Posted on Feb 28, 2016
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The new Army Times, coming out 29 February 2016, Is asking if airborne is still worth it?
The Army times is at it again, Is airborne still worth keeping around? Even being a "leg" I think it is. The advantage that it gives us as a nation to put a brigade element on the ground quickly and where we need it is a huge asset in my opinion. But in this day and age is there a reason that we should still expect a high casualty rate from the jump alone?
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The Army times is at it again, Is airborne still worth keeping around? Even being a "leg" I think it is. The advantage that it gives us as a nation to put a brigade element on the ground quickly and where we need it is a huge asset in my opinion. But in this day and age is there a reason that we should still expect a high casualty rate from the jump alone?
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Airborne operations will only go away when our military finds a safer, more effective way to deliver thousands of troops to a land locked location in a very short period of time to mass troops and equipment. That capability will always be needed, no matter how smart our bombs get, even if it is only as a deterrent to our enemies.
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SSG Robert Webster
Why just land locked locations? The same could be said for amphibious operations as well. The only real and main difference is from time of notification to actual bridge head establishment, which for amphibious forces is dependent upon how close they are to the area intended to be the bridge head. And since that is the case, could we get rid of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children? I would also venture to say that if I remember correctly, the US Army has conducted more combat amphibious operations than the US Marine Corps.
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I hate this, this article pops up every couple of years in the armytimes. I swear it seems more like a tabloid than a credible paper.
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Just because we haven't had to use Airborne operations recently doesn't mean that it is now irrelevant or that we won't need it in the future.
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