Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, you may well be right, even though the modern armies seem to talk of nothing else but Rapid Deployment Strategies I was, however, wondering what kind of gear the 4th Marine Division, incorporating both an amphibious assault battalion and a combat engineer battalion, might have. I'm not sure what the readiness status of a US Marine Reserve Division is, but I would have thought they must have some ARVs and AAVs and heavy plant on their base in NOLA.. Those offshore oilfields are pretty valuable strategic targets, and deserve a lot of protection. Douglas Adam Bridge wrote: >Getting the ROV to the Russian submariners was a non-trivial evolution >that had been PLANNED for in detail buy the combined >submarine-operating services. They were lucky that only the minimal >response had been required. Getting a DSRV onto the site would have >taken a lot longer and would be much more difficult. And all of that >is because the scenerio is one which can be planned for and which >experts from the various nations meet together and talk about these >things. Yes, even the Russians, finally. And the Chinese too. > >There was a lot of Navy response to the tsunami because there were >vessels in the area due to the war on terrorism operations so there >was an aircraft carrier that could operate off-shore. > >But the military doesn't routinely PLAN for these kinds of rescue >evolution. It's not their primary mission. > >No one plans for things like this - the submergance of a city is not >common. Could the EU do better if, say, Venice sank? I don't think so. > >It's frustrating to watch this and we all have movie-bred expectations >of how quickly resources can be put on task. I don't know where those >amphibious vehicles are kept, or if they are loaded onto ships, and >how ready to steam the ships are - it just takes TIME. The Marine >Corps vehicles might be on the Atlantic or down in Texas - or even on >the west coast. it's not like they are staged, ready to roll. And the >ships to carry them may have maintenance operations going on that need >to be finished before they can set to sea. > >It's just a difficult problem and it's NOT that the military doesn't >want to respond. > >Adam bridge > > >On 8/31/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > > > >>I always find it absolutely sickening that the military forces around >>the world , which have the most advanced rescue and recovery equipment, >>are always the last to get to a disaster area. >>If my country (the UK) can get an ROV to rescue a few Russian >>submariners within 12 hours then how come other equipment can't be >>deployed in a disaster area just as fast. >>The Coast Guard / Lifeboat service / Helicopter Medics are always there >>days before - This is not a US problem this is global, >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >