When a Marine General speaks out, one would be wise to listen, and when a Marine warns the nation about our national security, one would be insane to not listen.
Luckily, many were listening when General John Paxton, who serves as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, stated before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the branch might not be ready if they need to defend the country from a sudden threat. He further warned that the Marines could very well face high casualties and fail to stop possible enemies.
Speaking along with leaders from the Army, Navy, and Air Force, Paxton said the branch does not sufficient training and equipment to maintain the ability of servicemen to fight. He added that he is worried “about the capability and capacity [of the Marine Corps] to win a major fight.”
That such an assessment is being made at all should shock Americans, but that it’s being made by a high-ranking official of the Marines should shock them into action.
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Of course, this creeping malaise within our armed forces is no surprise. Paxton is only the latest military leader to call attention to the weakening of the military. It’s part of a deliberately-planned policy of the Obama administration to degrade servicemen’s ability to mobilize and defend the US from attack:
“’All of our intelligence and communications battalions…would be unable to execute their full wartime mission requirements if called upon today,’ he said.
The aviation units are faring no better, Paxton said. Approximately 80 percent of Marine aviation units lack the amount of ready aircraft that they need for training and to respond to an emergency, he said.
Paxton was repeatedly questioned about the Marines’ ability to respond to contingencies after the high number of training accidents its aviation squadrons faced in the last year. The collision of two Marine Corps’ CH-53 Super Stallions off the coast of Hawaii in January raised questions whether budget cuts were leading to a higher number of pilot and crew deaths.
On Tuesday, Paxton said the service is looking at whether there is a connection.
‘We are concerned about an increasing number of aircraft mishaps and accidents,’ he said. ‘We’re looking to see if there’s a linear correlation. We know historically that if you don’t have the money and you don’t have the parts and you don’t have the maintenance, then you fly less. We call it ‘sets and reps’ – you need sets and repetitions to keep proficiency up there. So we truly believe if you fly less and maintain slower there’s a higher likelihood of accidents. So we’re worried.’”
Source: Stars And Stripes, Truth And Action
If anyone will cause WW3 it will be trump, i can see him there now tell these countries to go fk themselves, but hey thats because hes tough, and smart, and no one pushes the donald around!!
Trump
No they might not be ready the way Obummer has weakened them.
It’s obomas plan.
Obama has made sure we cannot win a war..He had made our military so weak.
Politicians need to stay out of the war business and leave it to the ones trained for it
Might not?? Can not!
There Are Felons Like Me, In Spite Of Our Past, That Will Gladly Go To War Tomorrow….I’m 45…And Free From The Penal System Over Twenty Years…There Are Roughly 65 Million Felons, Most Would Fight For Country…If Illegals Can Vote…Then I Can Serve…I Love This Country And The Future Of My Children Depend On Brave Men To Stand Up.
This is scary and deliberate.
Do not forget this traitor is the reason many of our sons and daughters have perished. He use this f**e BS lies about I keep my word to public, the promise I made and pull all men back out of Iraq. This was majorly PROTESTED by all Armed Force Generals. However this cone head cornbread hating traitor said he know better than any military minds because he use to fill out court papers for the poors in the City of Chicago.