“...How amusing, an air force guy commanding the fleet...” [OftheOhio, post 36]
USPACOM isn’t just “the fleet.” Its area of responsibility involves a lot more, despite the US Navy’s ongoing case of megalomania, which causes it to insist the Pacific Ocean is its private puddle.
More troublingly, it’s a sign that the senior armed services still can’t accept the fact that the air element cannot help but dominate both land and sea; their only response since 1947 has been “But we’re senior!” They are hobbled by centuries of tradition, incapable of realizing they still think in two dimensions only.
I still don’t believe it, lol. I was an AIR GUY. Everything from j-79s to watching a B-1 bomber take it’s last flight to the Air Force museum. A leader in my own field of hypersonics. What do I know about the fleet, nada. Perfect example.
“More troublingly, it’s a sign that the senior armed services still can’t accept the fact that the air element cannot help but dominate both land and sea” That once was a very true statement. I was in the largest Phantom squadron ever. My very first comment reflected on that, and the enemy from within.