Say hello to the Marine Corps' newest....

[Hauldren Collider]

AAVs appear to be deathtraps. If you were actually storming a beach, looks like it'd be pretty easy to pwn them with shore-based rockets.

[regexcellent]

I think they ride pretty low in the water, might be hard to hit I don't know.

[Hauldren Collider]

I don't see how they can possibly be better than helicopters.

[Sava]

It is a ****ing waste. Every other branch has lawyers, doctors, chaplains, and pilots and all of them manage to do their jobs just fine without dumb principles of patrolling lessons and other miscellaneous ****.

I agree. Practicing something never makes you better at it.

THANKS OBAMA

[The Mad Monk]

I don't see how they can possibly be better than helicopters.

Q: What do you call a transport helicopter approaching over water?

A: Skeet.

[regexcellent]

I agree. Practicing something never makes you better at it.

Practicing skills that you will NEVER use is a waste of time.

Q: What do you call a transport helicopter approaching over water?

A: Skeet.

No.

[Sava]

Practicing skills that you will NEVER use is a waste of time.

The Marine Corps conducted 104 amphibious operations in the 90's and 38 in the 2000's.

http://blog.usni.org/2009/05/25/amphibious-operations-2000-2009

So uhmmm... yeah.

[regexcellent]

We're talking about different things. How many lawyers led an attack on a fixed position in the past 80 years?

[Sava]

As I understand it, they are Marines first, lawyers second.

[regexcellent]

Yes that is what I'm saying is dumb, every other service just has their lawyers and doctors be lawyers and doctors and it works just fine, since they NEVER use the other skills. They get trained in like, how to put on a gas mask and stuff in the army but otherwise they just do JAG things.

[Sava]

Yes that is what I'm saying is dumb, every other service just has their lawyers and doctors be lawyers and doctors and it works just fine, since they NEVER use the other skills. They get trained in like, how to put on a gas mask and stuff in the army but otherwise they just do JAG things.

Seems like a silly thing to get worked up about.

[regexcellent]

Alby's the one who brought it up.

[Sava]

Alby's the one who brought it up.

Indeed.

Though, I can't say I necessarily disagree with you... but if we're going to examine USMC training protocols, I would imagine this particular issue would be a very low priority.

[MRT144]

Indeed.

Though, I can't say I necessarily disagree with you... but if we're going to examine USMC training protocols, I would imagine this particular issue would be a very low priority.

I want to know when they train marines of the future to treat women like **** but given Alby's prior history, I feel like USMC are flame to the same kinds of moths.

[Al B. Sure!]

How many people got seasick on the AAVs?

None. Granted, the surf was very calm but when you're in there and the AAV is moving, you can't really tell the difference between being in the water and on the sand. It's only when it stops in the water that you feel that slight rolling. Moving, it feels the same on calm sea as land.

AAVs appear to be deathtraps. If you were actually storming a beach, looks like it'd be pretty easy to pwn them with shore-based rockets.

AAV's come with a Mk 19 and M2. Good amount of firepower. Plus the low profile in the water makes it hard to hit.

However, we were supposed to replace the AAV's with the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle which would have had more armor but that got canned.

As I understand it, they are Marines first, lawyers second.

Yes. Every Marine is a rifleman.

This focus on the infantry is matched with the doctrine that "Every Marine a rifleman", a focus of Commandant Alfred M. Gray, Jr., emphasizing the infantry combat abilities of every Marine. All Marines, regardless of military specialization, receive training as a rifleman; and all officers receive additional training as infantry platoon commanders.[24] For example, at Wake Island, when all of the Marine aircraft were shot down, pilots continued the fight as ground officers, leading supply clerks and cooks in a final defensive effort

Later, at the Chosin Reservoir, a hodgepodge of Marines fought the Chinese.

I want to know when they train marines of the future to treat women like **** but given Alby's prior history, I feel like USMC are flame to the same kinds of moths.

What is this about?