From Marine Corps Combat Development Command comes this video explanation of Joint Forcible Entry Operations: The U.S. Marine Corps Perspective. Seabasing, the V-22 Osprey, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), and the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) all feature very prominently. – Greg Grant (h/t: SNAFU)
From the monthly archives:
June 2010
Afghan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal has reportedly offered to resign. President Obama told the press pool late this afternoon that he wants to have a sit down with the general before he makes any decisions. “Whatever decision that I make with respect to Gen. McChrystal or any other aspect of Afghanistan policy,” Obama said, would […]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates just released an official statement on the Rolling Stone piece on Gen. Stanley McChrystal: “I read with concern the profile piece on Gen. Stanley McChrystal in the upcoming edition of ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine. I believe that Gen. McChrystal made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment in this case. We are […]
America’s top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and his closest aides, mocking vice president Joe Biden, calling National Security Adviser and former Marine general James Jones a “clown,” and questioning whether the war is winnable. That’s according to a Rolling Stones profile of McChrystal due out Friday titled, The Runaway General. In it, McChrystal […]
I was reading John Wukovits One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa and came across an interesting passage on the behavior of men in battle: “Lt. Frank Plant, Jr. concluded that three categories of men existed in battle. Some froze and could do nothing to contribute. For instance he unsuccessfully tried to halt […]
