Saturday, March 19, 2022
Situational Awareness is a NECESSITY! It's hard but you MUST MASTER THE SKILL!
kawa_m_official
We talk and talk and talk about situational awareness but how situationally aware are you really? How much do you apply it to your life when you’re outside, at work, in your car, out with the family, alone, in populated areas, in small isolated areas?.. - This isn’t something that’s good for your health or happiness or will make you money or help you look fit. This is something that will potentially save your life… - What does it take to be situationally aware? First, you need to just pay more attention to your immediate and intermediate surroundings. Get out of your phone more. Keep your head up more. Pay attention to threat indicators more. What’s a threat indicator, you ask? Anything that looks or sounds to be abnormal to the environment that you’re in… - Be an asset, not a liability… - @2alpha_traininggroup…
I like to think that when I'm in public I'm living in "yellow". But its hard. I find that I plan trips when I know that the number of people will be low.
It kinda fits my lifestyle. Sleep, work, workout, train, blog, rinse and repeat.
It's weird but I kinda like it.
For those of you that lead more "normal" lives, those that like to be in crowds etc...you are at higher risk.
Those of you that live in big cities...well God bless ya. You're in danger every single second you step outside. Don't know how ya do it but to each their own.
But instead of me preaching to a choir that might not be listening I ask you to do this instead.
Break down your life and do a worst case scenario of your average day. Include the most dangerous variable you deal with everyday, your fellow man/woman. Then if it fits your standards rock on.
If not then I beg you to make changes. Oh and if you carry concealed then understand that in this case it wouldn't help you in the least. As a matter of fact this dude could have been killed with his own weapon.
A person said it in the comments and its true.
The super predator from the 80's and 90's is making a comeback.
Don't be his prey.
NATO troops train together during Exercise Brilliant Jump 2022
Synopsis
“The invasion to Ukraine of Russia underlined again that you need to have capable forces, combat-ready,” Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, General Jörg Vollmer, commented during NATO Exercise Brilliant Jump 2022.
The long-planned exercise in Norway aimed to train the very high-readiness component of the NATO Response Force.
The land part of the exercise involved around 2,500 troops from France, Italy, Norway, Poland and Spain.
These forces were supported at sea by 10 warships and 750 sailors from seven NATO nations.
Brilliant Jump 2022 ran from 28 February until 17 March. More information can be found here: https://shape.nato.int/brilliant-jump
The footage includes shots of soldiers from France, Norway, Poland and Spain taking part in training plus soundbites from Lieutenant General Yngve Odlo, Chief of the Armed Forces’ Operational Headquarters Norway, and General Jörg Vollmer, Commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.
Transcript
---SHOTLIST—
(00:00) VARIOUS SHOTS – FRENCH SOLDIERS WITH THE 1ST INFANTRY REGIMENT PREPARE THEIR MORTARS
(00:16) WIDE SHOT – FRENCH SOLDIERS WITH THE 1ST INFANTRY REGIMENT FIRE THEIR MORTARS
(00:36) CLOSE SHOT – FRENCH SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST INFANTRY REGIMENT IN NORWAY
(00:39) AERIAL SHOT – FRENCH GRIFFON ARMOURED VEHICLE AND FRENCH SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST INFANTRY REGIMENT DISEMBARKING
(00:46) VARIOUS SHOTS – FRENCH SOLDIER FIRING WEAPON
(00:54) WIDE SHOT – FRENCH SOLDIERS PATROLLING ALONG SNOWY GROUND
(00:58) VARIOUS SHOTS – FRENCH SOLDIERS AIMING AND FIRING WEAPONS
(01:17) AERIAL SHOT (MUTED) – CONVOY OF FRENCH ARMOURED VEHICLES DRIVES AT TRAINING AREA NEAR RENA, NORWAY
(01:34) VARIOUS SHOTS – NORWEGIAN, POLISH AND FRENCH TROOPS TAKE PART IN COMBINED WINTER SURVIVAL TRAINING
(01:56) MEDIUM SHOT – NORWEGIAN LEOPARD TANK DRIVES IN SNOW
(02:06) VARIOUS SHOTS – FRENCH LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING IN SNOW
(02:24) VARIOUS SHOTS – FRENCH SOLDIERS DISEMBARK ARTICULATED TRACKED VEHICLE AND RUN INTO POSITION
(02:44) VARIOUS SHOTS – POLISH ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES DRIVING IN SNOW
(02:54) AERIAL SHOTS (MUTED) – POLISH ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES AND MECHANISED INFANTRY TAKING PART IN TRAINING
(03:21) WIDE SHOT – SPANISH LEOPARD TANK DRIVES ON ROAD
(03:25) WIDE SLOW-MOTION SHOTS (MUTED) – FRENCH ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE DRIVING IN SNOW
(03:42) MEDIUM SHOT – SPANISH AND NORWEGIAN TROOPS TALKING IN FRONT OF VEHICLES
(03:46) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – LIEUTENANT GENERAL YNGVE ODLO, CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES’ OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS NORWAY
“Brilliant Jump is the yearly exercise where NATO deploy their VJTF, very high readiness force, somewhere in the world. This year they deployed to Norway.”
(03:58) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – LIEUTENANT GENERAL YNGVE ODLO, CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES’ OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS NORWAY
“NATO is the backbone of Norwegian defence and security policy. We joined NATO in 1945…no,1949. Just after World War Two, and NATO today is even more important and you see the need, requirements, to stand together. I don’t think any NATO nation is able to do a military operation by themselves, we have to do this within an alliance. So, NATO is important.”
(04:22) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – GENERAL JÖRG VOLLMER, COMMANDER OF ALLIED JOINT FORCE COMMAND BRUNSSUM
“The invasion to Ukraine of Russia underlined again that you need to have capable forces, combat ready. But you must be able to deploy them as fast as it is necessary to have the effect wherever you need. And what we saw in a very short timeframe after the invasion, NATO, the nations, provided the forces. They brought reinforcements to the four eFP Battlegroups, which we have in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, so the reinforcements in days arrived and reinforced the forces. At the same time, four new battlegroups were stood up in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary, and again nations decided that they will provide these forces and in very short notice they deployed them.”
(05:19) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – GENERAL JÖRG VOLLMER, COMMANDER OF ALLIED JOINT FORCE COMMAND BRUNSSUM
“So therefore, this crisis, this war, tells us you need to be ready, and you need to be capable to move as fast as it is necessary to any place and therefore, such an exercise like Brilliant Jump is so important to train our soldiers and to train our logisticians, especially, to have the capabilities ready, the contracts, so everything can move as fast as is it necessary. Speed is relevant.”
10th Special Forces Group test the "Timbersled"
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| This is a Timbersled, which is a converted motorcycle that provides an unmatched level of maneuverability but comes with a bit of a steeper learning curve than snowmobiles. |
Well we know why the fighting has been so intense in Mariupol but the news media won't tell ya!
via Ukrinform.net
Soldiers of the Azov Regiment have destroyed four enemy tanks, two armored personnel carriers, hitting another armored personnel carrier.
The Azov Regiment said this in a statement released on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
"Soldiers of the Azov Regiment destroyed four tanks and two armored personnel carriers in one day, hitting one more armored personnel carrier of the Russians. A company of enemy infantry was destroyed. Fighting for the Ukrainian city of Mariupol continues, including in the streets of the city. Defenders of Mariupol are fighting selflessly with the occupiers who continue to attack the city from aircraft and artillery, giving them a decent rebuff," the statement said.
In Mariupol, the Russian aggressor destroyed 80% of residential houses, of which almost 30% cannot be restored.
Interesting isn't it.
Mariupol fight has been fierce and now we know why. AZOV is there. The news media won't tell you that though.
Where are the Nazis in Ukraine?
A whole shitload are right the fuck there.
I'm waffling again. What is missing from the Russian assault? A proper application of combined arms!
Reading a few comments has me paused me again. Yes China is trying to build the old Corps. But the comments are stating that if they try and doing an air assault on "new" USMC positions they'll be picked off. If they try and surface assault with their EFV they'll be killed in the water by well placed Javelin teams.
The usual stuff.
But they're missing the point and SO DID I!
I'm watching individual Russian tanks being picked off. I'm seeing attacks on their convoys with unbelievable success. To the Russians credit the assault moves forward but YA KNOW WHAT we haven't seen?
We haven't seen how a proper application of combined arms would work on the battlefield!
We're seeing how it would look if the US Army was tasked to invade Louisiana.
You would see some out there protesting, blocking streets and highways with their bodies (even cars/trucks etc..).
Would the US Army initially go hard? NO! Would they engage the locals?
Probably not.
So the Russians have gone at this in a disjointed way because they're fighting their BROTHERS.
We haven't seen the fury of a combined arms attack because they're fighting their BROTHERS.
But if they did actually conduct deliberate, coordinated assaults with proper recon/ISR and backed it up with close air support and artillery would the fight be different?
Yeah it would.
There is not a lesson to be learned YET.
We've known since WW1 that tanks are vulnerable on their own. We know that infantry is vulnerable to artillery. That helicopters need artillery to suppress anti-air so that they can support ground mobility. That fast jets need to keep enemy fighters away, suppress enemy anti-air and provide quick support to friendlies in contact.
We know all that but because we're seeing different weapon systems proving to be vulnerable because they're operating alone shouldn't be cause to scrap the idea.
We should be slamming the way that they've conducted their war but not the equipment itself.
Is the tank dead? I don't know. I do know that they haven't been employed properly in this war.
Is the attack helicopter dead? I don't know. I do know that they haven't been employed properly in this war.
Is the fast jet useless in modern warfare? I don't know. I do know that they haven't been employed properly in this war.
We don't know much because our warfighting is all interconnected and not much has been "connected" in this fight.
Time to pause the debate on effectiveness. We should just wait and see what the US Army has to say in the after action about land combat going into the future.
The Killer Elite....The Norwegian Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron from Military Intelligence Batalion. (NOR LRRP SQN)
Thanks to NOBLE for the link!
Note. Another Elite unit I had never heard of. The selection must be intense, the training severe. I would stack them with (maybe even above) the British Mountain Leaders with the qualification that they have entire units of them performing missions!
Friday, March 18, 2022
More on the V-22 crash...they can't reach it by air...UPDATE...Tyler says its in "high" terrain
Jesus. Operating in a distributed, extended way will have our guys on the wrong end of a very thin branch...God Speed...they're in the arctic (Norway- arctic) so I hope they're not in the water and I hope they're sending ships, vehicles, whatever at speed to get them.
UPDATE - If they survived the crash then they have to spend time on the side of a mountain. Just wow.Officials: Marine MV-22B Crashes in Arctic Norway, Rescue Teams Unable to Reach Crash Site by Air - USNI Newshttps://t.co/INKNbW4Yvu pic.twitter.com/0U1g8iAF6f
— U.S. Naval Institute (@NavalInstitute) March 19, 2022
Possible crash site identified of Marine MV-22 Osprey that has gone missing in Norway:https://t.co/YP7mS5DLYZ
— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) March 18, 2022
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Uh you do know that China is getting ahold of every anti-tank missile, anti-aircraft missile etc...that the Ukrainians have lost to the Russians...
That is the inevitable side effect of the emotional response to this conflict.
So what does that mean?
Since the Russians and Chinese are now strategically allied you can bet that those systems will be reverse engineered by both Russia and China.
Our forces will face those weapons on the battlefield.
It might be in peer vs peer combat but I doubt that...at least in the short term.
We have opened pandora's box with this one. The Middle East and Africa will be burning hot by the middle of the summer...certainly by next fall.
The food crisis alone will cause conflict, if gas prices don't lower that'll be another stressor. Conflict will cause mass migration...and that's if we don't see trouble in S. America (which I would expect...the law of unintended consequences and all that jazz).
So we'll see conflict in far off lands. The UN, the elite, globalist etc...will demand US action. We'll blunder in as we always doing (playing hero for people that really don't give a fuck...they just don't want to do it themselves) and that will be the time for a little payback.
The rebels, insurgents...whatever you want to call them (although they'll label themselves as freedom fighters) will suddenly be flooded with all types of anti-tank missiles to take out aid trucks, JLTVs, Squad Support Vehicles, Utility Vehicles, FMTVs, probably a couple of helicopters, etc...
In short I think we're looking at a replay of Somalia in the not too distant future.
This is the kinda shit that happens when you emote instead of think.
Latvian Armed Forces host media day
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| A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter assigned to 1-3rd Attack Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, flies by a tank from the Spanish Army during a media day display at Camp Adazi training area, Latvia, March 11, 2022. The Latvian Armed Forces hosted a media day to display the power and interoperability of NATO forces in Latvia participating in the exercise, Saber Strike 22. V Corps is providing command and control over Saber Strike. |
I didn't know Canada had a parachute battalion!
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Royale 22e Régiment, and the United States Army Alaska recently took part in a parachute jump during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 22-02 exercise at Fort Greely, Alaska.
— Canadian Army (@CanadianArmy) March 16, 2022
📸 MS Dan Bard pic.twitter.com/kliw2fRtT5
Third Type 075 LHD Anhui（33) will be commissioned soon
The Chinese are building the Old Corps. Berger is building a new Corps. Wonder who will win when they cross swords. Missiles aimed at the sea versus a force designed to take land.
Third Type 075 LHD Anhui（33) will be commissioned soon 😎 pic.twitter.com/Fx15mRe0Xd
— 彩云香江 (@louischeung_hk) March 17, 2022
Russia is losing a lot of high ranking officers in this fight...
We have a ton of generals/colonels (probably WAAAAY TOOOO MAAAANY!!!). I imagine the Russians do to, but the losses is becoming borderline spectacular. Does their senior leadership operate closer to the front than our own? Is it their doctrine or is Ukrainian Special Ops just getting incredibly lucky. Or is it they are a victim of their comms being compromised?The commander of Russia's 12th Engineer Brigade based in Ufa, Colonel Sergei Porokhnya, was reportedly killed in Ukraine while deploying a bridge.https://t.co/w2fNOOESw1https://t.co/FBL6hQLO7o pic.twitter.com/8HAgRtUT79
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) March 18, 2022
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