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US Army conducts "littoral combat" exercises on the Black Sea...the USMC has boxed itself into the Pacific region.

via USNI News.

The Army is concentrating this year’s major European Defender exercise on training for high-end warfare in the Balkans and the Black Sea, the service’s top general there said last week.
Speaking at an online forum of the Association of the United States Army, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command, said final planning is underway for the exercise scheduled for late spring or early summer. It would take place around the Black Sea, waters that have drawn an increased amount of American naval presence through freedom of navigation operations, and emphasize the use of high-end enablers in conflict.

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Left unsaid thru out the article is the use of Army anti-ship missiles to "shape the sea battle".

You can bet that capability will be simulated though.

If the Army does this in Europe then you can bet it'll follow thru to the Middle East.

Which leaves the USMC as a one region force, waiting for a war that might never come.

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ZTQ-15 in highland via The Dead District Twitter Page...

REDBACK for Land 400 Phase 3 project

General Dynamics MPF entry is undergoing Soldier testing...BAE's is missing in action...is this an easy win for GD???

Oh dear, the US Army has initiated soldier testing of its MPF prototypes without the entry from BAE: https://t.co/YMrQortDNE It seems that as GDLS has confirmed delivery of all 12 prototypes, that BAE is behind on its deliveries. pic.twitter.com/FvLKUW2MVU
— Sam Cranny-Evans (@Sam_Cranny) February 9, 2021

Wow. The Army ain't playing and the usually punctual BAE is behind the eight ball.

I'm constantly amazed at how corporations get hot then cool off suddenly. Kinda looks like GD is the current hotness.

I have to wonder what the fuck is going on at BAE though. They usually execute. This is a high profile project so I wonder what went wrong.

CH-53K heavy-lift testing (pics & vid)

Winter Strike 21 (US Army & Marine Corps Aviation)

UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters with Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Kankakee, Ill., CH-47 “Chinook” with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation, Peoria, Ill., AH-1Z Viper, and UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, Marine Corps Air Station New River, N. C. conducts training during Winter Strike 21 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., Jan 24-28, 2021. Winter Strike 21 is a cold-weather readiness event held as part of the Northern Strike exercise series that offers the Michigan National Guard’s unparalleled facilities as a venue for U.S. and coalition forces to receive advanced All-Domain joint fires training in all weather conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson)