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While I certainly would make sure our supply lines did not depend on wheeled vehicles coming from another country down roads we dont control
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How? You can fly a lot of it, but not everything. What will you do when they shoot the planes down?
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That would be a start but what about the AF's capabilty to move the military to where it needs to fight. What about the Army's capabilities to fight that battle? Where have all the Armor & Heavy divisions gone? Like we are doing right now I can take any Joe, give him some remedial training and turn him in to a grunt. It is damn difficult to take someone and turn him in to a tanker or a Bradley crew member or many of the other jobs.
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Do you want heavy divisions or airmobile divisions? Why do we need heavy divisions to fight terrorist cells? Are the insurgents in Iraq out gunning us with their armor?
I can take any grunt and teach him to operate a tank or a Bradley given enough time - what's the point here?
I just heard SECDEF say they are planning for 10 more Brigades. I think they are looking at a modular MEUSOC concept. Makes sense to me.