focused on power projection ashore against a nation that didn’t have much in the way of naval capability, namely Vietnam,” he told reporters earlier this week. “We saw the future coming, and knew we would have to change the Navy to be more focused on sea control against a Navy that had considerable capability, and that was the Soviet Union.”
Today, after 20 years wholly focused on ground wars in the Middle East, Munsch said there’s again the “need to shift to sea control against an adversary with considerable capability, namely China.”
So let me get this straight. The USMC is changing its entire force structure to support a US Navy that MIGHT NOT EVEN EXIST in its present form in 10 years?
We went first and the Navy has yet to even get started on planning to confront the pacing threat that is China?
What are they thinking? This is craziness!
Where is the coordination? We could in essence see a US Navy that finally gets itself together (surface and aviation sides) and is capable of properly engaging the Chinese Fleet on the high seas....while the US Marines are providing redundant support from sea bases.
Additionally at the end of the day this island hopping missile and raid force (that will be useless once the balloon goes up) will be more of a hindrance than a help!
The only thing broken with the Marine Corps are the many futurists that think they have a handle on this thing and believe that they can make the hard thing easy.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley apologizing for being at Lafayette Square last week. ...NICELY DONE!
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley apologizing for being at Lafayette Square last week.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 11, 2020
Civilian and military leaders of the military are rhetorically breaking in the most public way possible with their commander in chief, Pres Trump.pic.twitter.com/I7C8hICIWW
Don't care about your politics. This was an ESSENTIAL statement from the CJCS and was nicely done.
I'm glad he did it and I've wondered what the participation of the military (to include the National Guard) would do the relationship between the people and their forces.
Again.
This was nicely done, essential and if you think its wrong you're gonna have to hit me with facts.
This is about the republic and it's military. This had to be done.
F-15QA is painted in its custom livery.
Watch as the F-15QA is painted in its custom livery. The most advanced #F15 fighter jet ever built, this aircraft – and the paint scheme – were specifically designed for @MOD_Qatar Emiri Air Force. pic.twitter.com/P3C8rseHCJ— Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) June 11, 2020
Policy makers should slow down on the rush to ban the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint LVNR
via Police One.
Officers Need To Learn ThisHere
Here are four reasons I believe all police officers need to be trained in proper application of neck restraints:
1. Because of the dynamics of street confrontations a combatant in a street struggle can go from top to bottom in an instant. With these dynamics in play, it’s reasonable to believe that at some time in an officer’s career he or she is going to find themselves with an arm around a suspect’s neck in an effort to literally hold on for dear life. Because of this, officers should know the difference between a Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint and a Trachea Hold. If you don’t train officers on how to apply this hold properly under stress, one of your officers will accidentally apply it improperly.
2. Officers will run into suspects who are well-versed in the application of this hold. It is imperative that in training, officers learn how these holds are applied, so they can practice countering these holds when they are used against them.
3. Lateral Vascular Neck Restraints are a non-lethal hold when properly applied. They are an effective way to control combative individuals without inflicting injuries on suspects, while preventing injuries of officers.
4. These holds work!
Ok folks I'm going full bore on this one. Let's have a real discussion instead of the stuff I've been seeing too much.
Imagine having to go hands on with an individual not in a methodical, planned way, but straight out of the blue.
Do you realize that at that moment the LEO is almost always in full defense mode? Not only is he/she attempting to prevent themselves from being seriously injured but they've also brought a deadly weapon to the encounter which could (probably will) result in their death if they're rendered unconscious or dazed.
So besides attempting to protect yourself, you're also having to protect your weapon(s)...weapons applies to your collapsible baton, stun gun besides your firearm.
So how does an undersized male (or female) quickly render a hostile person compliant IF they're unable to retrieve another less than lethal device (oh and let me add...if you're going full tilt boogey cause the bad guy basically said "FIGHTS ON!" then you won't even be able to radio for backup/assistance) then you're left with what you can do with your hands/body.
Remember.
Most LEOs aren't six feet two, two hundred seventy five pounds.
In those instances the LVNR can be a lifesaver. To take it away because of what we saw in Minneapolis would just be wrong and COULD lead to more LEO involved shootings.
Just the thing these "reforms" are seeking to avoid.
Let me close with this. What we saw in Minneapolis WAS NOT an LVNR. I have NEVER read, watched, heard of or seen the move that the accused officer used ANYWHERE! Additionally the idea that the move used was approved by his Dept boggles my mind.
The LVNR if properly applied would have a person handcuffable in less than 30 seconds MAX. The idea of it being applied for more than 8 minutes would justify intentional murder in my opinion and that I BELIEVE would apply to all 50 states.
Tell me where I'm wrong. But as things stand. Policy makers should pump the brakes on outlawing the LVNR.
French Army Griffon Training...
Hmm. This vehicle is shaping up (or at least appears to) as being the backbone of infantry transport in the French Army. Surprising. What is the relationship between their VBCI and the Griffon? What sets them apart in how they'll be used by the French Army?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
China reins in nationalists clamoring for an invasion of Taiwan
via LA Times
One of the most influential and surprising voices to counter the war mongering was that of former air force Gen. Qiao Liang, a noted hawk.Here.
“The Taiwan problem cannot be solved with rashness and radicalism,” Liang wrote on Weibo, a social media platform.
Liang is coauthor of the book, “Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Master Plan to Destroy America,” which Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief advisor, credits for inspiring his hawkish views on China.
The former general’s addition to the list of voices tempering nationalism highlights the many levers the Chinese government employs to manipulate public opinion — and how important it is to prevent war cries from getting carried away, experts say.
“The party has substantial leeway to shape public opinion and shut down expressions of nationalism when they go too far for comfort, whether online or in the streets,” said Jessica Chen Weiss, a China specialist and associate professor of government at Cornell University.
“In China, the tail does not usually wag the dog when it comes to significant policy decisions, such as the national security law in Hong Kong or whether to use force across the Taiwan Strait. But popular nationalism often provides the spark for international confrontation.”
Chinese nationalism is nothing new. It's almost to be expected. They love their country just as I love mine so I'm not shocked at all by this.
What is surprising is that General Liang is calling for it to dampened down.
Is the economic pain that they're suffering causing a shift in their plans for domination by 2040? Have they done an assessment and decided that the ground will not be laid for a takeover of Taiwan in the 2030 timeframe?
If so then the coronavirus has proved to be as devastating as I imagined for them...despite the many naysayers that claimed that they quickly stomped out the virus due to the draconian measures taken (measures that we attempted to replicate that caused unforeseen misery in a free society).
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