It appears that President Trump has decided to launch significant attacks against Yemen. One might make an argument that it would be a good idea to have an appointed Chief of Naval Operations in place if one is going to engage in a naval war on the other side of the world. That said, the ideal form of naval war in this case is a simple air and sea blockade and we have rich experience in naval blockades and shooting down Iranian aircraft in that part of the world.
On the gripping hand, if we still have a carrier or assault group inside the Persian Gulf it would have been prudent to pull them out before launching a war against Iran's last proxy in the Middle East.
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Let's see is this the same US Navy that gets into accidents against lumbering cargo ships and other US Warships?
The same one that ran out of SM2 anti-aircraft-anti-missile missiles and COULDN'T reload on station Because we DON'T have resupply FIGHTING against the SAME Hothi's last year or so?
The same US Navy that had a carrier group actually have the defended carrier HIT by Hothi's?
Bold Plan Cotton. Might want to rebuild the Navy FIRST and get resupply and repair ships back online first.
Resupply? Repair?
What kind of magic is this mysterious 'logistics' of which you speak?
--Tennessee Budd
Live fire practice against ragheads isn't a bad idea. But only if the navy learns from and make needed changes from lessons learned. Otherwise it's just an expensive fireworks show.
Two words: Mission creep. The naval effort stalls, or runs into snags
(logistical or otherwise), or proves unable to eliminate the enemy threat, or the enemy escalates beyond the capabilities of the naval force, and the next thing you know comes the call for "boots on the ground," followed by long, costly quagmire.
There is more than I can say to making a significant definitive change at the top of the leadership. Trump got rid of that moron Austin and Franchetti and while I don't know the man, Hegseth seems to be on the ball. There are lots of places to rearm ships that work and are quite close at hand. Fujairah works, Khor Fakkan could work, Djibuouti would work and maybe even Hargada. The thing to keep in mind is that Yemen has destroyed Egypt's economy by slashing Suez revenue to nothing and Egypt has long been fighting against them. Getting the gang (Saudi, Egypt, UAE and US back together to wipe the floor with the leadership in yemen is a good start to ending an old problem. Hell, we could probably rearm and refuel in Jeddah if we wanted to.
Maybe true. But history shows Arabs are unreliable allies, given to sudden changes of the heart. A real blue water navy NEEDS its OWN resupply and ability to repair.
LOL I just read my note. Arabs are unreliable, so it seems Americans to the rest of the world. Every few years the winds of Politics blow and Poof, all promises before are in question.
Like that Cloud City quote of Darth Vader "I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it further".
There is Kissinger, “ it may be dangerous to be Americas enemy but to be America’s friend is fatal.”
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