Wednesday, July 02, 2025
A Choreographed Space Dance: How NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Docks in Space
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Multiple firefighters shot while responding to wildfire in north Idaho...my guess? poor bastards stumbled into a cartel weed farm...
Kinda surprised we haven't seen more of this. Been following sheriff's depts in california and the no go zones are kinda plentiful. Why? Because of all the weed farms operated by the cartel. Everyone is complaining about militarized police but the real issue is you're gonna see militarized firefighters and paramedics soon. Open borders has exacerbated a terrible problem all around. America is becoming a battlefield but no one outside of emergency services is seeing it.BREAKING: Multiple firefighters shot while responding to wildfire in north Idaho. - Citizen/NIN/HW pic.twitter.com/qMdaY7VvxC
— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) June 29, 2025
My theory has been that Force Design 2030 is really about the USMC being a tripwire force. Having 500 US troops on Taiwan renders that redundant
via National Interest
The Purpose of a “Tripwire” Force Is to Get Killed—and Start a War
The roughly 500 US military personnel stationed on Taiwan are there for two reasons: to serve as a tripwire, and to assist in the defense of the island. If China decides to initiate a blockade and an invasion of the island, those US forces will be insufficient to stop the onslaught. The idea, however, is that they will form the nucleus of whatever resistance movement is formed to combat the likely Chinese invasion. What’s more, by having those forces on the island, should they be killed or captured, those 500 men could become the trigger needed to force an otherwise reluctant United States to send more forces to defend or liberate Taiwan from China.
NOTE! The purpose of this article is to state that the US should remove ANY troops stationed on Taiwan and furthermore states that the US should avoid a war with China if they seek reunification.
To the issue at hand.
I don't understand why the Marine Corps would seek to push FD2030 in light of what the US Army, US Navy and US Air Force are doing.
If war were to come the Marine Corps would be a bit player at best and at worst they would simply get in the way.
The Marines need to find a different lane cause "sensing" and "counter recon" with missile shooting just ain't it.
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Marine gets called out for dressing like a cholo
Marine gets called out for dressing like a cholo pic.twitter.com/7qNgrNMgjS
— Wild Clips (@FightBatch) June 28, 2025
One of the last two escaped inmates from New Orleans captured...
OMGGG they caught Antione Massey yall 😭 pic.twitter.com/Ne6DHPQZja
— Curtti Magurtti (@CurttiMagurtti) June 27, 2025
Army unveils plans to acquire two different sizes of autonomous launchers via Breaking Defense
via BD
The US Army is interested in acquiring two new autonomous platforms under a new initiative it’s calling the Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML).
In a “request for solutions brief” posted today, the service announced that its Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office is leading the charge to find two separate CAML variants — a heavy and a medium — on a “rapid timeline.”
“CAML is an autonomous/optionally crewed, highly mobile, air transportable, cross domain fires launcher with the potential to augment or replace existing Army launchers,” the service said.
“CAML reduces emplacement and displacement times, provides improved crew survivability, adds cross-country mobility, increases overall effectiveness, and allows commanders to weight the force appropriately during both offensive and defensive operations,” the Army later added.
For the CAML-H variant, the Army wants to integrate a launcher onto a M1075 Palletized Loading System tactical vehicle — or similar 15-ton class chassis — that can then fire the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile or the Patriot Advanced Capabilities Three (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor. However, the service did not specify how many rounds each launcher should be able to hold.
Army leadership is running CIRCLES around the Marine Corps.
This was suppose to be the thing that made the Marine Corps relevant right, that would bring us back to our naval roots right?
So how come the Army can keep their ground forces up to speed, modernize and improve them while the Marine Corps guts the same and can't even get the missile Marines up and running?
Let's be honest.
As things stand right here and right now, its hard to make a case that the American people need a Marine Corps.
Unless the Marines go back to their real roots...being America's 911 force that is ready when everyone is least ready, that is forward leaning and is a cost benefit to the US then why the fuck should we continue funding it!
The Marine Corps in 2025 is resting on the laurels of those that came before. The Marine Corps today is a clusterfuck.
We Need a Marine Corps, Part III: A Corps Recentered via War On The Rocks
Note. This is a must read article for Marine Corps supporters. I think critical mass is being reached and everyone (except for the inner circle around the Commandant) is waking up to the idea that Force Design 2030 is an evolutionary dead end.
via WOTR
Commandant Eric Smith clearly articulated his vision for the future of the Marine Corps: While retaining focus on the China threat, the service will recenter on global crisis response. This means getting more marines — and more of their combat gear — on ship and deployed around the world. Smith believes marines should be America’s premier 9-1-1 force, just like they were before the “Global War on Terror.” But as I pointed out in the first two parts of this series, he faces some daunting challenges. Recentering the Marine Corps on crisis response will require more than just “re-bluing,” or getting marines back on globally deployed Navy ships.
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Presently, the Marine Corps has focused its capabilities on the China pacing threat around an area generally circumscribed by the nine-dash line, an imaginary delineation of control implied by the Chinese Communist Party. With Task Force 61/2, some efforts have been made to extrapolate the stand-in force capability to other theaters. However, China remains the pacing threat for the Marine Corps and the nine-dash Line remains the focus of attention for the Department of Defense.
But China is also a global power with extensive global economic interests and dependencies. It has purchased, leased, or otherwise imposed itself along the coastline from the western reaches of North Africa through an arc into Southeast Asia. Thus far, these investments and interests have gone mostly unchallenged. China has not had to deploy significant military forces to sustain its Belt and Road program, nor has it had to fight a deployed war. And it has relatively limited capacity to do either.
China is strong along its coastline but gets weaker and weaker the further its forces operate from its homeland sensors, maritime, air, and missile forces. In fact, none of America’s adversaries have a meaningful global power projection capability. So this out of area dynamic also applies to Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other adversaries. Competing with adversaries out of area is an excellent way to apply the great power competition aspects of irregular warfare, to stretch adversaries and, if necessary, to defeat them where they are at their weakest.
Read the whole thing its well worth it.
What do I want to emphasize?
The Chinese are building a GLOBAL FORCE! They have been smart. Real smart. They have not allowed themselves to become embroiled in the small wars that their vassal states are engaged in.
That will change.
Sooner or later they're gonna have to defend their interests around the globe. While I don't see them becoming World Police version 2, I do think that they will eventually have to protect their investments.
That means wars in Africa, sometimes the Middle East, to the surprise of many South America (!), and of course in Asia.
Fighting the Chinese out of area is gonna be the new hotness. Taiwan is about heritage for the Chinese. The other areas will be about business.
Expect the fight. Gear up for that fight. But do it now while we still have a LITTLE time.
Marine Corps leadership is WRONG about forcible entry in the modern era...
Marine Corps leadership pisses me off so much. They have all but bought into the idea that forcible entry is passe'. They have all but said amphibious assaults are dead.
They're so wrong.
So fucking wrong.
Let's look at the B-2 raid against Iran.
The Israelis attacked Iran for almost two weeks hitting anything that moved. Admittedly the attacks were against air defenses and ballistic missiles but that is due to the nature of this particular fight.
This was an air war and the Israelis prepped the battlefield...shaped the battlefield. They rolled back the defenses of this "contested" airspace.
It wasn't easy. It was hard. It wasn't spectacular with a "one hitter quitter" against the Iranians but they were hit hard, rolled back and then the US was invited in to perform the real mission.
The assault against Iranian nuke facilities.
But even with the Israelis having done so much work when the actual assault came, the US still sent over 120 aircraft to support seven (7), B-2s that did the real work of the fight. The real focus of the war.
My point?
For ANY forcible entry event you will see an all hands on deck moment. You will have the entire air arm of the US rolling back enemy defenses. Maybe its just a corridor for the transports to fly thru if its an airborne assault, but regardless enemy defenses will be rolled.
Which brings me to the disconnect that Marine Corps leadership has.
They shout to the moon that if we're not the main effort we will support the joint force.
So why wouldn't the joint force be expected to support the Marine Corps if an amphibious assault is called for?
Instead they have this view that if future amphibious assaults are called for, it will be just a USMC/USN affair.
Its weird. Its stupid. Its wrong.
The real problem with Marine Corps leadership is that they've become prey to the Washington elite instead of standing apart.
The pampered princes in DC enjoy tearing down strong men and/or strong organizations.
It all started with that bitch Hillary Clinton calling the Marine Corps a cult. It continued on with the appointment of Amos and then the kiss ass Neller, the wanna be transformationalist Berger and now his sycophant Smith.
Weak men make hard times.
The Marine Corps is having hard times because we have had a series of weak men as Commandant.
Hey Marine Corps. Dump the V-22 and join the Army's buy of the 2nd gen tilt rotor...
A comment by Beowulf75...
For the corps, artillery should probably be wheeled. Towed is to slow, and tracked is to heavy. For the gun system get the Bookers the army is dumping while the line is hot and more can be produced. Not perfect, but available and tested. Go with the army on the v280, if it can be modified for sea. Marines did the long term vtol testing and army is getting the upgraded fruits of that labor.
The rest of his comment is worthy of debate but I want to highlight the highlighted section.
The Marine Corps labored long and hard with the V-22. It was first in class and as an introductory platform to a new concept it performed...OK.
But we're moving forward and putting more lipstick that is the pig of that airframe just don't make sense.
I don't believe in the sunk cost nonsense. We spent the money to fix it. We couldn't. Time to move on.
Piggyback off the Army's purchase, modify it for naval use and get us a new bird.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Atlantic Alliance 25 Amphibious Landing Rehearsal...Photos by Cpl. Alexander Lesko
What were the other aircraft used in the B-2 raid against Iran?
A quick one here.
Everyone is talking about the B-2 raid and the accuracy of the bunker busters but no one says a thing about the other aircraft in the raid. Why? What were they? Did the B-2's once again need support from electronic attack aircraft? Were they escorted by F-22's? How many tankers were used in this effort?
I just want a few answers on a question everyone is ignoring.
Is the Commandant signalling a return to crisis response with his writing contest?
Marines Come From the Sea—What Comes Next?For generations, Marines have launched from the sea to fight and win our Nation’s battles. Whether delivering crisis response, deterring aggression, or projecting combat power, the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked on an Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), has stood as the Corps’ most agile and lethal forward-deployed force.Now it’s your turn to shape the future.Announcing the Commandant’s Rapid Response Essay Contest – MEU 2035What should the MEU of 2035 look like? Given a shipbuilding baseline that sustains three continuously deployed, three-ship ARG/MEUs, how should the MEU be task-organized, equipped, and what mission essential tasks should they be capable of accomplishing to meet the demands of Geographic Combatant Commanders across the globe?This is your opportunity to influence the future force. Submissions need to offer realistic, feasible proposals that leverage near-term capabilities, emerging technologies, and creative applications of non-standard platforms to deter and win in the future environment. For this contest, proposals are constrained to no more than a three-ship ARG/MEU construct which can include one big-deck.Whether you’re a warfighter, planner, or innovator—bring your best ideas forward.Contest Runs: May 22 – August 31Length: 2000-3000 wordsSubmit essays as MS Word documents to Gazette@mca-marines.org
Remember when the "new" MEU organization came out? I called it weak. Weak as water.
It shows just how dramatic the shift to the "stand in force" has been. How dramatic the shift toward a "sensing" unit the Marine Corps was being beaten into.
What I didn't fully realize is how big a step back this whole idea is. The actions over Iran fully showed it though.
Marine Corps leadership was attempting to tie it to naval task forces.
It ignored the needs of Combatant Commanders and instead linked itself to Navy missions worldwide.
What they forgot was that the Navy is an independent service with its own prioritizes. Its own demands. Its own missions.
In its rush to focus ONLY on the Chinese in the first island chain, Marine Corps leadership ignored the rest of the world.
This is the first crack in the devotion to Force Design 2030.
Berger and Smith destroyed the MAGTF. Now they're belatedly trying to build it back.
Simply pathetic. A carpenter knows to measure twice and cut once. Those fucks sliced up the ground combat component with no care in the world.
Now?
Now my beloved Marine Corps is knocking on the door of irrelevancy.
Not from outside forces but from internal stupidity.
What mistakes were made and how does the Marine Corps fix things?
1. Rebuild cannon artillery.
2. Focus on seizing advanced bases, out of area operations and small wars against medium sized and lower forces that have advanced weaponry.
3. Get our amphib numbers UP!
4. Establish an electronic attack squadron or three.
5. Acquire A-10's from the USAF.
6. Buy CV-90120s to regain a mobile gun system and reestablish our tank battalions.
7. Provide every vehicle with anti-drone devices.
8. Increase the size of the Marine Corps from a programmed 172K back to 180K.
9. Dump specialized gear where possible and piggyback off Army buys where possible (with modification).
That's off the top of my head. There are more I'm sure. But make no mistake. The missteps by the supposedly smartest people in the room have endangered the continued existence of the Marine Corps.
Why do I say that?
Think about it. The 82nd Airborne is already heavier and has more ground combat power than the 1st Marine Division. A FREAKING AIRBORNE UNIT! We arrive by ship and they're even heavier than we are!