Who We Are --LM Propaganda

A defense company you should know. LOMOcean.

Thanks again DWI!  Lovin' this stuff!

32m Stealth Boat.

32m Stealth Boat.

25m Stealth Boat.

18m Stealth Boat.

Remember the Indonesian Trimaran that was recently introduced into service?  Well this is the company that helped design that cutting edge piece of technology.

Its really not surprising because these are the same people that built the Earth Racer around the world endurance boat.

Check out these weirdly wonderful and fantastic designs here.

MPC contest gives us a chance to build Light Armored Infantry Battalions again.

Lockheed Martin Havoc sporting an Elbit 30mm RWS.

BAE SuperAV.

The Marine Personnel Carrier Contest.

First.  This should be a two vehicle race.  Lockheed Martin's Havoc versus BAE's SuperAV.  Sorry SAIC.  I don't see the Terrex fully meeting requirements and I don't think that you would be able to get enough production stateside to jump through the Congressional hoops that will be placed in front of you to be competitive.

General Dynamics.  You guys are pathetic.  You're basically hiding your vehicle from public view, in other competitions you're mailing it in with tired, old, busted designs that are not worthy of being considered and the last competition that you did win (the Brits contest) was based on a pure price shoot out.  The ASCOD is not competitive with the CV90.  You know it, we know it and the Brits knew it.  You won simply because you low balled everyone and they ignored the requirements that they laid out.  I expect the same with the Marine Personnel Carrier Contest and for that reason alone I would disqualify you.

But all this brings me back to the Havoc and the SuperAV.

We have a tremendous opportunity here.

We can re purpose our LAR Battalions and make them what they were originally and should be again.  Light Armored Infantry Battalions.

It will require a couple of things to happen.  First we'll have to divest ourselves of the LAV-25.  I don't see that as a problem.  We need a more capable vehicle that can carry more infantry anyway.  We also don't need a force that performs the Army's Calvary mission of screening and reconning by fire.  We're a truly combined force.  Aviation assets (to include UAVs) can perform that mission.  What we need are highly mobile infantry that can zoom around battlefields in a distributed battlefield and provide reinforcements to our infantry battalions mounted in AAVs during deliberate attacks.

What this will require in the end is a better explanation of our force requirements.  More billets will have to be alloted to the newly formed LAI Battalions to get them up to strength.  We will also need to explain to the powers that be that because the EFV was cancelled and because we're upgrading the AAV and buying a cost effective ACV, we no longer need a stop gap.

We will be buying a full allotment of ACVs.  About 1000.  And will need a full allotment of MPCs to replace the LAV-25.

Congress will go for it especially if the jobs from the production of these vehicles is in the US and we properly present the idea of this making the Marine Corps more combat effective than our current formations.

Cancelling the JLTV should help pay for some of the bill.  Not buying $50 dollar rifle slings should help too.

AH-1W Super Cobra Flight Operation B-Roll

USS Iwo Jima, U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility - An AH-1W Super Cobra with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts flight operations aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Sept. 4, 2012. The Cobras are part of the "Skid" detachment for VMM-261 (Rein) originally assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Produced by Gunnery Sgt. Chad R. Kiehl.

116th Airborne Squadron

The 116th Airborne Squadron practices landing and take-off's at Nevitim Airbase.

OH-58 shot down?

via ABC News.

A NATO helicopter crashed today in Eastern Afghanistan, killing two U.S. troops, the third time in 10 days that a coalition helicopter has come down.
The two Americans, who have not been named, were the only crew aboard the OH-58 Kiowa helicopter, according to a Defense Department official.
The cause of the crash is under investigation and officials have not ruled out that the chopper was shot down.
"Sometimes these things take weeks to determine the actual cause," Maj. Adam Wojack of the International Security Assistance Force said.
The incident happened in Logar Province, an area patrolled mostly by U.S. forces.
The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility, saying one of their fighters shot the aircraft down. Afghan sources in Logar say a heavy firefight broke out after the helicopter crashed.
A NATO helicopter crashed near Kandahar less than a week ago, killing two Australian troops. Another NATO helicopter crashed Aug. 26, described by ISAF as a "hard landing."
No one on board was killed, according to the ISAF.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for both incidents, saying their fighters shot down the aircraft.
ABC News' Luis Martinez contributed to this report.

Blue on Green attacks.  Now.  A spat of suspicious helicopter downings.

We are winning right? At least thats what military leadership is telling us.

Scout Snipers sight in on Helmand

The full B-roll of this vid was placed on this blog two days ago.

Navy SEAL vs. Navy SEAL smackdown. Victory? SOFREP!

I'm not even going to try and highlight this one.

Let's just say that I became a HUGE fan of Brandon Webb on this one.  Always liked Jack Murphy but Brandon got all kinds of cool points on his rebuttal.

Check it out for yourself here.

Also.  While you're over there --- root around for the link on Jack Murphy's interview on Fox Radio.  Good listen, good info.