Report: Israel to Supply Armored Vehicles to U.S. Marines in Iraq
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U.S. Marines in Iraq with specially equipped armored “Golan” vehicles which are specifically suited for urban warfare and can sustain attacks by RPGs and road mines.
Source: Al Sharq Al-Awsat, London, February 28, 2007
Doctrine supports equipment or Equipment support doctrine?
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Danny
Tom said: " ... it boggles the mind that we are just now developing vehicles that reflect current operational needs."
The inertia at the DoD is maddening, and there is absolutely no excuse - none - for still having to "up-armor" HMMWVs this far into OIF2. On the other hand, there is a reluctance to properly fund the armed forces, both in the administration and congress. And ... there is the general ignorance among the American public as to what it really takes to go to war.
Ask yourself why it has taken this long for the Marines to deploy the MTV, and why the Interceptor is STILL being deployed to the army, without the side SAPI protection that the MTV has? At some point this points to recalcitrance of the country as to its moral obligation to equipment its men in uniform.
It seems to me that there are specific lobbies involved in producing certain pieces of equipment, namely the Army's FCS and for the Marines, the EFV. Both programs are for building ground combat vehicles designed to fight a specific kind of enemy: Nation-State army that plays by the rules of 3GW.
I had a conversation with a Marine colonel some time ago: He expressed to me how distrought he was due to the fact that we're fighting a war now that doesn't fit into the "Expeditionary operations mindset." How sad that the current war isn't good enough.
Are we developing doctrine and building the equipment to support the doctrine? Or are we developing equipment and building the doctrine to support the equipment?
*ends screed against acquisitions industry*
Chicken or the Egg: Doctrine and Technology
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I had a conversation with a Marine colonel some time ago: He expressed to me how distrought he was due to the fact that we're fighting a war now that doesn't fit into the "Expeditionary operations mindset." How sad that the current war isn't good enough.
Are we developing doctrine and building the equipment to support the doctrine? Or are we developing equipment and building the doctrine to support the equipment?
I have heard comments from doctrine elements that say much the same--that once MNF-I or MNC-I goes away troublesome ideas like measuring effects will go away and we can get on with life....
Tom