Great insights. In addition to not having Marines already in place on islands for the mission of targeting Chinese ships, we also lack basing rights and even if we had those rights how are we going to sustain rotational forces without giving away their position?? III MEF’s motto is “fight now” but they literally don’t have units in place to do so, and if hostilities broke out then China could simply strike the relevant APODS/SPODS in Okinawa or surveil troop movements and either strike Marines on the islands they end up on or just avoid the threat radius of that piece of land. The mind boggles that anyone approved this plan, it’s fantasy
Saimehow 16,000 troops in a joint exercise over time in a limited range doesn’t scare this writer very much. Would guess the CCP, PLA and PLAN have the same thought.
How about an entire MEF MAGTF with US Navy, Army and Air Force equivalents conducting a major joint amphibious exercise. Everyone is so enamored with joint commands and efforts maybe put our combined effort right under the Chinese noses. Here you go big guy. What do you think of of this, and by the way we are doing this with a total force that is no where near where it needs to be. It would also test the Allies and their joint capabilities as well. Up to now we have been playing games with ourselves. The prize fighter is old and flabby, has a negative attitude and needs to lose weight and hit the heavy bag. After which he ought to follow the USMC boxing team at LeJeune from the main circle down to the gate and back.
Either we take on our warrior ethos and train hard or ask for negotiations with the CCP to begin now. FD2030 it turns out is just a piece of the Motorola problem our military writ large has, get back to basics, sweat in peace and avoid a war, but me really truly ready if comes.
Brief yet detailed analogy and points out what should be the OBVIOUS about the flawed FD2030... VISION2035 must be implemented to reverse the damage done to our Corps' MAGTF capabilities by the catastrophic FD2030, and restore our assets and platforms that made the Corps the most versatile and lethal total fighting force on Earth, able to respond to any crisis or threat in "every clime and place"...
Great insights. In addition to not having Marines already in place on islands for the mission of targeting Chinese ships, we also lack basing rights and even if we had those rights how are we going to sustain rotational forces without giving away their position?? III MEF’s motto is “fight now” but they literally don’t have units in place to do so, and if hostilities broke out then China could simply strike the relevant APODS/SPODS in Okinawa or surveil troop movements and either strike Marines on the islands they end up on or just avoid the threat radius of that piece of land. The mind boggles that anyone approved this plan, it’s fantasy
Saimehow 16,000 troops in a joint exercise over time in a limited range doesn’t scare this writer very much. Would guess the CCP, PLA and PLAN have the same thought.
How about an entire MEF MAGTF with US Navy, Army and Air Force equivalents conducting a major joint amphibious exercise. Everyone is so enamored with joint commands and efforts maybe put our combined effort right under the Chinese noses. Here you go big guy. What do you think of of this, and by the way we are doing this with a total force that is no where near where it needs to be. It would also test the Allies and their joint capabilities as well. Up to now we have been playing games with ourselves. The prize fighter is old and flabby, has a negative attitude and needs to lose weight and hit the heavy bag. After which he ought to follow the USMC boxing team at LeJeune from the main circle down to the gate and back.
Either we take on our warrior ethos and train hard or ask for negotiations with the CCP to begin now. FD2030 it turns out is just a piece of the Motorola problem our military writ large has, get back to basics, sweat in peace and avoid a war, but me really truly ready if comes.
Brief yet detailed analogy and points out what should be the OBVIOUS about the flawed FD2030... VISION2035 must be implemented to reverse the damage done to our Corps' MAGTF capabilities by the catastrophic FD2030, and restore our assets and platforms that made the Corps the most versatile and lethal total fighting force on Earth, able to respond to any crisis or threat in "every clime and place"...
Grant Newsham is the person you listen to when you want to know what's happening in the Pacific.
His credentials look pretty impressive. He definitely has spend time in Asia to know what's going on. Some people in HQMC need to listen to him.
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