Posted on 08/15/2014 9:42:16 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
TRØNDELAG REGION, Norway -- U.S. Marines, in coordination with the Norwegian military, are scheduled to conduct a pre-planned Single Ship Movement and offload of military equipment from a Maritime Prepositioning Force ship in the Trøndelag region of Norway mid-August.
The equipment will significantly enhance the readiness of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway by placing approximately 350 containers of gear and nearly 400 pieces of heavy rolling stock into the storage caves.
Specific equipment which will greatly increase the program’s readiness includes M1A1 Abrams Tanks, Tank Retrievers, Armored Breeching Vehicles, Assault Amphibious Vehicles, Expanded Capacity Vehicle (ECV) Gun Trucks and several variants of the Medium tactical Vehicle Replacement 7 ½ ton trucks. Planning for this equipment refresh began in the fall of 2013.
The offload will be the first time a newly constructed pier in the region will be tested, providing an opportunity for Marines and the Norwegian military to work an offload while increasing the operational readiness of the program significantly.
This routine equipment refresh also emphasizes the strong military bond between the U.S. and Norway and sustains an already solid foundation for future cooperative efforts. This single ship initiative also improves interoperability between the nations, enhancing access to a key strategic region within the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
Must we always talk about what measures we are taking?
Yap, yap, yap, yap, yap...
Not referencing you Joe.
We want our murderous Russian terrorist enemies to have to spread their forces out across their massive border with Scandinavia instead of concentrating them all on the border with Ukraine and the Baltic Republics.
Just wonderin'...
What is the point of pre-positioning heavy armor in Norway? It would be of little use anywhere in Scandinavia.
In other words, won't it have to be shipped again in order to be useful?
Okay, but don’t we simply spot for the Russians, so they can take our materials out with an air-strike?
Unlikely or not, we don’t honestly know what the next 18 to 36 months hold in store for us.
It’s for World War III with Russia.
I learn something new every day.
Are there Adverbing Caves, Conjuctioning Caves? Are the Norskies teaching us grammar? Whaaat?
Norway? Norway??? We’re cutting the heart out of our military, laying off officers while they are deployed for crying out loud, and we’re spending millions to preposition hardware for WWII + 1 with the Russkies???
While they are distracted with information they think they know, which may or may not be true, we will be hitting them from the other direction, where they’re not looking.
“The art of war is the art of deception.”
Well, at least that sounds good.
Active Duty ping.
A deterrence isn’t much good, if the other side doesn’t know about it.
Oh, the stuff under the radar is spying on us, I forgot. I keep forgetting real Americans are the biggest threat to the feds.
There’s the prize. Let the wannabe conquerors try to get it. Lots of mouthy, unassimilated folks with foreign identities have been asking for a nuke/gas fight by cheering for foreign fascist/commie dictators. Maybe they’ll get one along with the added bonus of their balkanizing sons being converted into real Americans, as was done for many in World War 2.
A deterrence isn’t much good, if the other side doesn’t know about it.▶ Doctor Strangelove - Doomsday Machine - YouTube
If we’re talking nukes, okay. If we’re talking about military equipment that would be called up at the outbreak of hostilities, we could be ensuring they would never be used.
The body of the late Casey Kasem is also to be pre-positioned in Norway.
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