Ward Carroll and the Conservative Wahoo are talking about Project 2025 in relation to defense and the various services. The whole thing is worth a watch but my audience is about the Marine Corps so I started the vid on my blog there.
Not much to talk about really...at least as far as the document is concerned. The real action is the interplay and discussion between Carroll & CW.
I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what is going on here.
They don't talk about aviation at all. The Medium Landing Ship barely gets a mention. Its all the glitz behind new anti-ship missiles and HIMARS.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
They kinda said it too.
The Marine Corps tilted so hard into Force Design 2030 and was so willing to give up its missions that its become more than an after thought.
It's like the budget writers are telling the Corps to get in a corner and play with their toys but don't get into any trouble.
Meanwhile?
In this same Project 2025 the US Army is getting everyone of their "Big 6" backed to the hilt, being pushed for rapid deployment with Carroll & CW stating that military sea lift is gonna have to get back in the game to make that happen and a general focus that I find kinda shocking (the USMC's biggest competition is the Army--- a little friendly interservice rivalry I guess).
They're about to play all over the globe while the USMC is stuck on a few islands in the Pacific playing the "deterrence" game against China.
The USAF gets much love in this document too. They're set to make up for all their losses and if Trump wins will have a global force able to fight two regional wars (like the US Army).
The Navy? Lost in the sauce. Can't really see their path forward except for hoped for ship building. The type needed, the basing, all the stuff that you need for a global Navy is missing. They just talk about ship numbers.
The Marine Corps hyper focused on China at the expense of everything else the nation has called it to do, the Navy can't get out of its own damn way and the US Army and US Air Force seem to have advocates at the Heritage Foundation that are about to fill their baskets full of new gear.
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