SNAFU!

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Personal Story...Got caught slipping...Gotta train harder....

Personal story.

It's my long weekend off after a bear of a week. I work 12's and I've been at it for 7 days straight. No big deal in the grand scheme of things but dealing with various personalities and other stuff (not worth getting into) makes it kinda irksome.

First day off and I sleep and lounge all day. It gets late and I decide to hit a late night work out. No big deal right? Hit the gym, its empty so I'm happy as hell. Get in a good burn, feeling great and its time to jet out.

Zooming to the house I decide to stop by a convenience store to get some protein (you know the kind already mixed in the little bottle). Cool going in. Know the guy behind the counter and he's nice as usual, give the greeting of the day and I return it.

In the back of the store and heading to the counter when I look outside and I see the usual.

A couple of bangers riding low, with enough smoke coming out the car to make me think it might be on fire (of course I know better....they're getting smoked out on either weed, crack or mojo).

Still cool. I pack going to the gym so I'm not stressing.

Head out to the truck, pass by the fucks, we're eyeballing each other and I'm still not tripping. I guess we all have a tell cause I get clocked for being some type of law enforcement or military all the time. They're both big in my area so no worries.

Then.

Then one of the fucks says "hey man" thanks. I look the bastard in the eye and I remember. I had a "ROBUST" encounter with the fucker last summer.

I'm going straight to red at this point. And I'm feeling myself getting amped up for the fight.

I'm hitting him with THANKS FOR WHAT!?!?!?

Then the motherfucker says thanks for getting me straight.

I'm still in full blown red at this point. Cool. I tell him be well. But I'm curious. What did I get you straight on? I ain't fighting ya'll no more he says. Anybody else would probably have killed me he continues. You just wrestled me down. I appreciate it.

You're probably thinking that's good to go.

I don't.

I didn't remember the fucker and ignored the warning my body was sending.

Never again.

Listen to that voice. Train harder. That's my thing even more than before....

German Puma IFV...

Ariete MBT now has a gun launched UAV...

The 🇮🇹#Ariete MBT in service with 🪖🇮🇹Army is able to "shoot" from his 120mm gun (with use of compressed air), a little UAV (contained in a cartridge) #Horus able to carry out tactical reconnaissance missions & scout; made by 🇮🇹#Leonardo. This can work too with #Freccia and #LMV. pic.twitter.com/8WQUOdiurq
— Ciro Nappi (@CiroNappi6) March 24, 2021

Open Comment Post. 27 March 2021

Poland's 18th Mech Division completes "Iron Gate" exercise

Friday, March 26, 2021

Norwegian Army @ Work...

Jesus. The US Army is gonna mirror USMC capabilities in the Pacific and remain a force capable of scaling up and down the spectrum of combat in other theaters...

via Stars and Stripes.

The Army will establish “resilient webs of communication, protection, and sustainment” through new approaches in posturing units, equipment and personnel “to rapidly close with our enemies in the first battle and win from the outset,” the paper said.

“The Joint Force must move away from synchronizing sustainment using archaic structures that are time and manpower intensive,” the paper said. “By 2035, sustainment nodes will be survivable and capable of rapidly moving logistics to enable the Joint Force.”

The Army’s “inside” land-based force will “maneuver rapidly, aggregating and dispersing as required” as a “low-signature” force, the paper said.

Units will have broad fronts and rarely secured flanks as they engage in “compartmented” battles without the benefit of air and naval superiority, the paper said.

That sounds like its straight out the halls of Quantico. But wait it gets better.

The transformation affects the Army worldwide, but the paper regards the Indo-Pacific region as the most imminent challenge.

Story here.

Just plain wow.

The US Army is slamming into the party in the Pacific, will do what the Marine Corps aims to do (only on a much bigger scale) and will still maintain the ability to fight in other climes and places.

My prediction of them converting the 25th ID and 2nd ID into America's land based chosen force is happening right in front of us.

Plus they're hedging their bets.

If they're wrong they'll still be able to provide the nation with a credible force that's able to fight in the desert, mountains, arctic, forests etc...on every continent.

They'll have more anti-ship missiles. More anti-tank missiles. More anti-air missiles (much more capable too). They'll have a maritime strike capability added to their AH-64's and probably their UAVs too.

They'll be fully integrated with the Navy and Air Force.

They'll become the force that the nation needs and perhaps more importantly the force the nation wants.

The Army once had a long straw and were trying to drink our milkshake.

Now?

We just pushed our glass over to them and said drink up.