RoarkJr.
Well-Known Member
I was reading over this and wanted to generate some discussion here. I wonder what the implications of us taking a more dedicated focus on indo-pacific region are. Seems like precision long-range fires is one of the biggest concerns, pushing us more into the smaller/more distributed/decentralized force design.
What does that mean for aviation? I'm not sure I understand the notion that HMLA is unsuitable for that role (paraphrased from the 2019 aviation plan). From the numbers it looks like we're divesting across the board except for VMGR. Doesn't really mean much if it's just scaling with the infantry drawdown, but interesting nonetheless. For VMFA, 10 F-35b per squadron vice 16 seems like a big change.
Anyway, no specific questions really, just interested in what others have to say. Thanks.