Uh Wow. Once I dismissed the talk of the Marine Corps propaganda machine as being a fiction put forward by people of other services that didn't have the 'elan of the Marine Machine. How naive was I? Seems very. Check this out...
Talking points on everything from the F-35 to the female PFT. Want to know whats even more insidious about this? I would bet valuable body parts that its aimed at Marines first, retirees and vets, law makers and finally the general public. I had thought the indoctrination stopped at boot camp. I was wrong....
Talking points on everything from the F-35 to the female PFT. Want to know whats even more insidious about this? I would bet valuable body parts that its aimed at Marines first, retirees and vets, law makers and finally the general public. I had thought the indoctrination stopped at boot camp. I was wrong....
It's "strategic communications" (propaganda to us)
ReplyDeleteDOD Dictionary
strategic communication -- Focused United States Government efforts to understand and engage key audiences to create, strengthen, or preserve conditions favorable for the advancement of United States Government interests, policies, and objectives through the use of coordinated programs, plans, themes, messages, and products synchronized with the actions of all instruments of national power.
USMC, Dec 12, 2012:
The F-35B program has been a success story throughout the past year.
from the DOT&E 2012 report:
....Although the program exceeded the objectives planned for sortie rate through the end of November, the progress against planned baseline test points for 2012 lagged by 45 percent with 1,075 test points accomplished against 1,939 planned. This was primarily a result of higher-than-expected loads on weapon bay doors, which prevented planned envelope expansion test points and required additional unplanned testing.
....The program announced an intention to change performance specifications for the F-35B, reducing turn performance from 5.0 to 4.5 sustained g’s and extending the time for acceleration from 0.8 Mach to 1.2 Mach by 16 seconds. These changes were due to the results of air vehicle performance and flying qualities evaluations.