Breaking Defense has an article up covering Expeditionary Force 21.
Read it here but come back and drink back in all my "told ya so's"....
1. They're tossing away the ACV, MPC and AAV upgrades. The Marine Corps has sold its soul to an Air Winger and that bastard wants to fundamentally change the Marine Corps.
2. Stand off distance is bullshit. 65 miles offshore is still in range of anti-ship missiles AND many anti-air systems. They want a sea going 101st Marine Corps force yet ignore that air systems will be as vulnerable if not more vulnerable than sea systems.
3. This "Crisis Response" Battalion that can deploy from the US to hotspots is NOTHING new. Only arrogant fucks that don't Marine history would think that they're doing something new and glorious. Air Contingency Battalions have been around for a long time. All this "rebranding" is annoying.
4. We're seeing more evidence that the Commandant is positioning the Marine Corps to HAVE to go all in on his favorite toys no matter what the costs. The F-35 will break us but we still have to buy more MV-22's, and CH-53K's. If his concept is accepted then he wins and airwing become dominate.
Finally you should beware senior officers that are looking to build a legacy. The end of their service is chaotic, and they attempt to set conditions that influences organizations long after they've left.
Don't be dazzled by Amos' bullshit.
He WILL be known as the worst Commandant of the modern era and all of this busy work that he has his staff doing will not change that fact. As a matter of fact unless an Amos ass kisser is promoted to Commandant then I expect most of his initiatives to be rolled back.
Read it here but come back and drink back in all my "told ya so's"....
1. They're tossing away the ACV, MPC and AAV upgrades. The Marine Corps has sold its soul to an Air Winger and that bastard wants to fundamentally change the Marine Corps.
2. Stand off distance is bullshit. 65 miles offshore is still in range of anti-ship missiles AND many anti-air systems. They want a sea going 101st Marine Corps force yet ignore that air systems will be as vulnerable if not more vulnerable than sea systems.
3. This "Crisis Response" Battalion that can deploy from the US to hotspots is NOTHING new. Only arrogant fucks that don't Marine history would think that they're doing something new and glorious. Air Contingency Battalions have been around for a long time. All this "rebranding" is annoying.
4. We're seeing more evidence that the Commandant is positioning the Marine Corps to HAVE to go all in on his favorite toys no matter what the costs. The F-35 will break us but we still have to buy more MV-22's, and CH-53K's. If his concept is accepted then he wins and airwing become dominate.
Finally you should beware senior officers that are looking to build a legacy. The end of their service is chaotic, and they attempt to set conditions that influences organizations long after they've left.
Don't be dazzled by Amos' bullshit.
He WILL be known as the worst Commandant of the modern era and all of this busy work that he has his staff doing will not change that fact. As a matter of fact unless an Amos ass kisser is promoted to Commandant then I expect most of his initiatives to be rolled back.
"Helicoptor Carried Jeeps".....are they serious? what is this.....WW2 LRDP Groups in north Africa ? Have they learned nothing from how quickly the British replaced their Land Rovers with meatier vehicles in Afghanistan just recently?....and when the say Jeeps....what do they mean....Humvee's ?, JLTV's ?.......an F-150 even ?
ReplyDelete"Aggresively Traditional and Traditinally Aggressive"......good god, they planning to wordplay their enemies to death ? Chuck Norris does not agree.....except to the Breaking the Door Down part in the article.
ReplyDeleteOff Course, Expeditionary Force 21 does sound like a Chuck Norris Movie.
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