Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sad, Pathetic, Disgraceful. Spin the bullshit Major...Spin!
Instead of crushing the nonsense, HQMC turned a blind eye and now its a full blown disgrace. Read this story and check out the vid below.
Who do I blame.
1. Battle Rattle Blog. They started this stupidity by highlighting this craziness. Kids stuff being pushed by kids. Disgraceful.
2. SgtMajor of the Marine Corps. You'd have to be blind, deaf and mute not to see this coming. You weren't proactive. Now we have a stupid stain running down the pants leg of our Corps.
3. HQMC Social Networking Outfit/Public Affairs. You're in a military outfit, ya bunch of clowns. You're not at Google or Vogue or whatever your favorite magazine, TV show etc... You tried to be cool and its instead made you look inept.
The horse has left the barn. Lets not be this stupid again.
Who do I blame.
1. Battle Rattle Blog. They started this stupidity by highlighting this craziness. Kids stuff being pushed by kids. Disgraceful.
2. SgtMajor of the Marine Corps. You'd have to be blind, deaf and mute not to see this coming. You weren't proactive. Now we have a stupid stain running down the pants leg of our Corps.
3. HQMC Social Networking Outfit/Public Affairs. You're in a military outfit, ya bunch of clowns. You're not at Google or Vogue or whatever your favorite magazine, TV show etc... You tried to be cool and its instead made you look inept.
The horse has left the barn. Lets not be this stupid again.
Australian Army Amphibious Road Map.
Phil! Awesome find! Thanks!
My bud, Aussie Digger, shot down my assertion that the Australians needed to develop a Marine Corps. He made some good points, primarily that the force structure was too small to support the number of troops needed to man the planned amphibious ships that Australia was purchasing.
Well it looks like we both were wrong. This Australian Road Map document points to the Australian Army becoming a type of hybrid force. More Marine than traditional Army, and waaaay more amphibious than even the Army leadership could imagine.
I like it.
Australian Army Amphibious Road Map
My bud, Aussie Digger, shot down my assertion that the Australians needed to develop a Marine Corps. He made some good points, primarily that the force structure was too small to support the number of troops needed to man the planned amphibious ships that Australia was purchasing.
Well it looks like we both were wrong. This Australian Road Map document points to the Australian Army becoming a type of hybrid force. More Marine than traditional Army, and waaaay more amphibious than even the Army leadership could imagine.
I like it.
Australian Army Amphibious Road Map
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
More pics of the 31st MEU's amphibious assault during Talisman Sabre.
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment gets a piece of Talisman Saber 2011.
All Photos by Master Sgt. Michele Desrochers
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.
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