Posted on 02/28/2025 9:00:00 PM PST by ransomnote
RFK is on it.
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” Beef lovers, say something!
Real food. Real nutrition. No compromises.
MAHA! “
— RFK, Jr.
https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJc/status/1905059094429667506?t=t7rKgojbTy58Py-MZGEOrw&s=19
From Grok it looks like the Marines are still making changes, but not moving as far as previously planned:
The U.S. Marine Corps is not entirely moving away from the use of artillery but is significantly reshaping its artillery capabilities as part of its Force Design 2030 initiative, launched in 2020 by then-Commandant Gen. David H. Berger. This modernization plan aims to adapt the Corps to meet the challenges of great power competition, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, with a focus on countering advanced adversaries like China. Rather than eliminating artillery altogether, the Marine Corps is shifting its emphasis from traditional cannon (or “tube”) artillery to a greater reliance on long-range precision fires, such as rockets and missiles, to support its new operational concepts like Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) and littoral combat.
Under the original Force Design 2030 plan, the Marine Corps intended to drastically reduce its cannon artillery, dropping the number of active-duty M777 155mm howitzer batteries from 21 to 5 while increasing rocket artillery batteries (equipped with systems like the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS) from 7 to 21. This shift was driven by the belief that cannon artillery, while effective for close, sustained support in past conflicts, is less suited to the dispersed, long-range engagements envisioned in future naval and island-based operations. The Corps also began divesting other heavy systems, such as tanks, to prioritize mobility and lethality in contested environments.
However, updates to Force Design 2030 have adjusted this approach based on feedback, experimentation, and real-world observations, such as the heavy use of artillery in Ukraine since 2022. The 2022 annual update revised the cannon artillery reduction, increasing the planned number of M777 batteries to 7 instead of 5, signaling a recognition that some traditional artillery remains relevant. Meanwhile, the Corps continues to expand its rocket and missile capabilities, including the adoption of the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), which uses Naval Strike Missiles for anti-ship roles, and plans to integrate systems like the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) alongside HIMARS. The deactivation of units like the 5th Battalion, 11th Marines (a HIMARS unit) in March 2024 reflects ongoing realignment, not abandonment, with assets redistributed to other formations.
Critics, including retired Marine generals, have argued that reducing cannon artillery undermines the Corps’ combined arms tradition and ability to support infantry in diverse scenarios. Supporters counter that the shift enhances flexibility and aligns with joint force needs in a precision-strike era. As of March 27, 2025, the Marine Corps is still implementing these changes, with ongoing experimentation (e.g., Artillery Relocation Training Program 24.4 in Japan) to refine its artillery structure. The exact balance between cannon and rocket/missile systems remains a work in progress, but artillery as a capability is not being eliminated—it’s being transformed.
I had high-ish cholesterol some years ago, reduced it with herbs. There are so many ways to reduce it, it’s a shame Drs are so ignorant. And are reimbursed or rewarded the more Rx’s they prescribe.
PS also had bad thyroid numbers, fixed that too.
When bunch of B-1s show up at night, something or someone in Mexico is gonna have an interesting night.
She did, she is a moron.
Let me know if she replies...
Federal judge denies Trump administration’s attempt to ban transgender people from the military
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SOMETHING needs to happen to stop rogue judges from what I consider nothing less than sedition. Let me look it up. I was right.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=%2Fprelim%40title18%2Fpart1%2Fchapter115&edition=prelim
§2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
I hope you had a good time.
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People who don’t trust or know of the Q plan are at a big disadvantage.
That was a blank.
I think you are wrong, unfortunately we still have to wait.
Ro hell with that, fight the battle to get rid of them like anyone else unfit for service.
Under the present and recent past 'leadership; arty is indeed adiosed along with tanks. Horrific decision, imo., hopefully to be rectified as the dopes who came up this stupid idea are @#$%canned. No understanding of the history of the Corps and leaving mortars as the only way to mark targets for the airpower you expect to fill the gap.
So using Satanic arts to find the Ark. What about it? Who would want the thing if they found it? The last group that wasn’t the Israelites didn’t fare well when they got it. Neither would we.
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