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Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:11 pm to asurob1
Holy frick I agree with Rob 
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:15 pm to Darth_Vader
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No matter how fancy the Air Force and navy get, they will never be able to overcome the fact that to win a war you've got to seize and hold land. And the only way to do that is with boots on the ground.
Certainly, but if your opponents never reach your shores, then you don't need a large standing army.
Further, if a war breaks out that requires you to "invade" some place, it's far easier and takes less time to raise and army and train it then to build warships/war planes and train their crews.
A large standing army is why we get involved in shite holes like Iraq and Vietnam because politicians want to play soldier with someone else's kids.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:21 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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GeauxxxTigers23
Are you suggesting a system whereby the 'standing army' is whoever is enlisted now and undergoing training, serving their four years or whatever, and a much larger reserve component that is better trained/ready than the current reserves?
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:23 pm to stout
That is insane! 
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:23 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Are you suggesting a system whereby the 'standing army' is whoever is enlisted now and undergoing training, serving their four years or whatever, and a much larger reserve component that is better trained/ready than the current reserves?
I'm talking no "standing army" but a very well trained and equipped national guard.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:28 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Not in the way we think of them because we're so fricking badass, But the rest of the world certainly does.
Yep. Those are full blown carriers as far as the rest of the world is concerned.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:32 pm to asurob1
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We need to double the size of our navy and cut the army back by at least 50 percent.
After I just agreed with you...
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:36 pm to Sentrius
lol
I believe in the dominance of the air craft carrier.
No one fricks with us because no one can reach us...and I want it to stay that way.
I believe in the dominance of the air craft carrier.
No one fricks with us because no one can reach us...and I want it to stay that way.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:43 pm to asurob1
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Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:47 pm to Darth_Vader
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o win a war you've got to seize and hold land. And the only way to do that is with boots on the ground
Or you could bomb the shite out of them and kill everyone there. It may sound harsh but if it saves even one American life I am all for it.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:04 pm to lsu480
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Or you could bomb the shite out of them and kill everyone there. It may sound harsh but if it saves even one American life I am all for it.
Has that worked yet without nukes?
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:05 pm to stout
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I have personally helped put up 40+ F-18's (I was an aircraft director) in under 15 min on the USS Ronald Reagan as a strike package into Afghan....it was one of the most impressive displays of power I've ever witnessed.
fricking wow. We (USS Stennis) launched 31 in one event and I had the weirdest boner.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:07 pm to choupiquesushi
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We xont have 19 carriers
I'm sure he meant the LHAs and LHDs (our other "big decks").
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:08 pm to WestlakeTiger
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USS Stennis
07-09.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:33 pm to stout
Are those carriers for ants? They need to be at least 3 times that big...
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:11 pm to stout
One of the reasons I think people overestimate other countries' abilities to match us in conventional warfare
Dominate navy, modern aircraft, more money (even with the cuts), better intel, and strategic bases all around the world (huge advantage)
Dominate navy, modern aircraft, more money (even with the cuts), better intel, and strategic bases all around the world (huge advantage)
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:40 pm to WestlakeTiger
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The Magnitude Of US Naval Dominance
quote:
I have personally helped put up 40+ F-18's (I was an aircraft director) in under 15 min on the USS Ronald Reagan as a strike package into Afghan....it was one of the most impressive displays of power I've ever witnessed.
fricking wow. We (USS Stennis) launched 31 in one event and I had the weirdest boner.
Meh....
Listening to the play by play when four tomcats...are going buster to shoo away lybian migs coming to see who or what crossed their Line of death.....
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:45 pm to stout
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:51 pm to AUin02
quote:I love my Brits, but that's a good burn.
AUin02
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