Scott Kenny
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Yes, I think that the USMC have the correct organization for that and the Army doesn't. Just not enough helos, as a reinforced battalion (MEU) has 3x UH1 and 4-6x AH1, plus 6x fast jets.As I see it, I know laugh or I'll cry, ALL ground support should be unified so a properly coordinated manouvre can happen. Shirley would be blubbing into her G and T by now if this was the real world and/or an industrial cause celebre.
Has anyone seen the advert on the idiot box (Banking I think) where a veg barrow selling veg states that all p[urchase MUST be in crypto currency only? Very apropos to the management of the vast majority of defence issues.
Unless rotary and fixed wing of ALL variety, are unified we are going to go backwards and fail the GOTG (Grunt On The Ground) into the future. Going further, command and control, how on earth can air force C&C assets control ground units and why no army equivalent?
I am going to accompany my elderly neighbour to hospital shortly so I shall shut up and leave this before my brain boils over.
For whatever reason, the USMC has always focused on larger helicopters or tiltrotors as opposed to "squad size" transports. Admittedly, a UH1 is only going to carry half a USMC squad at full strength, but a 24pax Sea Knight or Osprey is only carrying one squad plus some attachments. Not two complete squads.