Thanks for the link Dwi!
The "JOINT" concept is now showing its downside.
At one time the USAF was totally convinced that Carrier Aviation was no longer needed, that all future wars would be nuclear and that if aircraft didn't carry nuclear weapons or support those that did, then there was no need for them in the service.
The USAF also sought to kill the USMC, cut the US Army to the bone and beyond, and reduce the US Navy to a coast guard (I'm being a bit dramatic but you get the point).
Luckily we didn't have "joint" thinking at the time.
Each service chief made the case why the "conventional" thinking of the USAF (which was rampant throughout society) was wrong. The Marine Corps fought like dogs (devil dogs) to survive the onslaught and prevailed in the end.
Today, we have service chiefs that are so bound by group think that when one of them actually makes moves that his service believes are in the best interest of the nation, will allow his service to save money and make him a good steward of the public trust-----he is hauled back in line. Check out this story from Reuters.
The Navy stepped out of line and got bitch slapped.
I have no confidence in the Pentagon, Hagel, certainly not Amos and it appears that the rest of the monkeys in uniform are as corrupt as their boss.
Fuck them all.
The "JOINT" concept is now showing its downside.
At one time the USAF was totally convinced that Carrier Aviation was no longer needed, that all future wars would be nuclear and that if aircraft didn't carry nuclear weapons or support those that did, then there was no need for them in the service.
The USAF also sought to kill the USMC, cut the US Army to the bone and beyond, and reduce the US Navy to a coast guard (I'm being a bit dramatic but you get the point).
Luckily we didn't have "joint" thinking at the time.
Each service chief made the case why the "conventional" thinking of the USAF (which was rampant throughout society) was wrong. The Marine Corps fought like dogs (devil dogs) to survive the onslaught and prevailed in the end.
Today, we have service chiefs that are so bound by group think that when one of them actually makes moves that his service believes are in the best interest of the nation, will allow his service to save money and make him a good steward of the public trust-----he is hauled back in line. Check out this story from Reuters.
Oct 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Thursday canceled a notice about a possible order of up to 36 more Boeing Co F/A-18 fighter jets or EA-18G electronic warfare planes after the posting on a federal procurement website sparked confusion this week.Sorry. But this is so obvious it doesn't deserve further comment.
The pre-solicitation notice, which first became public this week, had triggered renewed questions about the Navy's commitment to the $392 billion radar-evading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program by Lockheed Martin Corp.
The Navy stepped out of line and got bitch slapped.
I have no confidence in the Pentagon, Hagel, certainly not Amos and it appears that the rest of the monkeys in uniform are as corrupt as their boss.
Fuck them all.
I don't understand how Boeing can take much more of this shit. Not that I love Boeing, since they are also part of the problem, but how can they keep getting potential contracts killed by Lockheed Mafia (I'm going with that moniker from now on) and not mobilize their own lobbyists/PR goons/politicians?
ReplyDeleteEisenhower wasn't kidding about when he talked about the MIC.
You need to add the 'P' for politics - they are no as much of the problem as all the MIC.
DeleteI'm holding out on a position on Greenert, hoping that he is playing a poker hand here, although I don't have a clue what purpose his pre-solicitation ruse served, or even if it was one. The Navy has to find $14 billion in cuts this fiscal year, while plunking down (wasting) $1.6 billion for SEVEN airplanes, the F-35 carrier variant that has little hope of even seeing a carrier this fiscal year, three plus years on from first delivery. And Greenert is talking about deferred maintenance and even cutting carrier groups.
ReplyDeleteThe Navy has taken the biggest screwing so far on the JSF and isn't allowed a Plan B? I just have a feeling that Greenert is smart enough that he has another card to play. If he doesn't, he should have resigned. (Easy for me to say.)
Greenert was trying to do his job. The enduring responsibilities of each CNO--
--Remain ready to meet current challenges, today
--Build a relevant and capable future force
But Greenert has had to renege on his responsibilities to satisfy the LM juggernaut. Greenert has previously said: " I as a service chief would like to have more authority and more accountability in acquisitions.”
How can he do his job otherwise?
On a well known UK defence website with the initials T and D I have been known to trot out a list of reasons as to why the USAF shouldn't exist. I get castigated by the aviation mafia who forget that humanity lives on the surface of the planet and who bring up this idea that aviation is special and deserving of its own priesthoods even at the expense of the other services. Joint to them means air forces gaining and everybody else loosing out. The US isn't alone in its madness.
ReplyDeleteSol this is off topic but a good well written for yahoo news.
ReplyDeletehttp://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/fallen-soldier-213011521.html
"Hurrrrrr the Navy is gonna kill the F-35 and buy Super Hornets." LOL. "Joint is a liability"? Hmmm, the Super Hornet is Navy only and they're not buying any and the F-35 (you know, JOINT Strike Fighter) is ramping up production. Yep, you're totally right, "Joint" is a liability.
ReplyDeleteHell, the Navy already has 550+ Super Bugs. How many more do they need. After all, they only have 10 carriers with 75 aircraft apiece. And not all of those aircraft are Supers.
ReplyDeleteThey need to replace legacy Hornets that are breaking down and the F-35C will only be combat capable in 2025. This move was the Navy clearly showing that it wanted more Super Hornets rather than wait for the F-35C.
DeleteThe JSF program is to Navy like Obamacare is to young people. They don't need it and they don't want it but they have to buy it to subsidize a larger cohort. NavAir--AF & young--old. Thanks, Barry, from Fort Worth to No Worth.
ReplyDeletethat was funny!
DeleteInstead of order new Super Hornets, they should upgrade their 550+ to the advanced version and to buy some Fck-35 to keep the pentagon and the congress happy.
ReplyDeleteL.Maffia Happy won't have any excuse to stop the USNavy to do it.
www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-to-demonstrate-advanced-multi-aircraft-data-fusion-in-2014-389902/
Then in the near future when the Joint debacle where cancel they USNavy will buy new and proven advanced Super Hornets with the congress aproval.
ReplyDeleteIndependend's day L.Martin version...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CKPwcDIouI