tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post6374172364540795777..comments2024-03-28T07:56:09.239-07:00Comments on Navy Matters: Army Gets ItComNavOpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-51906049158468002262017-08-02T09:21:59.870-07:002017-08-02T09:21:59.870-07:00"Hello, ComNavOps, I wish to have a discussio..."Hello, ComNavOps, I wish to have a discussion with you."<br /><br />Based on your previous comments, no you don't. You want to try to win some argument using insults and intimidation. <br /><br />That said, you're welcome to comment on any post, however, I strongly suggest you read the Comment Policy page, which you'll find tabbed at the top of the blog, to avoid having your comments deleted, as has already happened.ComNavOpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-4474454063767790392017-08-02T05:47:04.131-07:002017-08-02T05:47:04.131-07:00Excellent point about the chain of command.Excellent point about the chain of command.ComNavOpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-37459444257698423012017-08-02T03:45:40.296-07:002017-08-02T03:45:40.296-07:00An FSR is also not in the chain of command. They h...An FSR is also not in the chain of command. They have no direct responsibility to those commanding in the field, but rather to their company. Anyone remember the scene in the movie "Apollo 13" where they are talking about using the landing module as a lifeboat and the Grumman rep keeps saying "it wasn't designed for that, it wasn't meant for that, we're not responsible." ? Now apply that to when an LCS is in combat and wants to push the engines or something else that exceeds peacetime limits. Or the luckless pilots of F-35's want to forgo refinishing the stealth coatings (which are said to be high maintenance) in order to increase sorties and lighten an overweight plane. Will contractors on the Osprey balk when some inventive grunts put a 25mm facing out a hole because they need some firepower at a landing field? How much of the brown water navy or Army modifications to vehicles in Vietnam were field expedient?<br />If we depend solely on the contractor, the risk taking that is part of combat goes out the window. To a manufacturer there is no such thing as field expediency.John Zolmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257809336107728415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-14445451121945136222017-08-01T19:04:39.365-07:002017-08-01T19:04:39.365-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496448666377777221noreply@blogger.com