12Alfa Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/03/23/the-corps-is-axing-all-of-its-tank-battalions-and-cutting-grunt-units/?utm_campaign=Socialflow+MAR&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWardancer Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 This is so not good at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12Alfa Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Well, if you require your force to deploy quickly, dropping a 70+ tank that get there by ship is a move in the right direction. I think a "watch and shoot" sop is best, lets see how this proceeds down the road., And the "road", has turns, and bumps on it .:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWardancer Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Deploying quickly is a specialty of the Marines, I agree with that. But they can also dig in and stick around for a long time, requiring more organic resources. Cross-branch coordination continues to be a difficult concept in practice for our armed forces, and the Marines, just like everyone else, need their own. However, all we can do is wait and see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12Alfa Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Yes. I thought the USMC deployed to establish a bridgehead, for follow on forces (army), or similar tactics. This has been their history, except for a few times when the army was a bit tied down fighting, and unable to take over. But yes, wait and see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev2go Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) yea its a shame they still can't have the budget maintain those 3 tank battalions. That was not a large sum to begin with , but just enough to give the corps greater flexibility and their own independent Main battle tank support. The marines had tankers since pacific theater of ww2. Edited March 26, 2020 by Kev2go 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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