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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Russian army to receive new artillery systems including 2S43 Malva and Flox 120mm mortar via Army Recognition

Note. I keep being told that the Russians wrote the playbook that the Marine Corps is following. Ok. But why are the Russians still meching up? Did we miss a chapter?

Story here

France's 7th Armored Brigade. doing work...

Mission of the day: the SGR-C provides information at night. The GAE-B seizes the combat village, breaches, reduces isolated resistance. Neutralizes the enemy counterattack.

Mission of this 3rd day of exercise in open ground for the #7eBB : SGR-C infiltrates, informs. GAE-B by helicopter, infiltrates, seizes the Vèze aerodrome and the Thoraise crossing point. Crossing on EFA, beginning of attrition fight until Valdahon.

The USMC once did shit like this. Sadly no more. All hail the new Corps, the Missile Marine Corps!

1/2 Air Assault Raid

2nd MEF getting a new building

From left to right: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Obert Tellez, U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Christopher Rebana, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Brian Beaudreault, Brig. Gen. Andrew Niebel, U.S. Navy Capt. Tres Meek III, Mr. David Marchiori, pose for a group picture after a ground breaking ceremony for the future II Marine Expeditionary Force Operations Center on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 14, 2021. The operations center will serve as the II MEF headquarters building and enable II MEF to sustain combat readiness and optimize warfighting capabilities.

If it's all about small dispersed units and if the Marine Corps is falling back under the Navy and being assigned to numbered Fleets then why do we even need a MEF? Either the MEF or the MEB can go. We might not need either of them and we definitely don't need both with this new construct.

Additionally the idea of maintaining Divisions under this construct is really a concept that should die too.

If China is the threat and the Marine Corps is focusing only on China then why bother with keeping the 2nd MARDIV around. We're not gonna participate in Europe, the Middle East or North Africa...which brings me to the various commands/components.

Why is MARFOREUR/AF still around? Seems like a place that has serious cost savings to be harvested. Why does SPMAGTF-CR-AF still exist? And this is the one's off the top of my head and there are many more.

Being a one trick pony has consequences. Additionally why does the Marine Corps still have a seat on the Joint Chiefs. Seems like this Commandant just conceptualized himself out of a job!

The Marine Corps is now trying to advertise its Missile Marines as a rapid deployment force...because they can compete with China, not fight and win but compete...

I could make this shit up if I tried. Check out this caption....

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force 353d Special Operations Group, execute a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Insertion event within the first island chain in response to destabilizing actions which threaten the rules-based international order. The Marines are part of a joint force able to communicate and operate across all domains when called upon. III MEF executed this as part of a no-notice, integrated, rapid response event across the expanse of the first island chain to demonstrate U.S. resolve to maintaining regional security and stability.

Friday, June 18, 2021

DARPA talks shit to their Chinese counterpart! I LOVE IT!!!!

"...according to Chinese media." Pics or it didn't happen.
— DARPA (@DARPA) June 18, 2021

Why we are the WEAKEST generation of all time

I smell pussification all over the West...even in an organization that I once lionized.

Leadership has failed and its up to each and every one of us to harden the fuck up.

Help ain't coming.

It's up to us.