Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Chinese ruling party split? Must read article!
Read the article! A tidbit that caught my attention.A really riveting read, not to mention also it’s by many counts a perceptive analysis of what’s possibly happening behind the scenes within CCP elite circles. ππΌππΌ https://t.co/QLCulKpJOE
— Collin Koh (@CollinSLKoh) December 29, 2021
That the commentary also details the achievements by Xi's two predecessors, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, both of whom remained on Deng's reform path, makes clear the point Qu was trying to make. Jiang and Hu made China the second-biggest economy, top exporter and the world's factory, Qu said.The article implies that since the Xi Jinping era began in 2012, China has lived on the leftovers from the wonderful feast prepared by Deng, Jiang and Hu.
That is juicy, delicious and points toward a bit of a facture in the united front that I see so often coming from China.
Could we actually be seeing a split among the elite there?
I can only hope. Of course this could cause desperation and a strike against Taiwan to cool things off at home while the world burns even brighter but we've seen stranger things.
I hope we have till 2030 to get it together but I'm thinking events will outpace our planning.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Modest Proposal. The USMC should build Tactical Athletes. Forget the crossfit fad (CFT) focus on nutrition!
The Marine Corps has been attacking the fitness problem from the wrong angle.
The CFT is just the fevered dreams of a couple of crossfit Capts that got the ear of the Commandant (Amos....yeah I know...I was active at the time and thought it was batshit stupid...squad, platoon and even company PT could point out the weak and get them up to speed).
Go at the nutrition angle.
But do it with a twist. Remember you're building new infantry battalions that operate dispersed, have a light foot print, are less dependent on resupply.
In short you're gonna have to follow the lead of the Navy SEALs.
The Marine Corps needs to embrace the KETO diet to build warriors that can go a long time before climbing into their rucksacks, and if the proper mix of protein is added (I guess I'm really calling for a high protein/low carb diet) they'll add muscle while gaining endurance.
The rub?
You're gonna have to totally redesign MREs. Out goes the candy. Out goes much of the carbs. It will probably be a bit more expensive but once adapted to the diet the need to transport as many MREs will greatly reduce.
If you want to take it a step further you could train Marines to adopt the One Meal A Day (OMAD) diet so that they became oriented to operating off eating as the diet suggests...ONE TIME A DAY!
I remember stories by Vietnam Veterans that marveled at the ability of the Viet Cong to operate off little food and limited resupply.
The Marine Corps SHOULD NOT turn itself into a modern day guerilla force but the concept demands a bit more self discipline than we've seen before out of our units.
If the idea of Marines charging pillboxes mostly armed with grit and determination is the vision we have of ourselves then getting onboard a diet that will improve performance should be no big deal.
The Marine Corps should be demanding its Marines become Tactical Athletes service wide.
To accomplish that diet is 80% of the puzzle.
Sunday, December 26, 2021
Christmas In Romania 1989
An anti-Communist civilian fighter armed with a Kalashnikov AK-47 chases the supposedly Securitate secret police agents loyal to the communist power during street-fighting.
— Yuletide Brahmin ππ (@westernbrahmin) December 25, 2021
Christmas In Romania 1989 pic.twitter.com/MGPvbut1oN
Poland's Rosomak Wheeled IFV really can haul ass on the highway!
Convoy Commander would be losing his shit if he knew they were moving that fast (well a USMC one would!). Probably normal operating procedure for the Poles. They have a bit cowboy in them.
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Russia sends us greetings via our spy sats (cheap joke...funny but cheap)
π·πΊπΊπΈ#Russian army sends warm greetings to #American optical reconnaissance satellites ! pic.twitter.com/CskV8LQW8t
— Su-57 5th Gen Fighter (@5thSu) December 25, 2021
GUANGXI 32
The 2nd PLAN #Chinese #Navy Type 075 assault ship seems to be named GUANGXI 32, at least this ballcap seems to indicate. Ship began trials 21 Dec 2020 and is expected to be commissioned soon, a point when generally the name is officially announced. Image via @lqy99021608 pic.twitter.com/eU2zHoC1Ah
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) December 25, 2021
Tired of false equivalency. This is what the holocaust looked like...we live in paradise compared to the industrial scale barbarism of the past
25 December 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Leon Jacob, was born in Groningen.
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) December 25, 2021
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. pic.twitter.com/NR5zVLsNId
Steel Knight 22 ... by Cpl. Jacob Yost
U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) and Expeditionary Strike Group 3, participate in Exercise Steel Knight 22 (SK-22) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 3-16, 2021. SK-22 is a 1st MARDIV-led annual training exercise which enables the Navy-Marine Corps team to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment and enhances naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jacob Yost)
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