Knee-cap the nation’s premier fighting force just when things are getting dicey. Yeah, that makes sense. NOT!
If Gen. Berger’s new ideas were well thought out and tested, we would be seeing 90% of retired generals enthusiastically supporting them instead of expressing concern. But the realities of brutal combat and the wide array of global challenges the Marine Corps faces daily argue strongly against a doctrinal experiment that might look good in a computerized war game at Quantico.
Twenty-two four-star generals deserve to be listened to. For the good of the country, let’s hope they will be.
Telephone call sometime during late January, 2020:
(Secretary of Navy) General Burger I have been directed by the Commander in Chief to approve your proposed recommendations along the following suggested lines...
I know that this will be unpopular but the Marines have suffered serious mission creep and have grown beyond their true need. Their purpose it to be the marine infantry in support of Navy operations. Much of what the Marines now do independently of the Navy should properly be done by the Army. Why were the Marines deployed longterm in Iraq and Afghanistan? Afghanistan does not even have a coastline. We do not need two armies. The Marines should be downsized to support Navy operations; their original mission. Leave the rest to the Army.
The testicles are no longer needed...
Off with them!
Good move. Berger saw the writing on the wall: survive by getting back to its roots plus get after the adversaries’ navies.
Small units deployed to maritime chokepoints with anti-ship missiles, security of forward naval bases, wrecking havoc on enemy naval logistics and bases, while retaining amphibious raid, NEO, and other MEUSOC missions.
The USMC Mission Essential Task List has been modified.
The main goal of a rocket is to punch a hole in the armor. The armor that is detonated on liquefies and is blown into the interior of the tank and any thing or any one inside of it is blown full of holes by molten steel.
Never did like tanks in the 1960's and like them even less now.
My daughter-in-law is a Marine pilot. She also is a USNA graduate. As she is deployed, I’ll have to wait a while before I can get her take.
My son is a Navy pilot - also deployed - a long way from his wife.