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UK's ‘Littoral Strike Ships’

“Our vision is for these ships to form part of 2 Littoral Strike Groups complete with escorts, support vessels and helicopters. One would be based East of Suez in the Indo-Pacific and one based West of Suez in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Baltic. And, if we ever need them to, our two Littoral Strike Ships, our two aircraft carriers, our two amphibious assault ships Albion and Bulwark, and our three Bay Class landing ships can come together in one amphibious task force. This will give us sovereign, lethal, amphibious force. This will be one of the largest and best such forces anywhere in the world.”

Read about the UK's plans for "Littoral Strike Ships" & how the Future Commando Force will operate here.

Northern sea route is open year round...this has military implications...

A gas tanker & icebreaker made it from China to Yamal in the 1st transit of the Northern Sea Route in February, "confirming that year-round safe navigation is possible," Russia says. There's no multi-year ice left there. @BarentsNews https://t.co/57fCekHYZL pic.twitter.com/PgO45fjN9V
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) February 21, 2021

Now I get it.

Now I know why the Russians are putting damn near everything they can think of on those arctic all terrain vehicles.

I believe (but have nothing to base it on) that the US Army is gonna tailor the 25th ID for the Pacific. It'll be a formidable force by itself.

Will they do the same for the Arctic?

I don't recall who they have in Alaska (outside of the airborne unit) but could we see a mech unit built with unique vehicles for battle in the far north?

Walther PDP "Your Duty to be Ready" (Walther has its mojo back!!!!)

Wow. Walther has its mojo back. First this thing looks RIGHT, right out the box. Second that vid covers their market target market (Law Enforcement) with a wink and nod toward civilian carriers. I think it's gonna be a winner on the market. We'll see and time will tell.

US Army puts on EDGE21 — Experimentation Demonstration Gateway Event 2021 ... USMC F-35's invited...everything else will be organic Army (82nd long range Air Assault)...

via Breaking Defense

Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters will also fly in EDGE21, Rugen told me. The stealth jets played an intriguing role in Project Convergence last fall, passing targeting data to and from Army forces – but the Marine pilots were a late addition to the Army-run exercise, and their participation was limited. This time, the Marines were part of the plan for EDGE21 from the beginning, Rugen said, and “there’s far more breadth and depth to the task we’re asking them to do, [with] much greater collaboration on joint kill chains.”

Ground forces will participate as well. Besides Special Operations teams (which he wouldn’t discuss in any detail), Rugen said, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division – the Army’s rapid-response force, which has been experimenting extensively with artificial intelligence – will bring his tactical command post (TAC) and coordinate key parts of the operation. (This streamlined HQ element isn’t the same as bringing the full-up division Tactical Operations Center, or TOC, which is a notoriously big target).

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The US Army is coming to drink the Marine Corps' milkshake. It's their exercise so I get it. But this should be alarming to Marine Corps supporters. This capability will be tailorable with ease to the Pacific...all while keeping their force capable of fighting in every "clime and place".

Meanwhile the Marine Corps is becoming a one foe, one region force.

Marine Tanks got cut and I said nothing.

Marine Engineers got cut and I said nothing.

Marine helos got cut and I said nothing.

Marine cannons got cut and I said nothing.

Marine Ground got eliminated and there was no one to speak for me...not even the Commandant cared.