Comments by "LRRPFco52" (@LRRPFco52) on "Argentina, After America || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. Keep in mind the USMC (the US’s smallest military service that deploys abroad) has a bigger Air Force than the combined UK RAF and Royal Navy.
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  2.  @davidthompson4383  Royal Marine Commandos are essentially a maritime special operations force with a dramatically-longer initial training pipeline and higher OPTEMPO. They are more like US Army Ranger Regiment and UK Para Regiment in culture, training, and capabilities. I’ve worked with all 3, so this isn’t an academic perspective foe me. USMC is small by US standards, but huge by international standards, so a Commando Regiment isn’t a good comparison with 3 Marine Divisions, which have their own organic aviation artillery, heavy lift, armor, drone, cyber, and combined arms forces capabilities. USMC brings M777 and F-35Bs to the fight, whereas Royal Marines rely on other organizations for those capabilities. I agree on training standards in the UK vs the US, but this is mainly because the US military is so huge, whereas the UK forces are so tiny. I embraced the UK approach to many things with what I did and still do, since many aspects of it are more professional. US wings on logistics and weapons quality, but UK definitely has a more combat-focused training culture.
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  3.  @bk99911  My grandpa made titanium parts for the A-4 Skyhawk for Douglas in the 1950s and 60s, so I'm familiar with it. He died in the 1990s at a very old age, so I'm tracking on the A-4. I didn't even know any if them were flying anymore.
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