Where will be the next full-on combat zone?

SGT your generation was treated so horribly by the hippie generation basically those who went to college to draft dodge now those pathetic individuals are professors in these liberal left wing colleges. My deployment was Iraq in 04 - 05 . We had it easy compared to what you all went through much respect Sir .

Cpl Shane Dickinson-Cannot agree you had it easy.different times,different AOs but still the same mission at great cost to our widely spaced deployments (mine was called a tour ) seems like the VA doesn’t treat the current generation any better than mine by the way,as far as draft dodgers/college professors etc ,we had a saying “Don’t mean Nothin” still works for us old guys to this day,be well Brother

Cpl Shane Dickinson - Must you include politics in your comments? I can assure you I both served and have a college degree and am a Liberal and am a Disabled Veteran and I know a number of Vietnam Vets as well as Iraq and Iran Vets who don't share your hatred for those who went to college instead of to war during Vietnam. Not everyone was born to serve.

SGT Brenden Lee you have your opinion and I have mine that’s whats great about being Americans. I was a Cop when 911 happened because it was the right thing to do . I joined the Marines and served in Iraq on deployment with a wife and two children at home I was 27 then you have your liberal views and your entitled to your opinion just like I’m entitled to mine . My Daughter followed in my footsteps and she’s an active duty Marine now she’s an MP my Daddy served in the Army during Vietnam. I see things how I see them we owe our Country for the freedoms we have in our Constitution. All of us . I don’t agree with liberal views such as yours but that’s my opinion. I respect your opinion because we are Americans but I disagree with your views . Have a nice night Sir and thanks for your service you’ve earned that just like everyone else should serve in some capacity in the military I wish they would bring back the draft it would help a lot of people who have no discipline have discipline. I’m still a Cop and retire in like three years I see the useless side of society a lot if they had military discipline for a couple years they would be better people in society.

What kind of war are we focusing on today? It will be the exact opposite. The late Eighties we were training for "Conflicts Short of War", so peace keeping and supporting national governments against insurgencies. Of course, the next conflict was fought with conventional forces, Desert Storm.

Space wars lol

Could be.

Africa has always been the focus of destabilizing influences, how can you tell if it's different today? The Clash between the Islamic North and Christian South. The internal fights/civil wars over control of diamonds or gold, or whatever. Cuban/Soviet interference before that, colonial interference before that.

Doubt China but always possible if China forcefully takes back Taiwan

Cpl Julio Rosa - not Taiwan, they are claiming more and more territory. 75% of the world's commerce flows through the South China Sea and the Straits of Malaca. They have already attempted to assert control over the air space. Their hand built islands are how hey build a defensive ring in the face of international territorial disputes filed in court. They are literally seizing territorial waters from multiple countries. Western Navies, mostly ours, are push My back with FON patrols. No coincidence there are oil reserves in the ocean floor. None of the countries claiming it have technology and capital to fully exploit it. If they seize complete control, they control half the pacific and can dictate economic and diplomatic terms to the rest of the world. It might just be worth a high adventure military campaign especially if they sense the US will simply roll over due to lack of unity, stomach, and resolve. Japan would be out there flapping. Taiwan would go as a secondary objective. Look up the 9 island ring.

I agree, especially since we just spent 2 trillion on the military. I highly doubt we will have long period with no major combat engagements

too late

I doubt they will get to that point. That’s a death sentence for them

Iran has not started a war in a thousand years

I doubt we’ll have a full fledge war with Russia. A Cold War/proxy war yes but that’s about it

I just saw an interview with a Mexican National that claimed that Mexico was fast becoming a failed state and that the increasing violence from the Cartels would force an US intervention. Lot of things point to that becoming a reality.

Cpl Julio Rosa certainly makes sense.

Mexico can easily be

Thanks for the input MSG. I think you may be right, although most likely will be upgraded nuclear warheads on supersonic missiles