As global threats grow, concerns mount that Pentagon deprioritizing warfighting

[excalibur]

What an absolute mess Biden and his incompetents are making of everything. And now the military is caught up ins all those nonsense.

We are, thanks to Biden and the Democrats, in a very dangerous place as we are hollowed out by this disaster in the White House.

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"China likely cares very little about whether its sailors have access to education opportunities or whether their marine spouses are able to transfer their work skills from one location to another," wrote Marine veteran Dakota Wood.​

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For some experts, a recent 1,141-word message to the Navy and Marine Corps crystallizes this issue.​

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The message, penned by Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro, was meant to tout his accomplishments after one year of being in charge of the Navy Department. He highlighted the Navy's progress on several issues: sexual harassment, mental health, education, housing, keeping personal costs down, child care, spouse employment, and the Exceptional Family Member Program.​

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Del Toro's one-year status report "talks about everything ... except sea power," wrote Heritage Foundation senior fellow and Marine veteran Dakota Wood. "He missed an opportunity to reflect on why we have a Navy in the first place, and the purpose, importance, and value of serving as sailors and Marines."​

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The U.S. Navy has also faced maintenance backlogs, ship collisions, and training accidents caused in part by strain on the current fleet to keep up with deployments. According to analysts, the service isn't well positioned to reorient the Marine Corps with new and more ships to face the military threat posed by China.​

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"Del Toro said nary a word about any of this in his 'year in review,'" wrote Wood. "The naval services must be prepared for war so that, when called upon, they will be able to defeat enemy forces in battle. China likely cares very little about whether its sailors have access to education opportunities or whether their marine spouses are able to transfer their work skills from one location to another. But they are increasing their warfighting capabilities at a rapid pace while the U.S. fleet dwindles."​

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Meanwhile, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, which is tasked in part with deterring and preparing for conflict with China, has ordered its senior leaders and commanders to stop using gender pronouns such as "he" and "she," the Washington Free Beacon reported.​

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The military command also banned references to age and race, saying the language shift would help with "lethality" and "competition against near-peer adversaries," a term referring to China and Russia.​

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"We must embrace, promote, and unleash the potential of diversity and inclusion," read an email sent in May to senior leaders and commanders at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, which operates under the Pacific Air Forces.​

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As global threats grow, concerns mount that Pentagon deprioritizing warfighting

"China likely cares very little about whether its sailors have access to education opportunities or whether their marine spouses are able to transfer their work skills from one location to another," wrote Marine veteran Dakota Wood.

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[fncceo]

Del Toro's one-year status report "talks about everything ... except sea power

One becomes an admiral / general by successfully taking on priority missions within the service structure. Implementing a priority program brings promotion.

When we were at war with Japan and Germany, admirals and generals were made of those men who took on missions that enhanced our offensive capacity against our enemies. The new replaced the old. Nimitz replaced King. Patton replace Chaffee, etc.

After the war, and during The Cold War, generals were made of those persons who enhanced our defensive capacity and kept our technology ahead of The Soviets and Chinese. Admiral Rickover creating the nuclear navy. Curtis LeMay for creating SAC, and others who helped keep our military leading edge in technology.

Since the end of The Cold War, the focus of The Pentagon has been away from enhancing capacity and those eager for promotion had to fill that void with other priorities, political priorities.

High-ranking officers of today were taught that we have no enemies who are our technical equals. When The Soviet Union fell, weapons production in the ex-Soviet countries ground to a halt. China, was never, until recently, a technological threat to our country. The latest group of flag officer were spent their entire careers on the doctrine that we fight people on caves or driving tricked out pick up trucks and fly Cold-War Era Soviet discards. That no potential enemy in this world is capable of creating a true, blue-water navy.

The way to become an admiral or general for the past two decades has been not to enhance our war-fighting capability, but to implement politician pleasing social programs and promote inclusiveness over warfare efficiency.

This has happened before. Admirals and Generals prior to World War II did very little to enhance our warfighting capabilities. Our airpower was far behind, our Navy doctrine was built with battleships being the basis for fleets, where fixed fortifications were superior to mobile warfare. When we entered World War II, our flag officers were not trained in the methodologies of air-power, maneuver warfare. Those who got promoted most quickly after the start of the war were those who grasped the new concepts and were prepared to implement them.

When we are next faced with such a global threat, a new batch of flag officers will have to come from the ranks to replace the unprepared and out-moded admirals and generals currently sitting in plush offices in The Pentagon.

I only hope that they are ready when needed.

 

[KissMy]

So you wish to blow more tax dollars on military?

Do you want to post an MP at every restroom door to demand government papers, "Real ID" photo & "Birth Certificate" gender of each soldier before they can piss?

 

[excalibur]

So you wish to blow more tax dollars on military?

Do you want to post an MP at every restroom door to demand government papers, "Real ID" photo & "Birth Certificate" gender of each soldier before they can piss?

How did you get to be so stupid?

 

[scruffy]

So you wish to blow more tax dollars on military?

Do you want to post an MP at every restroom door to demand government papers, "Real ID" photo & "Birth Certificate" gender of each soldier before they can piss?

No, that's a leftard thing.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

One becomes an admiral / general by successfully taking on priority missions within the service structure. Implementing a priority program brings promotion.

When we were at war with Japan and Germany, admirals and generals were made of those men who took on missions that enhanced our offensive capacity against our enemies. The new replaced the old. Nimitz replaced King. Patton replace Chaffee, etc.

After the war, and during The Cold War, generals were made of those persons who enhanced our defensive capacity and kept our technology ahead of The Soviets and Chinese. Admiral Rickover creating the nuclear navy. Curtis LeMay for creating SAC, and others who helped keep our military leading edge in technology.

Since the end of The Cold War, the focus of The Pentagon has been away from enhancing capacity and those eager for promotion had to fill that void with other priorities, political priorities.

High-ranking officers of today were taught that we have no enemies who are our technical equals. When The Soviet Union fell, weapons production in the ex-Soviet countries ground to a halt. China, was never, until recently, a technological threat to our country. The latest group of flag officer were spent their entire careers on the doctrine that we fight people on caves or driving tricked out pick up trucks and fly Cold-War Era Soviet discards. That no potential enemy in this world is capable of creating a true, blue-water navy.

The way to become an admiral or general for the past two decades has been not to enhance our war-fighting capability, but to implement politician pleasing social programs and promote inclusiveness over warfare efficiency.

This has happened before. Admirals and Generals prior to World War II did very little to enhance our warfighting capabilities. Our airpower was far behind, our Navy doctrine was built with battleships being the basis for fleets, where fixed fortifications were superior to mobile warfare. When we entered World War II, our flag officers were not trained in the methodologies of air-power, maneuver warfare. Those who got promoted most quickly after the start of the war were those who grasped the new concepts and were prepared to implement them.

When we are next faced with such a global threat, a new batch of flag officers will have to come from the ranks to replace the unprepared and out-moded admirals and generals currently sitting in plush offices in The Pentagon.

I only hope that they are ready when needed.

Nimitz replaced King? Patton replaced Chaffee? On what planet did that occur?

Nimitiz was CINCPAC while King was CNO.

Major General Chaffee died in 1941. Patton was still a Colonel.

 

[fncceo]

Nimitz replaced King? Patton replaced Chaffee? On what planet did that occur?

Nimitiz was CINCPAC while King was CNO.

Major General Chaffee died in 1941. Patton was still a Colonel.

Kimmel --- not King, nice catch.

Patton was a Major General in 1941 (several months before Chaffee died) ... when he became CO of 2nd Armor Division. When Chaffee stepped down (with cancer) as CO of 1st Corp, Patton became the Army's expert in armored warfare. He started a publicity campaign consisting of several very high profile maneuvers, consisting of hundreds of tanks across several states to sell maneuver warfare to Congress and the general public. Patton was given command of 1st Armored Corp only a few weeks after Pearl Harbor.

The point I was attempting to make was that, without a major change from peacetime to wartime priorities, I don't believe either Nimitz or Patton would have had the meteoric careers they had.

Both were wartime commanders, experts in formulating and executing battle plans, which is not a high priority for a peacetime military (particularly one that relies on Congressional connections for advancement).