An All SNAFU! Announcement. We will talk to Jim Strock!

Last Sunday we had the chance to talk to General Mullen and tomorrow we get a chance to talk to Mr. Jim Strock, Director of Seabasing (a retired Marine Colonel so he should know his stuff).

The focus of our talk will be on Ship to Shore Connectors (not busting sunshine off nether regions but the discussion with Mullen revealed exactly how important they will be to future operations) and I guarantee you all that I'll ask that burning question.

Isn't today's Marine Corps simply chasing a capability that it lost when the LST was retired and never replaced in the MEU?  And are we compounding that mistake by pursuing LCU and LCAC type (and sized) landing craft instead of developing a high speed landing ship that can put a battalion of armor on the beach after the Navy has setup corridors for the dash to shore?

The conversation will happen Fri morning and I hope to have something up in the afternoon or very early Sat.

So in the words of that immortal great that we all know...Stand by to Stand by.