tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post7928049824187036545..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: The transferability of lessons learnedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-555537449457842692009-01-19T03:31:00.000+01:002009-01-19T03:31:00.000+01:00The Army sucks. I've worked with them.The Army sucks. I've worked with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-38212566235888734112009-01-13T21:50:00.000+01:002009-01-13T21:50:00.000+01:00The MC is a difficult matter.I don't recall any no...The MC is a difficult matter.<BR/><BR/>I don't recall any noteworthy Marine excellence in action, but many people seem to be impressed by their physical fitness, esprit de corps, uniforms, deployability and PR work. <BR/><BR/>It's safe to say that their procurement sucks more often than not and they're not indispensable (noting that even the Army did many opposed amphibious ops in WW2 and seems to always have been equal in heliborne assaults).<BR/><BR/>Actual reports about MC combat often seem to boil down to an over-reliance on firepower.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-46310932216056739202009-01-13T20:43:00.000+01:002009-01-13T20:43:00.000+01:00Until they started paying off the local Sheiks no ...Until they started paying off the local Sheiks no Marine tactic worked. As always in war, will to fight counts for a lot. The Iraqis were never the NVA. You recently made the point that the IDF may not be that good. The same could be said for the Marines. It would seem from the article that Marine rarely left vehicles in Iraq and the flat terrain insured a fairly easy go. Because they're Marines it wouldn't be possible for them to learn from the US Army, Brits and others. These outfits have been doing this successfully for five years now and have accumulated a large bit of institutional knowledge on how it's done. Alas, for Marines it's always about reinventing the wheel and writing about it as if it's all new. <BR/><BR/>Old WW II joke:<BR/><BR/>Q: Why are their thirteen men in a Marine squad and only 12 in the army? <BR/><BR/>A: Army squads don't need their own photographer/public affairs officer.ENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193563623321560413noreply@blogger.com