I'm sure it was accidental.
I'm positive that he did not mean it they way it comes across...but still....
If we can forward deploy a KC-130J detachment for the entirety of a MEU's deployment then we can do the same with a detachment of Super Hornets. STOVL jets are not necessary to support an MEU.
While promoting the KC-130J he just shit canned an entire operating philosophy. A philosophy that I once thought was beyond dispute.
Now?
I'm not so sure. Did Marine Air let the cat out of the bag?
I'm positive that he did not mean it they way it comes across...but still....
“They are a hard requirement when a MEU — any MEU — is operating for an extended period of time in a split or disaggregated configuration,” wrote Col. Scott Campbell, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s former executive officer, in a Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned report published earlier this year. MCCLL recommended that a dedicated KC-130J detachment be forward-deployed to support MEUs for the entire duration of their float “to enhance reach and responsiveness.”Yeah.
If we can forward deploy a KC-130J detachment for the entirety of a MEU's deployment then we can do the same with a detachment of Super Hornets. STOVL jets are not necessary to support an MEU.
While promoting the KC-130J he just shit canned an entire operating philosophy. A philosophy that I once thought was beyond dispute.
Now?
I'm not so sure. Did Marine Air let the cat out of the bag?
