Thursday, June 02, 2005

The Age of "separate but equal"

The future of warfare is to be led by the Army, just as it has since the beginning of time. The age of "separate but equal" services are over, replaced with the new era of "jointness". We can no longer afford each service fighting its own wars, as been ongoing since World war 2. The Air Force with its bombers, or the Navy with its own infantry and air force, must now support the Army, since Desert Storm increasingly the more crucial to the nation's defense. The Navy of the future will consist of giant mobile sea bases which carry aircraft and resupply for the land troops. The Air Force will speed these troops to world hot-spots in fast strategic airlift planes. The Army will utilize armed UAV's for close air-support, and the Navy will continue to provide coastal security while unmanned underwater vehicles will protect the sea lanes.