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Monday, June 28, 2021
31st Meu conduct a night raid exercise on the flight deck of USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea
Some #MondayMotivation from the 118th ("Night Riders") squadron that operates around the clock to protect Israel 💙🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/JFOmQB7jNw
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) June 28, 2021
Israeli Air Force's 118th ("Night Riders") squadron on exercise
Some #MondayMotivation from the 118th ("Night Riders") squadron that operates around the clock to protect Israel 💙🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/JFOmQB7jNw
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) June 28, 2021
Late Open Comment Post. 28 June 2021
** Sorry folks. Work is a bear...and that bear is eating me up. Don't get it twisted. Grinding is good but the blog is on cruise till I shake back tomorrow. Chew it up in the "open comment" section here and we'll be back to normal Tues.
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Once we were told to believe the scientists...now we know the scientist at best deceived, maybe were horribly mistaken or worst lied!
The scientists who signed the Lancet letter saying "We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin" are starting to change their minds. pic.twitter.com/ZPBH5wpIyl
— Paul Graham (@paulg) June 25, 2021
I don't know if you've been following this but the change of tone on this things has been dramatic and stunning.
When this hit we were told without a shred of doubt that this thing was natural.
I had certain members of this tribe yell those of us that doubted that down, and damn near called us idiots after they went thru a supposed laundry list of why this thing was natural.
Now the scientist are walking this back.
Now the conspiracy talk about this thing being man-made aren't being shouted.
They're trying to pivot to the position of admitting that this thing got loose.
It's becoming obvious that this was all political. The societal trauma that was let loose on our nation all served the trolls in Washington...the bureaucrats that actual run this country.
No one should know Fauci's name but we all do. As a certain Romanian reader of mine would say...he was a useful idiot.
Before its all over he's gonna be a shattered, crushed, shell of a man.
I'm calling it now.
His fall from grace will be dramatic.
Elena Wicker is currently attempting to identify every type of “warfare” that the U.S. military has ever theorized/proposed/written doctrine for or named (Must See Twitter Thread!)
Currently attempting to identify every type of “warfare” that the U.S. military has ever theorized/proposed/written doctrine for or named. So far I have found 63…
— Elena Wicker (@ElenaWicker) June 25, 2021
This is a briefing slide from my days as a CGCS student at FT Leavenworth in 1994 and list some of the names that have been used to describe low intensity conflict in the spectrum of conflict. pic.twitter.com/YmHTTXKnoK
— David Maxwell (@DavidMaxwell161) June 26, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
The Folly Of Tripwire Forces (aka Berger's Missile Marines)
I read an excellent article on the hazards of tripwire forces when it comes to a nation's defense but I wasn't able to properly put it together for the blog.
Luckily I don't have to.
via Texas National Review
A pillar of American grand strategy since 1945 has been the deployment of forces — sometimes smaller and sometimes larger — abroad. A key logic underpinning smaller deployments is that they serve as tripwires: Attacking them is assumed to inevitably trigger broader intervention, deterring aggression. We question this logic. Not only are small tripwire deployments unlikely to prevent an attacker from capturing its objective and establishing a strong defensive position, tripwire-force fatalities may be insufficient to provoke broader intervention. To deter, forward deployments must be sufficiently substantial to shift the local balance of power. Our claim is examined in three 20th-century deterrence attempts: the successful 1949 American attempt to deter a North Korean attack on South Korea; the unsuccessful 1950 American attempt to deter a North Korean attack on South Korea; and the unsuccessful 1914 British attempt to deter a German attack on Belgium.
From my chair it appears that Berger is trying to "compete" (they still can't put drawers on that term...word salad without meaning, no application militarily and simply buzzword idiocy), deter and when all fails (as it will without a doubt) then to TRY and interdict Chinese warships before they reach our ever shrinking fleet.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
It won't work.
What I found interesting is a MilTwitter thread on the topic. Check this out...
When I read pieces like this (will get to what like this means in a minute), and I read a lot of pieces like this regarding the SCS/China, I start to feel like Liddell Hart circa 1939, like I have an understanding of the American way of war that people have lost sight of. 🧵1/17 https://t.co/AyAwEBVSeW
— Nick Prime (@NC_Prime) June 26, 2021
We've been analyzed by an ally and he found our strategy wanting. I bet the Chinese have too.
D. If C is correct, I'd rather suffer a Day 1 loss of a couple of F-15s and a tripwire ground force than a CSG and/or a BCT (or larger) ground force. E. The strength of the course that can thus be out of the adversaries reach and can retaliate is a more assured deterrent.
— Nick Prime (@NC_Prime) June 26, 2021
The MOST INTERESTING and telling part of the thread is above.
Nick says it plainly enough. The tripwire force must be right sized and that is the complete and total failure of Berger's Folly.
Let's assume its correct for the Pacific (for a second because he's taking this Marine Corps wide). Let's assume that a tripwire force based in Okinawa/Guam/perhaps Korea is necessary.
The size and scope of this force and its implementation means that IF WAR WERE TO COME then we would see a Marine Littoral Regiment micro fragmented off the face of the earth.
There is NO GUARANTEE that the American people would go to war over that loss...especially in this day and age. We've become weak and decadent. In layman's terms, pussified.
The loss of Taiwan would probably broker the same. The American people would not go to war.
Even if policy makers did decide to go to war in defiance of the people then you have lost a tremendous amount of potential combat power at the start of hostilities.
A tripwire force turned into a graveyard of dead Marines.
Berger's Missile Marines won't work. The very foundation of the concept is misguided and can be better accomplished by technology. Wasting Marines is NOT the Marine Corps way.
Worse.
If war does NOT come then the Chinese have already accomplished a tremendous win. By their very actions they've gotten the US to completely transform the Marine Corps without firing a shot. They've also tied up the Marine Corps to one theater/one region/one locale that can't be of utility anywhere else in the world.
In other words without doing anything but getting better they've limited our ability to respond to emergencies in other parts of the world.
I don't recall the amount of ground combat power WE ONCE brought to the table for our nation but that is now gone...tied up in the Pacific. Same goes for air power.
They've already achieved perfect victory.
Russia’s Gigantic Submarine, Belgorod, Sails For The First Time
What are the Russians up to with this genuine GOLIATH of a submarine? The talk of them actually producing the "Poseidon" is troubling. A nuclear powered torpedo? Sounds like something out of a bad sci-fi movie.
Side note. If you're not a fan of the original Star Trek then you should check out an episode called "doomsday machine". Everytime I think of those torpedos I think of it. Add AI and the beast will probably be the death of us all!
Renders of the Hanwha AS21 Redback
Some sweet renders of the Hanwha AS21 Redback. Arguably the most modern infantry fighting vehicles in soldiers’ hands at the moment. pic.twitter.com/6UuiuEPJZ4
— Gregory Knowles (@2805662) June 26, 2021
8th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd ABCT, BreachMaster Company, exercised the new Joint Assault Bridge during Doctrine and Tactics Training on Fort Hood.
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| Check this out! #BlackJack Troopers with 8th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd ABCT, BreachMaster Company, exercised the new Joint Assault Bridge during Doctrine and Tactics Training on Fort Hood. The JAB provides rapid combined arms gap crossing capabilities to maneuver units |
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