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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

African Lion 2021 – Paladin Live Fire

US Marine Corps F-35 buy to be cut

. @CMC_MarineCorps says the Marine Corps' F-35 buy will be less than the program of record but says more wargaming and assessments need to be done before they settle on a number.
— Lee Hudson ⚜️ (@LeeHudson_) June 15, 2021

I'm a F-35 skeptic and critic.

This however doesn't bring me joy. It wasn't because we're deciding to re-invigorate Marine Air to support the guys on the ground.

This is because Berger is all in on trying to get his "baby" across the finish line.

He's stealing money from everything he can to see his vision of a Missile Firing Marine Corps that can compete, not fight and win, but compete with China.

This is more about operating costs than how they view the airplane. Lockheed Martin's plan to get the money on the back end thru maintenance has run into a fiscal buzz saw from two direction.

Another radical and drastic turn in philosophy from HQMC....and covid...meaning we now have a Democrat administration (that everyone at HQMC wanted) that is about swing money from defense to social spending (don't know if that's right or wrong...the Pentagon has been spending like a crack whore at a crack house).

So I won't cheer this news. I'll drink it in and see how much pain the Marine Air Wing will take. Oh and make no mistake about it. Next up on the chopping block will be the CH-53K. They're gonna slice that 100 million dollar helicopter to ribbons!

The Brits are training at Ft Polk, LA? They're gonna hate life...

Oh my God!

I feel so sorry for these "blokes".

They're gonna get baked in this baby heatwave we got going...the mosquitos are out in force cause we had heavy rain a couple of weeks ago and the snakes are out and about big time.

They're gonna beg to go back to the desert after this rotation.

The only thing that can make it worse is if the Cadre is in a bad mood. The 101st came in a few years ago and they stomped on them so bad that the Brigade Commander got fired (or so says the rumor). If they're pissed and filled with hate its gonna be a bad time.

It all matters on what the Brits want. Do they want them (the Cadre) to cut loose or is this a "partnership" exercise where everyone smiles and ...maybe paints an old church and takes pics with the locals?

FFG (Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH) has handed its HiMoLap (High Mobile Land-Platform) technology demonstrator to the BAAINBw (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr).
HiMoLap is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier. pic.twitter.com/FnxNhqe5nM
— The Dead District (@TheDeadDistrict) June 15, 2021

VMGR-152 delivers Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry BCT – Airborne, 25thID to the Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

A KC-130J Super Hercules with VMGR-152 delivers Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry BCT – Airborne, @25thID to the Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. #Marines with VMGR-152 participated in various unit-level training events in Alaska last month. pic.twitter.com/cU0JAGt5wF
— 1st MAW Marines (@1stMAW_Marines) June 14, 2021