An F-35A Lightning II from the 33rd Fighter Wing soars alongside a KC-135R Stratotanker and an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the unit’s first joint strike fighter air-to-air refuel mission April 11. Lt. Col. Eric Smith, 58th Fighter Squadron director of operations and first Air Force qualified F-35 pilot, flew the mission. The 33rd FW is responsible for F-35 A/B/C pilot and maintainer training for the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and in the future, at least eight coalition partners
Thursday, April 12, 2012
We spoke softly. Now its time for the big stick!
via Military.com
We've tried nice.
Our own State Dept keeps trying nice.
But now its time to bring out the big stick. And in 2012, the big stick is the USS Teddy Rosevelt along with its task force.
China needs to be taught the limits of its powers. The Teddy would go a long way in giving that lesson.
China deployed a third ship Thursday in an area of the disputed South China Sea where a tense standoff with Philippine vessels has dragged on, sparking alarm in Manila.OK.
Chinese and Filipino diplomats have been scrambling to resolve the dangerous impasse at the Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines that erupted Tuesday. A Philippine warship attempted to arrest several Chinese fishermen accused of illegal entry and poaching, but was prevented by the arrival of two Chinese surveillance ships.
One of the Chinese ships blocked the entrance to a lagoon at the shoal, where at least eight Chinese fishing vessels were anchored. The Chinese ships also ordered the Philippine warship to leave Scarborough, claiming Chinese sovereignty over the rich fishing ground.
We've tried nice.
Our own State Dept keeps trying nice.
But now its time to bring out the big stick. And in 2012, the big stick is the USS Teddy Rosevelt along with its task force.
China needs to be taught the limits of its powers. The Teddy would go a long way in giving that lesson.
LCS will prevent future wars?
Hmmm.
Everytime I think I have a role figured out for the LCS, the Navy leadership utters a few words that makes me think we have idiots in charge.
Check out these tidbits from an AOL story...
Even the LCS contingent soon to start operating out of Singapore will focus on exercises, port visits, humanitarian assistance, and counter-piracy operations with Southeast Asian partners -- taking that burden off the more war-worthy carrier, cruisers, and destroyers based in Japan.and...
So while the LCS will be the Navy's most numerous future class, it won't be much of a warfighter. No less an authority than the Pentagon's independent Department of Operational Test & Evaluation has officially warned that "LCS is not expected to be survivable in a hostile combat environment." That's despite the Navy having significantly toughened survivability standards in the middle of building the first two vessels, retrofitting improvements at a major cost in time and money. All that work simply brought the LCS up from commercial survivability standards to what the Navy calls "Level I," equivalent to existing minesweepers, patrol boats, and supply ships, which are expected to last long enough for their crew to get out alive if the ship is damaged but not to keep on fighting after they take a hit. Destroyers and carriers, by contrast, are Level III.I mean seriously?
How is a ship with a max crew of what...75? Going to properly respond to a humanitarian assistance crisis? HA's require manpower, heavy equipment and helicopters...plenty of all 3. The LCS is limited in everyone of those categories.
How is so small a ship with limited firepower and armor going to even handle the primitive pirates operating around the world...pirates that will have RPG's and Assault Rifles?
I seriously wonder if our current military and political leadership actually believe some of the nonsense they spout. And to think...I just gave them credit for knowing how to play the politics game.
Never Forget.
Photos by Sgt. Michael Cifuentes
Surface Navy learns to play politics.
via FoxNews.
They learned the lesson well. Check out all the buzz words in the CNO's remarks...Stealth...Incredible sonar and strike capability...lower manning requirements....
Every high tech junkie from here to Bejing must be going nuts at the very thought.
Its good to see the Navy finally getting the hint on how to market its capabilities. A nice start....a little late, but better late than never.
"With its stealth, incredibly capable sonar system, strike capability and lower manning requirements -- this is our future," concluded Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, who gave the warship his endorsement on a visit last week to Bath Iron Works, where the ships are being built.Wow.
They learned the lesson well. Check out all the buzz words in the CNO's remarks...Stealth...Incredible sonar and strike capability...lower manning requirements....
Its good to see the Navy finally getting the hint on how to market its capabilities. A nice start....a little late, but better late than never.
11th MEU. LAV Platoon.
Photos by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada
11th MEU. Weapon Drills.
All photos by Cpl. Tommy Huynh
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