Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Weds Funny via DoorKickers Union...

Yep. I still haven't caught covid! Oh and to be clear to the few that can't take a joke. IT IS A JOKE. Get over yourself.

UK Minister sees it like I do. Russia will fire at distance and destroy entire grid squares...all those anti-tank missilemen will be micro fragmented in their fighting positions...

Flotilla of Russian amphibious warships has entered the English Channel

Ukraine current battle roster. Russian Airborne ready to jump? Check. Russian Air Assault ready to rope? Check. Russian mechanized forces primed and ready to move? Check. Russian Naval Infantry in route to make a dash to a beach? Check. Long range artillery/missiles ready? Check. Political measures to keep this from escalating? Total failure...Check. This thing will jump off shortly people.

Stand In Forces didn't work in Ukraine. Neither did deterrence. What does that tell us about our China strategy?

It just didn't work.

NATO runs so military exercises in Europe in the name of security, stability and deterrence that it'll make your eyes bleed.

But Russia is still threatening Ukraine.

The Stand In Force in the form of Very High Readiness Brigades, exercises beyond description and pushing US Army forces forward did NOT work.

So how well do you think Stand In Forces will work in the Pacific?

The weakness of all this is the politician.  Diplomacy.  The lack of willingness to backup your own red lines.

Unless politicians get some backbone and are prepared to strike first and often, when we see threats develop then all the forward presence in the world means ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING!

Change my mind.

Jesus Christ! Well at least we can out cheer our threat competition...

Tell me that shit doesn't look like a cheer squad!

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Awesome hi-rez pic of the J-20

The US Army's 25th ID is getting amphibious....they're coming for our mission set!

Don't be confused gents. The 25th ID is set to become the "Army's Amphibious Division". I predict they'll increase air defense. They'll add anti-ship missiles and long range ground attack missiles. We'll elements of the 2nd ID shift over to this new concept too. Make no mistake. They're coming for our mission set and they'll crowd us out of amphibious shipping. When they get their UH-60 replacement they will have an airplane that is as fast/faster/almost as fast as the MV-22 and they'll maintain a logistics tail to make it all work out the box.

America first...before we turn into a third world country.

They gone! Russia empties embassy....

You better salute that Karen!

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Monday, January 17, 2022

Just plain wow!

Iron Fist 2022: 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion conduct amphibious assault alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers

Why Senator Murphy? Why must we stand with Ukraine?

Sounds good. I'm sure the national defense hawks are all screeching and falling at your feet with this stance.

But why Senator?

Why should we stand with Ukraine?

What's in it for us?  How does this move forward our national interests?

Are you asking for young men and women to fight another useless war for hard to define reasons?  Will you lead the charge or just make another Senate speech to crying mothers and fathers?

If you can't explain it in clear language then it doesn't make sense. If you can't explain it without meaningless terms like "freedom" and "justice" and the desire of the Ukrainian to live free then I have difficulty in understanding your reasoning.

How many fights are we gonna get into before we get into a fight for national survival and our forces are spent, worn out or we're bankrupt?

Time to bring the troops back from the frontier.  

Time to focus on OUR interests and OUR interests alone.

It's time for the US to stop being the world's bitch.

Sidenote.  Instead of sending Rangers/Special Forces/Seals/MARSOC to Ukraine we should probably send them to LA/Chicago/Atlanta and other big cities seeing crime spike beyond belief.  We probably should send a couple of Stryker Brigades to the border to control that situation.  Why are we dancing all over the world when we have such massive problems at home?