All Photos by Master Sgt. Michele Desrochers
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Roll on Roll off Discharge Facility (RRDF)...the unknown part of the sea base.
The Roll On- Roll Off Discharge Facility is perhaps the most under reported part of the sea base....but its also arguably one of the most important.
I never realized it and the Marine Corps website doesn't play it up, but the sea base as envisioned isn't revolutionary at all...its actually evolutionary. From the actions off the coast of Normandy to the work done in the Pacific even the work done by the Riverine Forces in Vietnam with their floating motherships which serviced not only watercraft but also aircraft are all building blocks upon which the modern sea base is being built.
When looked at in that light this is a common sense solution to historical problems.
GRAPHIC! Sensitive eyes turn away!
Got this video from SHTF Blog. In certain conservative sections of our electorate, the rise in Police Power and Abuse is being observed with alarm.
Go to his site for the full story.
Go to his site for the full story.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Like taking candy from a baby....and that's the shame of it.
No one in the Marine Corps will admit it.
Its politically incorrect and is frowned on in polite society.
But its fun to stomp on your enemies.
But its something else entirely when you as a friend, take advantage of a friend. Even when the friend is being stupid.
That's what we have in this story from Defense News. Go there for the whole thing but the good bits....
The United Kingdom has proposed trading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft with the United States, according to a Pentagon letter to the U.S. Congress.and...
Under the proposal, the United States would give the United Kingdom one of its carrier variants (F-35C) of the F-35 in exchange for a short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) version, called the F-35B.
Under the exchange, the United Kingdom would have to cover any costs required to upgrade its F-35B aircraft so that it would be identical to the version the U.S. had planned to buy, according to the letter.Many observers are going to claim that this is indeed cost neutral and mutually beneficial. I beg to differ. The USMC is going to get another F-35B sooner....will be able to put wings on deck sooner....and will be able to divest itself of the capable but aging AV-8B sooner. In return the Brits are getting F-35C's in schedule and are going to have to make an necessary changes to them on their own dime, while paying for changes to the Marine Corps F-35B.
The United Kingdom would also be responsible for any unique requirements it has for the F-35C.
Under the plan, United States would get an F-35B two years earlier. This means $10 million in additional operations and maintenance costs for the Marine Corps in 2013 and 2014. This would be due to increased flight hours, fuel, training costs, etc.
The Corps stomped on them and they don't even know it.
13th MEU Parachute Training Evolutions.
This is why the SgtMajor of the Marine Corps should have crushed this shit!
It happened again. A Marine asked a celebrity to the Marine Ball.
Battle Rattle was happy to post it.
Even MSNBC's social reporter was asking when is it going to stop and isn't enough enough....
SgtMajor, get your head up cowboy and squash this shit ricky tick quick!
This is already out of hand...already looks bad...and is bringing discredit to the Marine Corps.
31st MEU in Australia.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Pic of the day. July 17, 2011.
11th MEU is either dialing up the training like a bunch of raving madmen (I like that) or else the Public Affairs Office is really hitting on stories that are catching my interest. Either way, their upcoming deployment will be one worth watching. I don't know the CO of this unit from Adam but it appears that he's about to put the Special Operations Capable back into the MEU(SOC) concept. And that my friends is long overdue.
Quote of the day. July 17, 2011.
Thanks Phil! via SLDInfo.
That about wraps it up.SLD: As a Harrier pilot, could you comment on the potential arrival of
the F-35Bs [Eglin AFB]?
Col. Tomassetti: It is ultimately disappointing constantly to see in the
news all of the things that the F-35B hasn’t been able to achieve yet or can’t
do and people completely missing what we’ve already achieved.
The fact is that we have a STOVL airplane that every pilot who has flown it
says that it’s easy to fly. In 60 years of trying to build jet airplanes and
do this, we’ve never ever been there before. We’ve never had a STOVL
airplane that was as full spectrum capable as it’s conventional
counterparts. We’ve never done that before in 60 years of trying.
It’s an amazing engineering achievement; [what] we’ve already accomplished
is completely being missed by some observers.”
To think that you have NOTED, once RESPECTED, and LAUDED aviation writers from a number of publications that have missed this truth is amazing.
I contend that they haven't missed it. Its been ignored. Its been ignored as part of a larger agenda.
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