Doug "
Breaking the Phalanx" MacGregor, tilts at the windmills of the USMC (Under-utilized Superfluous Military Capability) *and* XVIII (Airborne) Corps... thinking big, is our tanker.
Marine Commandant James Amos’ recent remarks on the future of the corps can be summed up as: nothing new.
In shorthand, “Rah, rah, the Marine Corps is awesome, and all we have to do is make sure they have the equipment & training & facilities they need so they can always be awesome Marines, rah, rah!”
Wrong.
The Marines as currently organized and equipped are about as relevant as the Army’s horse cavalry in the 1930s and the Marines are not alone. They have company in the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps.
Of course, while he's an iconoclast, he's not entirely wrong, either.
Read the whole thing at Time.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2012/12/sancho_saddle_u.html
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Dec 03 2012, 05:38 AM
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