P-8 Airborne Ground Surveillance - Single Platform Kill Chain

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What the fuck have you done lately?

Funny how a cheesy movie, although mildly entertaining in a totally unrealistic way, can...at the very end...ask that most important of questions.

What the fuck have you done lately?

M-113 Hellfire Anti-tank Vehicle.

Found this on a couple of different websites...Military Photos.net and Up-Ship.  Also found this PDF talking about the M1A2 being the last main battle tank. 

24th MEU Deployment 2012: Alpha Co. Live-Fire MOUT Training

UDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait (July 3, 2012) - Marines with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct live-fire training in a Military Operations in Urban Terrain, or MOUT, environment at Udairi Range near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 3, 2012. The event, part of the 24th MEU’s sustainment training package, allowed the platoon to focus on the fundamentals of close-quarters combat at the squad-size level with the added realism of live fire. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Official USMC Video by: 2nd Lt. Joshua W. Larson and Staff Sgt. Robert L. Fisher III).

I needed to see this.  Just when I was thinking all was lost with the Corps, Lt. Larson and SSgt Fisher posted this and renewed my faith.  Awesome.  Get some 1/2!

Commandant orders acronym BAMCIS replaced with RIMJOB

via DuffleBlog.

Camp Pendleton, CA – While many in the military are familiar with current troop leading procedures, the Pentagon has proposed a change to streamline the steps and standardize mission planning across the force.
The Army’s troop leading steps — represented by the acronym RIMSRCIS, and the Marines’ ‘BAMCIS’ are soon to be replaced by a new seven-step benchmark.
Behind the change are the Intelligence Analysts with the Production & Analysis Company of 1st Intelligence Battalion. The Marines of P&A Co, or “PANDA” as they call themselves, have teamed up with their Army counterparts — and have worked together to improve mission plans throughout the military.
Using a PowerPoint presentation that was sloppily constructed by one of his analysts, First Lieutenant Arnold Chartier unveiled the new procedures on Wednesday.
“BAMCIS was nice, but it really left a lot of room for interpretation, and here in PANDA — that was a serious problem,” begins Chartier.
Aiming his laser pointer at slide one, he continues, “Steps one and two are ‘Receive Mission’ and then ‘Issue Warning Order’. Simple enough. Then we get serious with step three and ‘Make Initial Plan’.”
Chartier says they added this step because the plan always changes and is finalized later in the process.
“Step four is ‘Juxtapose Best and Worst Case Scenarios’. We know most grunts can’t spell, let alone pronounce a word like juxtapose, but we feel it’s important to be prepared for possible problems that come up during a mission.”
Moving ahead to the final slide, Chartier is excited to show the final three steps.
“The final steps are ‘Organize Final Plan’, then of course ‘Begin The Mission’, and most importantly, ‘Supervise’ to ensure completion. It’s quite simple and we believe this will really help us conduct better missions.”
Major Richard Wagner with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, was pleasantly surprised by the change.
“The entire planning process is much more understandable after introducing RIMJOBS to my Marines,” said Wagner. “Honestly, I think I might even take it home and see how my wife feels about RIMJOBS. She’s fairly disorganized and could use a tool like this.”
Specialist Shane Harrigan, an Army analyst working with the PANDA Marines, was opposed to the concept.
“It just doesn’t feel natural to me. I can understand that the Marines are very enthusiastic about RIMJOBS, but I don’t want any part of it. To be frank, it leaves a foul taste in my mouth just thinking about it.”
The 7-steps are set to be disseminated throughout the Army and Marine Corps immediately.
The Navy has also considering adopting RIMJOBS to replace their hundred-year old planning procedure of BOHICA.

The way things are going its gonna happen!

SC-130J: The Sea Hercules

Wow...aimed directly at the UK!

Quote of the day...

I Am Beowulf!

I am ripper, tearer, slasher, gouger. I am the teeth in the darkness, the talons in the night. Mine is strength and lust and power! I am Beowulf!