We've heard nothing.
No agenda.
No plans for the future of the Marine Corps.
No comment on the recently released Marine Operating Concepts.
No guidance to or expectations of the lower ranks.
No articles in the Gazette.
No interviews with the news media.
Complete and utter silence.
This is not good. General Conway came in with a vision and a plan. General Gray had an road map and warrior spirit. General Krulak saw the future.
This guy has nothing. I hope I'm wrong, but this feels so wrong...and at a time when strong leadership is needed from the man who sits in that chair, it appears that we're about to get a 'coalition builder' instead of a warrior.
Think I'm wrong? Compare the fanfare that arrived with appointment of General Mattis to CENTCOM with that of this guy to be the next Commandant.
Long story short...I think we're screwed.
Slightly OT: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Cops-Show-Marines-How-to-Take-on-the-Taliban--98202989.html
ReplyDeleteIn the vacuum of an absent strategy a lot of strange things could happen.
I don't know about you, but I don't like the idea of 03s becomming police forces/peace-keeping forces. They are separate missions with different RoE.
As a "Clinton Marine," I know a thing or two about this confusion...