Sunday, October 10, 2010

Vago and General Flynn on the future Marine Corps.

Thanks Marcase, I definitely missed the vid---I appreciate it.

I'm not getting this and if you can clue me in I'd appreciate it.  My take on what this guy is saying is that we ARE moving toward being an EXCLUSIVELY expeditionary force.  I hear platitudes of doing it from the sea but that really seems to be an afterthought.  If I'm wrong let me know but he pointed out three main issues.

1.  Operations like those in Afghanistan are the future.
2.  Relief operations like those in Haiti and partnership missions are essential.
3.  Being light and expeditionary is paramount.
Whats left out?  Forcible entry.  Its taking a back seat to an expeditionary focus.
Why am I disturbed?  I hate to keep pointing this out, but what capabilities will we bring (if we focus only on expeditionary capability) to the table that the 82nd Airborne couldn't?

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