The last few days there has been an increase in truck traffic here in the "View".
Now there is nothing particularity special about these trucks, the standard flat bed semi-tractor trailer rig.
What is special is the cargo these trucks are hauling. These trucks are hauling the unsung hero of the military logistics at its finest!
Floating causeway pieces!
Colonels speak tactics where Generals Speak logistics! Nothing happens until something moves and it is only fitting that the CJCS has emplaced an Army General (Keen) who by the way is a high speed low drag individual, in charge of the relief operation in Haiti. De ja vue Katrina/Rita with "angry" Honore! Where are the Navy Admirals or the Air Force Generals maybe they are busy speaking tactics?
Back to the floating causeway pieces, Port au Prince harbor as we all know is crappy and the big ships that have all the good recovery gear cannot pull up to the pier to off load their precious life saving and life giving cargo of cranes, bull dozers, water purification equipment, bulk food stuffs medical gear etc. So these floating piers will be shipped down to Haiti and will be in place in a few days. Helicopters can only do so much, landing craft can only do so much, floating causeways are the answer! Yes, we learned this little lesson this back during the invasion of Normandy!
Which by the way brings me back to the point of the post... The military is designed, manned, equipped and trained to kill and break things. These floating causeways are designed to bring ashore tanks, armored personnel carriers, ammunition trucks, bomb transport vehicles, fuel and heavily armed men who are trained to kill people and break things! Hoooa to the Transportation Corps!
So for all you tree huggers, liberal quacks and people who believe that spending money on the military is a waste of time remember Haiti, Katrina, Puerto Rico, and places in the Pacific hit by the tsunami, and other places hit by disasters, natural or otherwise it is real easy to be against the military when they are doing their JOB killing, breaking and securing in our nations interest. However, when they show up on the door step of what used to be your home offering a free ride out of hell you really should think about your values, beliefs and ideology and tell them to fuck off! After all what good is the military?
General Keens Badges.. We don't need no stinking badges. Double tabbed.. He needs to lift up his breast pocket flap to display all of his hoooa badges!
SF, Ranger, Combat Scuba, Pathfinder, CIB, EIB, Master Parachutist! I did not see Humanitarian or Philanthropist badges however he should get those as well! Time Magazine should make the troops under his command people of the year!
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