Is Obama Sparking a Second “Revolt of the Admirals”?

The Nav Log ^ | 9/22/09 | ip568@charter.net

[Jet Jaguar]

Good post.

[MestaMachine]

Thank you for this post. I have had a terrible time trying to convince some of the great Veterans on this board that this is not their Military anymore.
It is far worse than having a punk Looey in your face giving crazed orders because he can. THESE are the Commanders who have betrayed their Troops and US. No one wants to believe it. I don’t either. I always believed that if push ever came to shove, there would be honor before self. Now, I just don’t know what to believe anymore.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The debate taking place now is more serious"

Sorry Devil Dog, but I think that debate was just as serious. Can you imagine if the new U.S. Air Force at that time had successfully gotten rid of the Navy and Marine Corps? The Korean War was just around the corner and the landing at Inchon to halt the communist agression and free up the Pusan Perimeter. Could the Inchon landing had taken place without the Navy and Marine Corps?

Can you just imagine how the world would have been shaped the last 60 years if we had no aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines? I daresay Russia would have won the cold war. The higher ups in the Air Force always believe that having air power alone is all that's needed. They thought that in the Gulf War, but boots still had to go on the ground to win the war. I think as long as I'm living, that will always be the reality. This is serious today, but it was just as serious back then.

[OldCorps]

I stand corrected. You have convinced me the debate over roles and missions was just as, if not more, serious.

My point was that the debate over how to fight in Afghanistan is not similar to the "revolt of the admirals."

BTW, I'm retired army, not USMC. My freeper name refers to the college i attended.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"My point was that the debate over how to fight in Afghanistan is not similar to the "revolt of the admirals."

I agree with you. Not the same, but both very serious. BTW, we'll forgive the fact that you were in the Army over the Marine Corps. You've made up for it by being a freeper.... : )