Saturday, January 13, 2024

26th MEU. The premier stand -in-force. Who the fuck else has a damn stand-in-force?

 via Militaryspot.com

The 26th MEU(SOC) serves as a premier crisis response force for the United States, capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations across the full spectrum of military operations, to include setting conditions that enable the introduction of follow-on-forces during contingency operations and the integration of forward deployed special operations forces. Coupled with the Bataan ARG, the 26th MEU(SOC) serves as the premier stand-in force with a full complement of all-domain capabilities to operate persistently within the littorals or weapons engagement zones of any adversary. As a special operations capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force, the 26th MEU(SOC) serves as the “partner of choice” for forward deployed SOF conducting operations across the Tri-GCC region.

How the hell is an MEU going to set the conditions for a follow on force, yet be able to act as a "stand in force" and turn around and be able to conduct crisis response and amphibious ops?

The Marine Corps is trying to take this missile defense force worldwide and somehow make it work.

My prediction?

Berger and all his ass kissers will go down as the clowns that set the Marine Corps back at least 50 years if we're lucky.  If we're not they're the idiots that finally doomed the Marine Corps.

Either way the truth hurts.

The 82nd Airborne along with SOCOM are NOW the premier crisis response  forces.  

So what does the Marine Corps really do now?

Stand firewatch in the Pacific. 


Another strike against Houthi forces

I have to pop out the last portion of this press release.
These strikes have no association with and are separate from Operation Prosperity Guardian, a defensive coalition of over 20 countries operating in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and Gulf of Aden.

Isn't that a little weird?

These strikes have nothing to do with the operation to protect civilian naval traffic BUT some of the ships that are assigned to that operation are the same ships that conducted this strike?

You do know what happened right?

Some fucking lawyer in the Pentagon is bucking for a promotion so they decided to earn it by pointing out some useless triviality to produce this jumbled bullshit ass presser.

Ya want to know when the US started loosing wars or at the very least not winning them decisively?

When the focus switched from outright victory to winning hearts and minds.  Part of that idiocy is the desire to emphasize the rules of war.

Nevermind the fact that war at its very heart is a lawless activity that is accepted by national leaders because they don't have to participate in the actual bloodshed and is only a salve to the masses so that they can feel good about their sons killing others (makes the public pivot from the "baby killers" of Vietnam to simply volunteering for service into a heroic act muchless killing for politics by another means much more appealing).

My thinking is that we're gonna see more strikes against the Houthis out of necessity.

I'd bet body parts the Iranians are rearming them as we speak and only have to get the weapons into the country to strike sea traffic again.

They're gonna have to interdict that resupply and destroy the stuff that makes it thru. 

Friday, January 12, 2024

Johnson vs Finnegan NFL throwdown

[Highlight] 13 years ago today, Andre Johnson and Courtland Finnegan go at it
byu/ThatInception innfl

Yeah. Some of the "old skool stuff" was straight up bullshit....Take this incident for example...

 

I know. Don't take money because the pay ain't awesome (at least in the distant past..and we're talking lower ranks here) but to take driving priviliges? That was/is kinda bullshit. Money will hit harder, be more safe and considering how military folks across all branches drive probably save lives. Tell me why I'm wrong. Fatalville strikes again. Ft Bragg has got to be the most dangerous military installation in this nation. If you're just doing training on their ranges you gotta keep an eye on your boys. Those bastards just don't give a fuck about anything there. The land of the walking dead cause everyone there looks like their very soul left them long ago.

Talk of a "New" Texas Republic is gaining steam...

That's some crazy shit (make sure you read the whole twitter thread...sidenote...elon fucked up by changing it to "x"...twitter is a brand name and this new branding is confusing at best).

With the differences we see popping up in the country I can see the Fallout Game solution becoming a reality.

We're gonna need federalization.  Construct maybe 5 or 6 federalized zones in the US containing x number of states.  Take the southern US for example.  Say its Zone 2.  It would include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri.

It would be federally administrated but would act like appeals courts for each region.

Its the only solution for the differences.  Either than or we see more upheaval.  

Open Comment Post. 12 Jan 24

Toyo Tires on a freaking Brit Ferret Armored Scout Vehicle

 

Thursday, January 11, 2024

US & UK conduct airstrikes against Houthi forces

They're already here or just arrived so yeah, the US could be hit by a Hezbollah terror attack

Ya'll do know this is just a cover your ass news article right? The threat has been here for awhile. The FBI was talking about this last summer. They're just amplifying it so intel can claim that they did not fail when we're hit.

Open Comment Post. 11 Jan 24

 

Its never about what you do, but who you do it too that get's your ass in a crack...

Are you seeing this shit?

Yeah this dude did some heinous idiocy but ..... Wait.  Back up.  If this guy had robbed an old lady on the street, banged on her husband while he was trying to defend her and slammed her son who came to help then you might see the on duty cop hitting him with similar charges.

Before it got to trial they would peel back over half of them.

Why?

Because someone along the line that is reviewing your work would say you're stacking charges (instead of listing offenses committed...weird huh).

But you notice that they're going full tilt boogey on this guy.  Why? Because it's not what you do but who you do it to that gets your ass in a crack.

Many conservatives amaze me.  They saw all those riots that happened during the summer and think that they'll be treated in the same way as the riot at the capitol?  No way in hell.

The riots on the streets of America affected only the little people. The people that "count" couldn't give a fuck.  The one in DC?  Oh you went after the elite.  You're gonna pay for that one and they're gonna make it hurt and they're gonna make it a spectacle so no one even thinks about it again.

Which brings me to the other part of this thing.

The prosecution of this animal and Jan 6 are warnings.  Don't fuck with certain people or they will destroy your world and take your freedom.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Cartel are torturing & murdering prison guards in Ecuador....is it just me or are the cartels starting to take on an "ISIS" type flavor?

 

"Houthis launch a complex attack"....drone swarms are not living up to my imagination of them...

I might be wrong but in the past the US Navy was setup to kill an all sector attack of Kitchen supersonic anti-ship missiles. I'm talking a swarm of those high speed bastards zooming in at supersonic speed hugging the waves.

In that light I just can't get excited about the Houthi effort.  The AEGIS system is supposed to EASILY be able to handle what's being sent at it WHILE engaging a surface threat (meaning enemy surface action group....bad guy destroyers).

Maybe its too much military science fiction but drone swarms had me thinking you'd be seeing like 100 drones being sent at one ship and the crew having to fight them off.

18 against an armada just don't seem like much of a threat.

Politicians don't care that illegals are burdening all of our social systems they only want bodies for votes....

She comes from a majority black district. Her constiteunts are up in arms about the number of illegals filling their schools, hospitals and driving up rent prices (and a ton of other stuff). She doesn't care. She wants bodies for redistricting. Its not about what her voters want. Its about what she wants. I expected Congress to flip major league because so many people are migrating to the south. Looks like the plan is to keep seats by replacing US citizens with migrants there.

Ecuador is going sideways bad....Where is Southcom?

Didn't the US Army stand up brigades to assist in security and stabalization missions? Not the SOCOM bubbas but conventional units? This seems tailor made for those guys. Where they at and why ain't they enroute? This is our backyard. The southern border indicates that south america is a major concern. We should be all over this.

This went bad quick...

Did you know that in many southern states its legal to carry a firearm in your car even without a concealed carry permit? A personal vehicle is considered an extension of your home. Having said that all require that a person inform the LEO that they have said weapon, its location etc....Long story short? Traffic stops are considered routine but they can go sideways so fast...

Canada is losing its mind...

Ok. So I'm for militarizing the southern border. Never thought we'd have to do the same with the northern border but here we are. Shit like this makes me think that Canada is becoming a hostile nation. This makes no sense. Wait! If word of this gets out then maybe all of our criminals will want to move up there! Switch it all. Militarize the border to the north but make it easy exit hard re-entry.

Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Adaptable Deck Launching System

 

Monday, January 08, 2024

Open Comment Post. 8 Jan 24

 



UK about to scrap the HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark?

 via UKDJ

Grant Shapps has been tipped to retire two assault ships to deal with a shortage ocrews, it has been reported.

It is understood that the defence secretary aims to retire both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark from active service ten years before their planned out-of-service dates.

In the words of her operators, the Royal Navy, the role of the HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion, is to ‘deliver the punch of the Royal Marines ashore by air and by sea, with boats from the landing dock in the belly of the ship and by assault helicopter from the two-spot flight deck’.

The LPDs can carry 256 troops, with their vehicles and combat supplies, and this can be swollen up to 405 troops. The ships act as the afloat command platform for the Royal Navy’s Amphibious Task Force and Landing Force Commanders when embarked.

Here 

The lust for two big aircraft carriers destroyed the Royal Navy.  Two aircraft carriers and the F-35 smashed them.  They just couldn't afford them but arrogance pushed them into the buy anyway.

The British armed forces are about to shrink.

What will remain is a question but the once "punch above their weight" force is no more.