Sunday, September 27, 2020

The British Queen Elizabeth Carrier. They won't admit it but we own that bitch!

 


What happens when you have an aircraft carrier but you need someone else to put planes on it so it can operate as intended?

You have an aircraft for sure.  But whoever puts planes on it, owns it.  The British Queen Elizabeth Carrier.  The Brits will never admit it but own that bitch!

Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat

 Not touching this shit with a ten foot pole.  Don't need the grief.  Its from the Wavell Room and you can read it here.

Side note.  The politically correct thinking is strong in the force on this one though. The reality?

Women have made the most dramatic rise in every aspect of measurement in society in every way among all demographics.  Especially white women.  The idea that blacks are the cause of angst is laughable.  Racists are sleeping with the very people that are drinking their milkshake.

Coming to a theater near you...Vietnam part deux...

Are you fucking kidding me? I guess its fuck the strategic corporal and now we're gonna have a rerun of commanders flying over a battlefield calling shots on the ground, Vietnam style. Replace Hueys with MV-22s and you have the magic. How about we do this. If you're trying to call the shots at least get in the mud too! This generation of generals is bound and determined to repackage almost every mistake of the past, put some lipstick on it, call it high tech and act like they've caught lightning in a bottle.

VIDEO: Footage claimed to show Azerbaijani tanks being destroyed in fighting today.

The missile marine concept (force design) is simply creating an Anti-Access/Area Denial zone for the Chinese to penetrate!

 


It amazing to watch the huge steaming pile that Berger has managed to come up with.  The sad reality?  He's trying to create an Anti-Access/Area Denial zone that the Chinese will have to penetrate.

Deterrence?

This has everything to do with deterrence, not winning a war (oh and trust and believe that the Chinese will analyze this thing and come to the same conclusion...they won't be fooled or deterred by this monstrosity).  

Remember my complaint that the US DoD had become so focused on offensive warfare that it became unbalanced?  Remember my complaint that we didn't work on defensive ops and that it would bite us?

This plan is an entire generation of thinking biting us in the ass.

The problem?  We're operating in their neighborhood.  This plan rests on another leg of the tripod that is totally outside the realm of the DoD and rests in the area of the State Dept.

Berger is complaining that we're not postured properly in the Pacific.  

You know where he's heading with this don't you?

More US bases in the region.

Riddle me this.  Which Pacific nation is going to welcome US missile marines or Soldiers onto their soil?  Do you think you can push this concept by just running exercises on an ongoing basis?

Do you really believe that Pacific nations that aren't aligned with the US (which means everyone except Japan, Australia, S. Korea) are going to pick a side in this upcoming fight?

We're living in the legacy of the F-35.  With that plane it was "lets get it first then we'll fix it".  The same can be said of this concept.  "Lets get it set in stone then we'll fix it".

What a pathetic way to plan.  We deserve better leadership.

Open Comment Post. 27 Sept 2020

 

T-77 American Heavy Premium?  Baby T-57?  Take my money World of Tanks!

Saturday, September 26, 2020

A force that is good for only one fight is a force that can be discarded...

 



Specialization is for insects...or the United States Missile Marine Corps!


We need a reformer.  We need a leader that can put the Marine Corps back on track without any other interest except leading the nation's fiercest fighters. We need a new Commandant cause Berger is just as big a disappointment as Amos...only more consequential.  At least Amos didn't kill tanks directly (his lust for the F-35 started this drama though...so maybe he's the other bastard in this drama!).

Back on task.

If the Missile Marines continue on this plan to specialize for a fight against China in the Pacific then it will be discarded when it becomes apparent that the fight isn't gonna happen there, but instead in Africa.

This Transformation that Berger is pushing is instead the death knell for the Marine Corps...even the missile marines.

Back in the days when the FDA actually did good work...

https://wtf-fun-factss.tumblr.com/post/630325474900525056/frances-kelsey-and-fda-official-saved-the-us

Marines Weigh Closing Parris Island and San Diego to Open New Coed Boot Camp

 via Military.com

If the Marine Corps were to move boot camp away from its fabled training bases, Kate Germano, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who led Parris Island's female 4th Recruit Training Battalion, said leaders must explain their reasoning in full. Otherwise, she said she worries male Marines would blame women for the loss of tradition.


"There would be so much animus there, as if there isn't already enough," Germano said.

Story here. 


You called it female.  No further comment from me on this story.

US Army....Rail Gunner Rush

 

Mark my words. The US Army will optimize two divisions. The 25th ID and the 2nd ID. They will optimize those divisions for warfare in the Pacific and they will do one thing to equal the Missile Marines. 


They will simply add MLRS to their artillery battalions and they'll fill them with anti-ship missiles. They already have a more robust anti-air capability than the Marine Corps ever has and they'll plug into the Navy's fire network. Pushing Marines off LHDs/LPDs will be simple. 


The missile marines (lower case on purpose) have decided to give up the amphibious forcible entry mission so that leaves it to the US Army. Long story short? BlackTail called it. Over Specialization will KILL THE MARINE CORPS (correction has killed the Marine Corps, it will also disembowel the missile marines) and our future lies in being what we've always been. 


A medium weight force that can scale up and down the spectrum of conflict AND is capable of acting as a quick reaction force for a fight that happens anywhere on the globe. Unfortunately the "I Am Friction" Commandant can't see that. Crack is a helluva drug...

Rheinmetall – Lynx KF41: first live impressions from the field

 Note.  Don't know who came up with the idea for this video but its brilliant.  A futuristic, high tech IFV zooming around what looks like a US Army Mech Infantry unit?  You can't help but compare it to the Bradley and the Brad comes up wanting.  Nicely done.  



Open Comment Post. 26 Sept 2020