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2006-05-07 Home Front: WoT

US Army giving US sailors crash courses in land combat

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-05-07 02:49|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Navy doesn't have any kind of combat training to speak of, that's why we have Marines.
It's a division of responsibilities thing.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-05-07 09:47|| 2006-05-07 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 The Marines were added to SOCOMs little empire, so the Navy is looking to something that it can turn to without having to ask 'mother may I' from another bureaucrat. Naval landing brigades have a long history in the world's big navies. They know they're not going to get funding for separate facilities to do the training anymore, so that is why they're using other services' facilities.

Posted by Whoper Glolurong1534 2006-05-07 10:18|| 2006-05-07 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 God bless those US Navy folks.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-07 15:59|| 2006-05-07 15:59|| Front Page Top

#4 It's about time every person in uniform received some combat training, including small-unit tactics. There are no front lines any more, and haven't been since about 1975. Anybody and everybody wearing a uniform is a target, anywhere they live. They need to have the ability to fight back and win.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-05-07 16:54|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-07 16:54|| Front Page Top

#5 One step beyond Schoomaker's "every soldier a rifleman".

Posted by lotp 2006-05-07 17:45|| 2006-05-07 17:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The Marines who trained us had a saying that the most dangerous thing in the world is a squid with a gun. Back in the early 80's my base formed an unofficial platoon strength reaction force using second (third?) hand M14's and such with "minuteman" personnel. Operating on a shoestring (goat rope?)- we were pretty good, at least during training. But we were not Marines. Not even close.

Posted by Squid with a gun 2006-05-07 19:15|| 2006-05-07 19:15|| Front Page Top

#7 The best usage of these new Naval Landing Forces/Brigades is the temporary defense of [US-controlled]vital port areas and ships from limited conventional ground attack(s), be it from uniformed enemy milfor unit(s) or from armed terrorists.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-07 21:23|| 2006-05-07 21:23|| Front Page Top

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