Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Marine Corps "celebrates" gay pride month.
I don't care about sexuality. I care about whether someone is a decent human being and not some slobbering animal that acts in outrageous ways. Having said that this celebration of differences, whether black, asian, hispanic, lgbtq etc...is something that is divisive (in my opinion) in an organization like the Marine Corps (as I knew it).Throughout June, the USMC takes #Pride in recognizing and honoring the contributions of our LGBTQ service members. We remain committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination, and defend the values of treating all equally, with dignity and respect.#PrideMonth #USMC pic.twitter.com/MOyvFmyJiB
— U.S. Marines (@USMC) June 1, 2022
Shades of green was the old standard. We celebrated the unity of us ALL being Marines.
I personally would like to see a return to that stance.
A celebration of differences is troublesome at best when seeking unit cohesion.
But I know. Some will see this viewpoint as being barbaric. I get that. Send the hate. I need to drink it down with my coffee.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
This is why guns are needed in America...
I can do this all day...the videos are legion if you care to look.Just another day in new york city safest subway system, where innocent people are being harassed and assaulted.
— Joel Fischer 🇺🇸 (@realJoelFischer) May 25, 2022
But the mayor wants you to ride the subway instead of driving, to save the environment. pic.twitter.com/9FfVzfzLoC
The talking heads in the big city don't ride subways. They don't walk the streets unless its in "protected" spaces. These are the crimes that you don't see on the news. The crimes that are sometimes unreported and rarely prosecuted.
Govt has failed the people yet some are now calling for citizens to be unprotected in a land that is roamed by predators...monsters on two feet.
You do you. Me and mine will be armed. Yeah we still might be victimized but the attacker(s) will pay a heavy, if not permanent price for choosing badly.
I was right. Army Sec says we have taken some risk with our OWN security to arm Ukraine.
via Defense Daily
The Army has “taken some risk” to its readiness with the recent drawdown of Javelin and Stinger munitions sent to Ukraine, the service’s secretary said Tuesday, adding it has not reached “an unacceptable level of risk.”
During a discussion with the Atlantic Council, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth cited the importance of recently awarded production deals for Javelins and Stingers as critical to replenishing those munitions stockpiles and ensuring the U.S. is able to support future weapons assistance requests to aid Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion.
“We are looking, certainly in the Department of Defense and in the Army, at what we need to be doing to allow us to continue to sustain the kind of lethal assistance that we’re providing to the Ukrainians. And that’s why we’ve signed contracts to replenish our Stingers and replenish our Javelins. We have really leaned in to trying to provide everything that the policymakers deem essential to get to the Ukrainians. And we have taken some risk to our own readiness, not an unacceptable level of risk at all. But I think we will continue to do that,” Wormuth said.
History will be the judge of whether the risk was acceptable or not.
As a primary defender of this nation (the Army Sec) I would think that ANY risk that can be avoided will be!
To assume unnecessary risk is just batshit stupid. And apparently we're being led by batshit stupid people.
Monday, May 30, 2022
The Guardian (UK) gets it. They have an editorial saying to end the sanctions against Russia...they're doing more harm than good.
It always happens this way. Others have dealt with me coming around late to what they were saying (APA & Mike Sparks) and I bashed them relentlessly...until I got past my ingrained (and perhaps trained) impulse to believe what so called authorities were saying.
Now?
I've been beating the drum that the sanctions against Russia are doing more harm than good, explode every international norm with regard to finances we've seen in our lifetimes and is sparking inflation, high gas prices and a looming food shortage. The knock on effects of the sanctions will cause more death, instability and wars than the war in Ukraine will. The suffering of billions pales in comparison to the suffering of millions when it comes to geo-politics.
The Guardian has come around to reality. Many so called elites have too. Eventually what is seen as outlandish and a misguided viewpoint will soon become common knowledge and everyone will claim to have thought it first.
Note. Send the flame and the hate. I know a certain reader will bang keyboards telling me how we're all part of a psyops campaign. I'm ready.
End the sanctions against Russia – they are doing more harm than good | Simon Jenkins https://t.co/1NqYMay8Q4
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 30, 2022
Krulak calls for a truce on the Marine Corps civil war over Force Design 2030...Berger's sycophants won't have it
Krulak penned a piece for Marine Corps Times. It reads as an attempt to repair the damage that has come between old Corps vs new Corps Marines over Force Design 2030. Berger's sycophants won't have it. First let's look at what General Krulak penned.
via Marine Corps Times.
During the 1980s, the Marine Corps Gazette and Marine Corps Times provided a place for hard-fought yet professional debates to take place within the Marine Corps and helped discourse to flourish in our classrooms and throughout the force — but always in the spirit of making better Marines and winning battles at lower cost in life.In closing, I urge all to reflect deeply on our long-standing bedrock principles and to consider carefully the following points:· We need to move from waging information campaigns against one another after serious decisions about our Corps future have been made to a much more inclusive and transparent process before decisions are made.· We need to move from generalizations and straw man characterizations of contending views to serious, in-depth discussions about operational capabilities and the dependencies they have, discussions befitting professionals.· We need to clearly articulate a future end-state and the means by which we will get there to include, rigorously red-teamed transitions that minimize exploitable opportunities by this nation’s enemies each step of the way.· We need to return to a time when we “cast our nets widely” and think deeply and carefully about our own dynamic, complex adaptive system, and the many other dynamic complex systems with which we operate.This is our Marine Corps, and we all have roles to play in helping it adapt to an increasingly complex future.We must never denigrate or marginalize those who want to help shape its future. We must encourage, rather than suppress, different perspectives and life experiences. Open, inclusive stress-testing of hypotheses about our Corps make for both a stronger, more relevant Corps and a more cohesive and unified Corps.Let’s revitalize “Gung Ho”— working together.
Pretty damn conciliatory if you ask me.
Seems like he's trying to lower the temperature, and try and work out where the Marine Corps goes into the future.
Berger's pets won't have it though.
Check out what one of his disciples wrote...
Are you shitting me?This from Gen Krulak.
— the duality of man (@JungianThings) May 30, 2022
“First off, it is not a commandant’s Marine Corps; the Marine Corps belongs to all Marines past and present, living and dead. It is all of our Marine Corps.”
False. This is borderline mutinous language.https://t.co/sNp7k1Qs7K
That's his response? Very well. Fuck it. Case the colors and name it something else.
You and the rest of YOUR tribe want something new? Awesome. But don't sully the name United States Marine Corps while pursuing your new religion.
Let it die and build the monstrosity you so desire.
There can be no peace with zealots and this new group are all in on this defensive force (Force Design 2030) that is only viable in one region against one foe.
Note I took a screenshot of this so it won't "mysteriously" disappear.
Russians have entered the city...
I told you once and I'll tell you again. This war HAS NEVER BEEN what we've been told. The reporting on it has been even worse. Get beyond what "authorities" say and dig into it yourselves!
The Russian army and its separatist and mercenary allies appear to have entered #Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, possibly signaling the impending fall of the last Ukrainian-controlled city in the #Donbas region east of the Donets River. @forbes #Russia https://t.co/eQ1eDn9aEF
— David Axe (@daxe) May 30, 2022
Jesus what happened to discipline in the US Army? This is crazy!
I don't give a fuck who you are. In the Marine Corps...well back in the day...you would have gotten dropped as in punched so fast it would make your head spin!Welcome to the they/them army. Discipline is optional. pic.twitter.com/kPqewRe3G5
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 30, 2022
SIMPLY AMAZING!
The NEW US Army is as fucked as the NEW US Marine Corps! How the hell is this new Defense Dept supposed to beat ANYONE????
So are the Ukrainians getting our MLRS & HIMARS
JUST IN - Biden: "We're not gonna send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia."
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 30, 2022
Russia's Medvedev responds: "Rational decision."
Distressing to see. But New York subways have descended into chaos and madness...
Yeah. The average man or woman doesn't need a gun.This is a typical day on the NYC subway while @GovKathyHochul is busy focusing on adding made up gender marker options for a license. pic.twitter.com/ARVOlg90CJ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 29, 2022
A group of thieves empty out shelves in Sephora into garbage bags in a mall near Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/pdGL08SF1B
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 30, 2022
Nothing to see here… just a child dancing for adults with drag queens on stage for money at a drag convention. pic.twitter.com/QqzNGckO2x
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 29, 2022
Maybe focus on school security and not gender issues? If not that then how about STEM so our kids can compete in the new age?Two middle schools in NJ brought in a trans minor to talk to kids about gender and the LGBTQ+ community. pic.twitter.com/k5BvdouJtO
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 27, 2022
China is responding to Biden's blunder on the defense of Taiwan...
Intentional ambiguity. So necessary when dealing with the Chinese. If they lose face (or believe they have) on the international stage they WILL respond.JUST IN - 30 Chinese warplanes entered #Taiwan's southwest air defense identification zone today: Ministry of National Defense.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 30, 2022
ARE THE MARINES INVENTING THE EDSEL OR THE MUSTANG?
via War On The Rocks
The Marine Corps is in a far more precarious position. It could have used incremental dollars to test its promising fusion of targeting technologies and distributed maritime operations with a minimum viable product. Instead, the commandant, Gen. David Berger, divested current crisis response and land battle capabilities in order to fund a large-scale, hyper-optimized capability that will take eight years to build. Before the new force was designed or prototyped, Berger wrote, “We will not seek to hedge or balance our investments to account for [other] contingencies.”
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Marine leaders neglected key principles of change management, repeating four organizational mistakes surrounding Ford’s Edsel and Coca Cola’s New Coke: choosing secrecy over stakeholders, testing in a closed loop, leapfrogging instead of iterating, and losing control of the narrative.
Note. I called for an Enhanced or Reinforced MEU instead of this transformationalist garbage that so many in the Marine Corps seem to be worshipping.
If its too long then let me sum it up...
Berger is a horrible change agent and from all appearances a poor leader, is wedded to his "idea" with the strength of a religious zealot and will accept no criticism of his idea.
This plan will not make it across the finish line. Bits and pieces will remain but the Ground Combat Element will have to be rebuilt and the Aviation side of the house will have to be rationalized.
He has less than a year left and he will leave the Marine Corps wrecked by chaos and unnecessary friction. A divide between old and new (that I doubt will be fixed...I see no leader in the Marine Corps on the horizon that will be able to patch up the rift), with precious little time to get it right.
Berger did what I thought was impossible. He's making Amos look like a decent Commandant.
This lady is awesome...I'd roll with her ANYDAY!
You can tell. This lady works out, trains hard and is ready for the smoke! I'd roll with her any day! Did you see big girl try and throw that sucker punch? She fucked around and found out! Mess with a beast and get the teeth!
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