Wednesday, August 12, 2020

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct Exercise Panther Storm


Paratroopers of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare for a Joint Forcible Entry (JFE) Airborne Assault as part of a tactical training exercise, “Panther Storm”, on Fort Bragg, N.C., August 11, 2020. Panther Storm is a brigade-wide exercise designed to sharpen Paratroopers’ ability to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours, fight, and win against U.S. adversaries. 
We just "concepted" ourselves out of role in the nation's defense.  The Army is certain.  SOCOM is arrogant.  The Navy and Air Force automatically have a seat at the table.  We listened to lesser beings and now we're killing the Corps and birthing an abomination...The Missile Marines.  Fucking shit on a cracker.  Aviation broke the Corps and so called infantry generals let it happen. 

What is this talk of a collision between a Turk & Greek ship?

Was reading the open comments and saw talk of a collision between a Greek and Turk ship.

Ain't seeing a thing on my Twitter feed about it.

What gives?  Is it real or fake?

Beirut clashes continue...

Blackburn Buccaneer was a beast!



Funny thing?

I contend that the Royal Navy was more powerful back in the day and would be even today (if modernized) with the aircraft it once had.

The same could be said of the Missile Marines.

If its about the sea battle then tinkering at the edges and playing with a few ground launched anti-ship missiles ain't gonna cut it.

First thing is that the US Army can designate the 25th ID as its "Pacific Force in Readiness" and tailor that outfit to fight the sea battle too.  It can EASILY assemble more anti-ship missiles in that one unit than the entire Missile Marines can.

It can climb aboard Navy ships too and while not optimized for amphibious operations neither will the Missile Marines be optimized.

Additionally the low hanging fruit is a proper naval strike platform.  The F-35B just don't cut the mustard in that regard.  The Super Hornet is adequate but not ideal either...but its better than what the Missile Marines will be fielding but that part is being ignored by HQMC.

There are so many holes in this concept that you can drive a M1A2C thru it.

This concept is idiotic.  It's dead on arrival.  It's a continuation of the filth that's infected HQMC.

I could accept bureaucracy.  I can't accept legacy building and pie in the sky thinking...especially when it comes to the future of the Marine Corps.

One last thing.

What happened to the joint fight.  Where is the Navy & Air Force in this whole thing.  The only organization that is moving forward in a coherent manner is the US Army.  Everyone else is adrift in obvious confusion.  The legacy of the last 3 commandants is one of failure.  This will end badly.

Late Open Comment Post. 12 Aug 2020


God save me.  I'm officially a Gold Noob now.

Defender Europe 20 Phase II Combined Live Fire Exercise

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

USS America conducts flight operations









I've never really posted much from the USAF cause quite frankly I'm just not feeling it.  The Missile Marines are down the same lane now so expect pic posting from the New Marine Corps to slow down considerably.

What you will see is an increase in the coverage of armor/ground forces from all over the globe.  Australia is doing some interesting things as is Poland.  So  is the EU, Russia, China, a few Middle East states, a couple of African nations....I'll be looking for Ministries of Defense in those nations so we can get their stuff up on the blog.

Open Comment Post. 11 Aug 2020


The USMC Postmortem...a series of essays...



A quick one today folks.  Work has me slammed but I did find something to keep you occupied till I climbed back into things full blast Weds.  The Brute Krulak Center calls it "The USMC Postmortem" and its a sobering read.

Check it out here.

One warning though.  To my amazement and happiness it seems that there are others in the Marine Corps that have some of the same thoughts and concerns that I have.

Long story short?  Some other people see these moves leading to the end of the Marine Corps too.  Be quick!  The Commandant will have this taken down once it starts getting circulated. If you can't find just hit me up.  I downloaded it and have a backup of the backup!

Monday, August 10, 2020

A Royal Navy Lynx Wildcat helicopter sporting her impressive 20 Sea Martlet missile loadout....via Military Reddit


Does becoming part of the Army make sense?

I'm BEGINNING to understand why Berger is making the changes he is but I still can't get aboard.  The Naval Fight is PRIMARILY a NAVY responsibility.  They're making NO CHANGES at this time while the Missile Marines are wrecking its enter existence to save them from a fight they don't appear to be preparing for, are making no substantial changes to fight it, don't seem interested in any of the above and unfortunately the Missile Marines will have little influence on.

With that being said does it make sense for the Marines to become part of the Army?

What are the advantages of such a move?  One I can see is a chance for more schools for the average Marine.  I don't think they would mess with our heritage and would simply absorb us as one of its specialized units.

The 82nd has its own identity, as does the Rangers and even the 25th ID.  We would lose a seat at the JCS but I see that coming soon anyway.  We'd lose some funding for aircraft but gain it in armored vehicles.  A bunch of General slots would go away, Colonels would start disappearing but for the rest of the force it would probably be a good move.

I'm looking hard but I don't see how it would be such a bad thing.  Can anyone help me out?  Berger is tossing tradition, smashing our legacy and remaking us into something I can't recognize.  Would a move over to the Big Green be as chaotic as what the Marines are going thru now?

Open Comment Post. 10 Aug 2020


Shot a helluva lot of gold in this game.  Seems to be the only way to make this tank work.  Funny thing?  I have a SEVEN SKILL CREW, vents, optics, those new see thru foliage/on the move optics, coca-cola and that boost for vents and I'm still getting wrecked at night.

Is it time to upgrade the computer or is this the state of World Of Tanks now?

Sidenote.  Tier 9 games I can hold my own, Tier 8 I'm ok but if I'm top tier I rule, Tier 10 games I'm getting fucked with a cactus.  Is that how it is now?