SLD has a story out that talks about the Marine Corps response to the typhoon in the Philippines. Read it here but this one line stands out....
III MEF is the key initial US force dealing with the relief effort and has functioned as the tip of the spear for the joint force.So. Let me get this straight. The Marine Corps has deployed the 31st MEU, which is providing the bulk of the manpower to deal with the disaster...has the 3rd MEB up and running to provide command and control (even though the 31st is fully capable of handling that task) and now the CO of the 3rd MEF shows up to look things over.
On the Marine side alone you have a 3 star (MEF), 1 star (MEB) all looking over the shoulder of some poor Colonel trying to get the job done.
This is not the streamlined, efficient and cost effective organization that I know.
This is an abomination.
I will beat on this "MEB" concept till they change it because its obvious to all that its fucked up from Amos down.
SLD are blind marketeers for the Just So Failed.... über alles. They are also dialed in to a cabal inside the USMC known as the United States Marketing Corps, led by some guy named Amos.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i tuned out when the JSF became a plane without warts. you're also right about them not being a center journal but more an advertising arm of the Marine Corps (current leadership). my biggest issue is that you can't improve unless you acknowledge whats wrong and no one over there sees a problem.
DeleteThe 3-star is in town to re-assure the Philippine President "we have your back, now sign the G0d-damn leasing arrangements or else".
DeleteAre they Army wannabes? There are 37 general officers at Ft. Bragg.
ReplyDeleteHere I go off again on David Shoup, when Marines were ....Marines.
In mid-1943, Lt Col Shoup was transferred to the staff of Major General Julian C. Smith, commander of the 2nd Marine Division, and tasked to help plan the invasion of Betio on Tarawa Atoll. Shoup's aggressive leadership style would complement the offensive strategy his superiors were seeking in taking the atoll. He was tasked with drawing up initial plans, designating the landing beaches on Betio for the 2nd Marines, and overseeing some rehearsals at Efate. However, after Colonel William W. Marshall, commander of the 2nd Marines, suffered a nervous breakdown before invasion, Smith promoted Shoup to Colonel and gave him command of the regiment in spite of Shoup's lack of combat experience. . . . For his planning, he was awarded the Legion of Merit with "V" device. For his leadership during the initial assault, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the British Distinguished Service Order, and the Purple Heart. --wiki
Chesty said there is no old breed, or new breed, just the Marine Corps breed. i think we're heading (we might already be there) where there is a clear line between the old and new Corps.
Deletedo me a favor. think about how many Marine Corps stickers you saw on vehicles around town. now do the same tonight or tomorrow. you'll see less today than in the past and its all part of a silent protest.
I still see a lot of 'em. Too many. :-))
DeleteBut yeah, Chesty didn't foresee the likes of Amos.
Like me, he was full of Shoup, a guy on the ground.