Posted on 06/29/2015 3:53:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Navy is weighing whether to have Marines hitch a ride on foreign warships, citing a shortage of U.S. vessels due to recent budget cuts -- raising bipartisan security concerns about the leverage this could give other countries.
A key concern is whether a warship host nation could deny Marines permission to come ashore.
"Ceding our amphibious ships to other countries -- it's almost silly and I can't believe it is even an option for the Navy," said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who served as a Marine in Iraq. "Now we are going to have to ask other countries, much less financially stable countries than America, to loan us their ships so that we can base our Marines on their ships. It's almost embarrassing."
The Navy currently has 30 amphibious transport ships to carry Marines, but estimates it would need 38 to cope with rising crises across North Africa. It won't reach that number until 2028 under current budget constraints.
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sugar delirium.. or maybe its the brandied honey.. nothing like em.
The first foreign ship that would let those Marines off, say at Pattaya, for a little liberty.......
http://www.blueroompattaya.com/
As an old salt who has thrice anchored out of Pattaya Beach, I have to say I am sorely disappointed the link you provided does not work.
LMFAO
We can always ask the Chinese.
Well...Lets do this...
Instead of deploying MEU’s on the few ships we have, lets keep what units we “should” be ready to deploy in units like that, and put them on the border facing outward and repel all crossings other than at the designated ports of entry...
Actually give them the normal loadouts (ammunition), mobility and support, rotating them like we were doing in Afghanistan, and our civilian border watchers can provide all sorts of support and appreciation for their work...
And most important, proper “local” control on ROE’s that actually deter illegal border activity...
Just my initial knee-jerk reaction here...
This is what the JHSV is supposed to be for. They need more of them.
Is this the same America we had in the 1990’s?
Guess not.
Oops, they moved their site, it’s been a couple of years.
http://blueroompattaya.com.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.html
Cheers!
Intelligent people of good will can connect the dots between this, America's moral decadence, and divine judgement.
= :^)
Yes, I agree.
This guy has doubled down on Carter...
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