The US Navy has designated helicopter squadrons to support Special Operations Command.
Awesome. Good for them.
But its time the Navy took care of its core missions first.
Like adequate defense and attack in the littoral regions and further inland.
Fast attack aircraft are awesome weapons of war but after deploying the Riverine Units its time to give those units the support they need.
The Navy needs to bring back the Sea Wolves.
How this fabulous capability was allowed to die is beyond me but if the Navy were to procure a sufficient number of AH-1Z's...put them in Navy markings with Navy pilots and attach them to Riverine Units during wartime...and carriers during the time in between then you'd have a tremendous capability. My concept of employment might be off but the war record is undeniable...check out the website here.
