Monday, September 20, 2021

3d Reconnaissance Marines conduct parachute operations on Ie Shima

 

Haitians on the border. No win situation all around...

Wow.

This thing is disturbing all around.  I don't know who put this together but they're some diabolical bastards.

What did they accomplish?  They put over 20K Haitians on our border.  Additionally they basically called everyone on their bluff.

It was put up or shut up time.

The crazy thing is that the Biden admin has been on a whipsaw on this issue since they got in office.  I truly believe that advocates of an open border are pushing this stuff.  

This is a no win situation and from my chair middle America just wants this to go away.

MAV - MARINE ASSAULT VEHICLE

PARS 4X4 - WHEELED ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLE (WACV)

Open Comment Post. 20 Sep 2021

 

Have you noticed the new "power" alliance in the Pacific? Australia/UK/US....

Have you noticed the new "power" alliance in the Pacific?

Australia/UK/US.

Left out is Japan, S. Korea, India and a few other notables.

This might not seem like a big deal to you but it is to me.  From my chair its huge.

Just a bit ago I talked about how the power dynamics had changed because the S. Koreans are pursuing ballistic missiles.  This doesn't apply to the readers here, but in other places the assumption was made that China was the target.

We knew better.

Now the AUKUS is on the rise.  Less talk of Japan & S. Korea in the fight against China and it all makes sense.

Policy makers in (especially) Australia & the US realize that the assistance of those two countries is conditions based (conditions that we would not understand).  Additionally this gives the UK new 'vigor' in their claim on the Security Council and in world affairs.

Predictions?

The British Army is about to be raped...brutally raped.  The Royal Air Force and Navy are about to see a new time in sunshine. The Royal Marines are about to be frequent visitors and a welcome addition to SOCOM.

The Australian Air Force and Navy are gonna shine but the Australian Army IS NOT going to face the same fate as their Brit Counterparts.

Expect a strong shift to the US Army's stance of long range fires matched with armor.

In the US?  Much the same.  Berger is vindicated.  I don't know if he read the tea leaves or if he fucked with the brew but his vision will hold.

She never made headlines but she was an inspiration

A400M ATLAS thru the Mach Loop via Dafydd Phillips Flickr Page...

 

Sunday, September 19, 2021

I'll call it now. Berger will be able to demonstrably demonstrate that Force Design 2030 will have more GROUND combat power than legacy...

I'll make the call now.

Berger will demonstrably demonstrate that his Force Design 2030, while shedding tanks, will have more GROUND combat power than the legacy force it replaces.

I called the reason why too.

The damn JLTV.

I'm thinking that going into the future you'll be hard pressed to find one that DOES NOT have a missile or 30mm cannon (or both) attached to it.

With 30mm/Missile equipped JLTVs all over the place it'll be a real boastful presentation slide that shows the GCE increasing in firepower.

Survivable, direct fires will still be problematic but Congress Critter rarely look at the details when they see stars on shoulders and are bedazzled with a chestful of medals.


11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during the Fall Fire Exercise (FIREX) aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton