This post is dedicated to all you Marines out there who think the Corps will live forever and who took gross offense at my last post anouncing the death of the U.S.M.C. well let me buring you up to date.
With this rotation into Iraq and Afghanistan Marine Battalions are now being considered interchangable with Army Battalions with in the structure of the BCT. Marine O6's will wonder in and out of Command of BCT's punching there career ticket the same as Regular Army O6's. This is a huge step into the Armyization of the Marines.
The article above regarding the U.S.M.C's. getting let in on the Spec. Op's black budgets is the result of a deal struck between Commandant General Hugee and Army General Bryan D. Brown, side stepping the Navy. With both Camp Lejeune and Ft. Bragg neighbors and with the impeding realignment of Polf AFB, it's quite cozy.
The 82ed. Abn. Div. is now a Light Infantry Division in the same mode as the 101st., 10th. and 25th. Division. The Airborne flame will be kept burning for now by the 173ed. Abn. Bdge. in Italy.
Of course the Navy isn't take all this screwing laying down. In a press release on 10/13/05 CNO Adm. Michael Mullen announced the creations of Navy Epeditionary Battalions of 800 to 1000 (does this look like the old Marine ARG) and a "Brown Water Navy" that would use Swift Boats (yes they are still being made) and PRB's, it is assumed that this will be the landing place for the Navy's recently created Special Boat Units that were part of the SEALS who are as we speak slipping out of Navy control and falling under the umbrella of the "Spec.Op's" command.
Where does this leave the Marines?
It appears that along with the SEALS the Navy will be glad to see the last of them and there expensive operational costs. Marine Battalions appear to be more and more the Med. Infantry Battalion the Army has craved.
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner
"Stewart's Platoon"
Posted by: Byron Skinner at November 2, 2005 5:05 PM
Good Afternoon my friends,
This post is dedicated to all you Marines out there who think the Corps will live forever and who took gross offense at my last post anouncing the death of the U.S.M.C. well let me buring you up to date.
With this rotation into Iraq and Afghanistan Marine Battalions are now being considered interchangable with Army Battalions with in the structure of the BCT. Marine O6's will wonder in and out of Command of BCT's punching there career ticket the same as Regular Army O6's. This is a huge step into the Armyization of the Marines.
The article above regarding the U.S.M.C's. getting let in on the Spec. Op's black budgets is the result of a deal struck between Commandant General Hugee and Army General Bryan D. Brown, side stepping the Navy. With both Camp Lejeune and Ft. Bragg neighbors and with the impeding realignment of Polf AFB, it's quite cozy.
The 82ed. Abn. Div. is now a Light Infantry Division in the same mode as the 101st., 10th. and 25th. Division. The Airborne flame will be kept burning for now by the 173ed. Abn. Bdge. in Italy.
Of course the Navy isn't take all this screwing laying down. In a press release on 10/13/05 CNO Adm. Michael Mullen announced the creations of Navy Epeditionary Battalions of 800 to 1000 (does this look like the old Marine ARG) and a "Brown Water Navy" that would use Swift Boats (yes they are still being made) and PRB's, it is assumed that this will be the landing place for the Navy's recently created Special Boat Units that were part of the SEALS who are as we speak slipping out of Navy control and falling under the umbrella of the "Spec.Op's" command.
Where does this leave the Marines?
It appears that along with the SEALS the Navy will be glad to see the last of them and there expensive operational costs. Marine Battalions appear to be more and more the Med. Infantry Battalion the Army has craved.
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner
"Stewart's Platoon"
Posted by: Byron Skinner at November 2, 2005 5:05 PM