Tuesday, June 07, 2022

The Korean Navy's assault ship MARADO 6112

Perhaps the "New" Marine Corps should focus on assaulting Chinese Naval Facilities overseas....

They are "ensuring" allies and enhancing interoperability all over the Pacific while we run endless exercises. 

Being busy does NOT mean you're being effective or accomplishing a goal.

Is the US military actually accomplishing the goal of "reassuring allies" with these countless exercises or simply being busy?

Does forward presence actually "deter aggression" or simply show the flag in the frontiers (hopefully you get the Roman Empire analogy)?

The only good thing coming from this?

China is making the same mistake that we did.  They're deploying their forces all over the globe ... they're in many ways repeating the mistake of Rome, just like we have.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 10BEB, 1ABCT, 3ID maneuver vehicles in Hohenfels, Germany for Combined Resolve

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1-4 Infantry Regiment train on Project Origin (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) in Hohenfels, Germany

Monday, June 06, 2022

Leading Causes of Death - Data are for the U.S.

 via CDC

  • Heart disease: 696,962
  • Cancer: 602,350
  • COVID-19: 350,831
  • Accidents (unintentional injuries): 200,955
  • Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 160,264
  • Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 152,657
  • Alzheimer’s disease: 134,242
  • Diabetes: 102,188
  • Influenza and pneumonia: 53,544
  • Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 52,547


Open Comment Post. 6 June 22

This will be truer than ever real soon I predict.

3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment conducts bilateral training with the French Foreign Legion

What is the future of Marine Infantry? Shock Troops is off the table. I still doubt Rapid Deployment Force work is gonna be a part of the future either despite what the current talking points are. Commandos in the Brit tradition? SOCOM won't allow it. MARSOC is as far as that is gonna go. Considering Force Design 2030, the sad reality is that its gonna be a combination of USAF Security Forces (guarding EABOs) and a beefed up JTAC (calling for fire on ships). Does the nation need a Marine Corps whose sole purpose is to act as JTAC and refueling aircraft at austere locations? Does the nation need a force of 150K if that is its reason for being?

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1-4 Infantry Regiment execute Air Assault operation in Hohenfels, Germany

Want to know why crime is spiking? So called "sentencing reform" and WEAK District Attorneys!