SLD wrote an article trying to prop up the Special Purpose MAGTF (Crisis Response). You can click here to read it for yourself, but be advised...I'm calling bullshit on the whole thing.
The thing that annoys me most about this is that it creates a brand new command. The Marine Corps has its MEU's that are purpose built and float the seven seas waiting for trouble. As a reader pointed out just yesterday when trouble hit in Liberia, the 26th MEU back in 97 (I believe thats the time frame) sent its LPD to conduct an embassy evacuation while its big deck remained on station conducting a larger more involved evacuation of personnel from another country.
So what is this formation really? Its simply another slot for Marine Colonels to hang their hats. When did the Marine Corps become the land of the juicy command without actual need? The fact that its aviation centric is another issue but one I'll ignore for the time being.
If you want to see how things are going off the rails then look at this SPMAGTF(CR). If you want to see something that should be killed at birth then look at this formation.
Unneeded Commands. A Commandant that doesn't have the integrity to resign when he's caught up in wrongdoing. And now a publication that is attempting to put lipstick on a pig.
Yeah. We're screwed.
The thing that annoys me most about this is that it creates a brand new command. The Marine Corps has its MEU's that are purpose built and float the seven seas waiting for trouble. As a reader pointed out just yesterday when trouble hit in Liberia, the 26th MEU back in 97 (I believe thats the time frame) sent its LPD to conduct an embassy evacuation while its big deck remained on station conducting a larger more involved evacuation of personnel from another country.
So what is this formation really? Its simply another slot for Marine Colonels to hang their hats. When did the Marine Corps become the land of the juicy command without actual need? The fact that its aviation centric is another issue but one I'll ignore for the time being.
If you want to see how things are going off the rails then look at this SPMAGTF(CR). If you want to see something that should be killed at birth then look at this formation.
Unneeded Commands. A Commandant that doesn't have the integrity to resign when he's caught up in wrongdoing. And now a publication that is attempting to put lipstick on a pig.
Yeah. We're screwed.
I find Chamomile Tea soothing for the nerves...
ReplyDeleteThis airborne light USMC formation is like pineapple on pizza. Can't believe it. USN amphibs are designed to move 500 miles per day. There is one in every ocean. They are at best three days away from any fight. That is an awesome capability. I wish the UK could field one formation like a MEU.
ReplyDeleteand that's the saddest part of it all. its not the DoD, the US Navy, the US Army or the Air Force that is forcing us to ignore this capability.
Deleteno the idiots that are seeking to undermine the MEU reside in our own HQMC.
and the fools at SLD (because they're so fucking aviation centric) are leading the charge and providing cover for the morons in the Commandants office.
oh and your point about 500 miles per day is low once we get the San Antonio class fully deployed. supposedly it has almost destroyer speed and can zip along at almost 30 knots!
SLD is always good for a laugh. Still waiting on them to do actual analysis instead of cheerleading.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about Airpower Australia and your boyfriends who run it.
DeleteI wonderd why it was on the WEST Med in Spain instead of at Sigonella?? That is why I have to agree with Sol on this one.
ReplyDeleteWow Sol, for Someone claiming to be a Marine you sure do give up quick. Was news of a V-22 command the worst that ever happened to you your whole life, to the point where you just gave up all hope on the organization you claim lifetime membership to?
ReplyDeleteMy god man, who were your DIs? Barney the Dinosaur and Ronald McDonald?
LOL Yes, truly the darkest days in USMC history.
uh guess what cowboy. the fact of the matter is simple. the piss ant Commandant developed a new unit to provide the current administration with cover. we had assets available that was able to deploy to assist those people at the consulate in Benghazi. but to make the lie that we didn't seem credible he developed this SPMAGTF(CR) and stood it up. ANY REAL MARINE KNOWS THIS IS BULLSHIT.
DeleteANY REAL MARINE REALIZES THAT THE MARINE CORPS IS BEING POLITICIZED BY THE SORRY SACK OF SHIT THATS SITTING IN THE COMMANDANTS CHAIR.
but little pussies like yourself would try and ignore the obvious because they would rather accept the lies.