Thursday, July 16, 2020
Marine Wing Support Group 37 Deactivation Video Message...a victim of the new concept (how many have we seen over the past decade?)
Another deactivation.
The Marine Corps is shedding units faster than a dog sheds hair!
The weird thing? How many different concepts have we heard trotted out? Remember the shouting I did over being told that fighting in Mega Cities was the hot new thing? Remember how we were told that the F-35 would act as a sensor node and be the quarterback in the sky? That it was a "die in the ditch" program (funny thing is we're even cutting that now!) Remember the idea that cyber Marines would be the thing that would change the battlefield? Remember how we needed to do sea basing to win the day? There are a few more I've forgotten.
The point?
The difference between now and all the other stuff we've had slammed against the wall to see if it sticks is that we didn't see the MASSIVE shedding of combat power before it was realized that it wouldn't work.
Once it's gone getting it back in the coming age of EXTREME austerity for the military will be a herculean task...maybe impossible!
For some in my audience that continue to shout "believe the generals" I point to past performance.
I don't know why but this generation of generals have been more wrong than right. It's not a hate filled statement. It's been demonstrated right before our eyes.
So I hit you with this question.
If you have a general leadership that can't crack the code when it comes to fighting the Taliban, screwed the pooch in Iraq, seem confused as hell in Syria then why would you trust that same leadership to have it together when developing the future force to fight the Chinese?
I have to wonder if this isn't a final legacy building exercise by this class of generals.
The leadership of the 80's built a force that is still doing work to this very day. Gear coming online is already looking incapable of facing the future. Their only shot at a legacy of "leaving the place as good (no way they can think they left it better) as they found it" is to develop a war winning concept.
For the Marines this will seal the deal on having the worst Commandant's in its history....3 of them in a row with another getting pulled to be CJCS (which means he will suffer the barbs of the failure in the Middle East along with the President he served).
Marines run to the sound of chaos? Chaos is on every Marine installation right now...no need to go overseas to find it.
2nd America Class Amphibious Assault joins the fleet...a ship the Commandant says we don't need...
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@Armeedeterre presents the JAGUAR , new program vehicle SCORPION .
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FNSS KAPLAN STA
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| KAPLAN STA; It is capable of high-speed movement on tracked, 5-road wheels, low silhouette, cold and hot climatic conditions, muddy / uneven terrain, asphalt or stabilized roads. The advanced suspension track system is designed to reduce vibration in the vehicle and increase road holding. |
Better vid of a squared away LEO engaging an armed, uncooperative & aggressive suspect.
For the slow folks in class. Dude was reaching for his knife again. He didn't stop the fight so neither did the Officer.
Video released by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann showing testing of Boxer armoured fighting vehicle in Qatar desert
[VIDEO]: this video released by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann showing testing of Boxer armoured fighting vehicle in Qatar desert .. this is part of Qatar Armed Force 8x8 program competition which including Nexter VBCI also pic.twitter.com/Dd4pm8hatM— Abdulmoiz (@abdulmoiz1990) July 15, 2020
The VBCI is gonna win this competition. Mark my words. It's just built for this environment.
Happy Birthday 1st Armored Division...
80 years young! Happ birthday to the 1st Armored Divison! pic.twitter.com/uH0or8va9I— 25th Infantry Division (@25thID) July 15, 2020
Interesting historic tidbits at the beginning of this video huh? An Army tank in the surf? Very interesting indeed.
The past is prologue. Army Armor will probably be getting feet wet again considering that the NEW Marine Corps' heaviest fighting vehicle will be a freaking Utility Vehicle in the form of the JLTV.
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