Thursday, June 10, 2021
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
The Amphibious Combat Vehicle looks like it's gonna survive. But how? How does it fit with FD2030?
Yeah. I know. I'm just as surprised as you that I could get it wrong.
Having said that I just don't get it. How does the ACV fit into future plans with FD2030 hanging out there like a monster?
No need to rehash my complaints about FD2030. I've stated them loudly and so much that many of you are annoyed.
I get it.
But bear with me one second. A lighter, more mobile force. One that moves by light amphibious warship and air. A force that is designed to be the "eyes" of the joint force, and one that uses stealth as protection just doesn't seem to need an ACV.
With budget issues looming and some of the cuts we've seen I thought this would be a natural.
My thinking? Kill the ACV and you put a nail in the coffin of ever rebuilding the Marine Corps back into a legacy Air-Ground Task Force.
Making the JLTV the ground combat vehicle would go a long way toward forcing the type of cultural change that I believe is being sought.
But I was wrong on the ACV so I admit that I could be wrong in my thinking here.
So I ask.
Where do you guys see the ACV fitting into FD2030? How will this new force use a vehicle that from my seat fits into the way we once did business but won't anymore?
I'm truly confused on this one and don't understand the thinking.
One last thing. I stand by my statement that by 2030 we'll see an end strength of the Marines falling to 150K or less. Killing off Assault Amphibian Battalions would help with the biggest cost the Marine Corps faces....personnel costs.
No matter how you slice it I just don't get this!
This dude is dragging...I feel your pain...
Current mood…… pic.twitter.com/6Zg2kt9GQv
— Ærdbløke 🫁 (@Aardbloke) June 9, 2021
Anyone know what this BOPE Operator is doing/talking about?
You want to know why the thought of fighting in a mega city worries me so much?
Follow BOPE and see what they're dealing with.
They operate in the slums outside major Brazilian cities and wade hip deep into crime infested poverty without blinking an eye.
You talk about militarized police in the US? You have no fucking idea. They're as well equipped as a Marine Corps Rifle Company. They actually have used AAVs in their raids.
One last thing about fighting in mega cities. In crime infested areas crowds are attracted by gunfire. If they know they're not gonna get hit then they're out looking and filming. Oh and after the fight is over you'll see pop up fights. I see the same thing happening for these BOPE Operators.
But back on task.
Anyone know what's being said in the video? I can't put it together.
I am genuinely surprised....Task & Purpose reports General fired...
Marine Corps Inspector General fired for role in amphibious assault vehicle accident that killed 9 https://t.co/fINNHcgfo7
— Jeff Schogol (@JeffSchogol) June 9, 2021
Just plain wow.
I am genuinely surprised Berger fired this bubba.
My feelings?
Mixed.
On one hand a CO is responsible for everything that does and doesn't happen within his unit. Additionally Berger OBVIOUSLY ordered that his FD2030 be put into overdrive so I'm sure the screws were being put to every unit on the West Coast to make this happen IMMEDIATELY.
But we're back to the responsibility thing. Can we hold the CO responsible for something that happens so far down the food chain?
If we take that tack doesn't that mean that we can trace the line of responsibility all the way back to HQMC itself?
What I do know is this.
Those Marines are still dead. The families are still hurting. Everyone involved feels terrible about the situation.
Its just bad all the way around.
The only saving grace is that HOPEFULLY (and I don't have full confidence on this) lessons were learned and this won't happen again.
Only radicals want to defund the police!
Surprised Tyler Perry feels this way?Anderson Cooper was not expecting that response from @tylerperry!
— PragerU (@prageru) June 9, 2021
The truth is 81% of Black Americans want just as much or greater police presence in their neighborhoods. https://t.co/UEYQte1kGb
Don't be!
The talking points at fancy parties might be to "defund the police". Left wing politicians, radical liberals and the crowd they run with holler "defund the police".
The good people in bad neighborhoods are being terrorized. THEY WANT MORE POLICE!
Don't be fooled by the media or so called "spokespeople" for an entire demographic.
PLANMC is modernizing to become more of a combined-arms force rather than merely an amphibious one.
via Shepard Media
For the first time, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has rolled out genuine tanks – as opposed to armoured vehicles such as the ZTD-05 or ZTL-11 – to its marines. This marks a major capability upgrade for China’s premier amphibious and expeditionary force.
The revelation came via a CCTV report aired on 2 June, which showed members of the PLA Navy Marine Corps (PLANMC) examining Norinco-built ZTQ-15 light tanks (without side skirts) loaded aboard railcars ready for transport.
There was no indication where the location of the CCTV filming took place, nor which unit. However, the personnel uniforms unmistakably belonged to the PLANMC. The tanks themselves were finished in a regular camouflage scheme as used by PLA ground forces.
The CCTV news piece stated that a PLANMC exercise was recently conducted in a high-altitude area, which indicates either Tibet or Xinjiang. Tanks were integrated with long-range artillery in the exercise. The marines are imbued with tracked PLZ-07B 122mm SPHs, but it is unknown whether the tanks were cooperating these or training with PLA ground forces.
The report said a marine infantry battalion had been re-equipped as a combined-arms battalion. This suggests that the PLANMC is readying itself to better conduct multi-domain operations. Indeed, the thrust of the CCTV clip was how the PLANMC is modernizing to become more of a combined-arms force rather than merely an amphibious one.
One can extrapolate that each of the PLANMC’s six marine combat brigades might eventually field tanks. The corps has six combat brigades: 1st Marine Brigade (Zhanjiang, Guangdong); 2nd Marine Brigade (Zhanjiang, Guangdong); 3rd Marine Brigade (Jieyang, Guangdong); 4th Marine Brigade (Quanzhou, Fujian); 5th Marine Brigade (Qingdao, Shandong); and 6th Marine Brigade (Linyi, Shandong).
This restructuring of the PLANMC, headquartered in Chaozhou in Guangdong Province in southern China, into a multi-domain force commenced in 2017. It has already received 8x8 armoured vehicles in recent years, which permits rapid road movement.
Somewhat ironically, the PLA ground forces possess amphibious unit too, equipped with ZBD-05 and ZTD-05 amphibious assault vehicles just as the PLANMC is.
Specifically, PLA ground forces with a dedicated amphibious role are the 5th and 124th Combined Arms Brigades in Hangzhou, 14th Combined Arms Brigade in Changtai, 91st Combined Arms Brigade in Zhangzhou, all these in the Eastern Theatre Command; and the 1st Combined Arms Brigade in Huizhou, and 125th Combined Arms Brigade in Baoan, both in the Southern Theatre Command.
Now it appears the marines are fielding heavier tanks, a role previously reserved for ground forces. The lines between the PLA and PLANMC thus seem to have become more blurred. Nonetheless, it also reflects a Chinese desire, and ability, to project heavier forces in an expeditionary manner to overseas locations.
I am a cheerleader when it comes to our forces. But I don't close my eyes to what the enemy is doing.
The Chinese is coming for the US.
In particular the Chinese Marines are coming for the new Marine Corps.
I fear they're gonna get close, punch the new Corps in the face and then throat stomp them to hell.
We throw away what they're seeking to build.
Amazing.
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