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Yeah, but if you tell exactly when you are leaving, that's something different. Units stateside don't put out on Facebook "We are departing for Poland at 0400 on Saturday on four Greyhound buses that will take us to Newark. Families can say goodbye in the parking lot." I know OP didn't even come close to the detail, and yeah what he said is pretty harmless, but (I can't believe I'm saying this) there is a point to those briefs they make you sit through. If someone wanted to know when and where he could knock off the better part of the 1-23rd Infantry or something while they are in route to the airport...well, his job is now a whole lot easier. And also, those picture/facebook updates are AFTER the fact. Jihadi John or you local "AMERICAN IMPERIALISTS MUST DIE SO THEY CAN LEAVE GLORIOUS GERMANY ALONE" dude can't go back in time and do anything about that. Posting about future troop movements...well that's a whole other ball game.

Don't want to sound like a uptight a-hole...but yeah I'm 99% sure this is an OPSEC violation, and I'm just a lowly cadet. Not trying to be a jerk...but if this was like a deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq, then this could have repercussions, and I don't mean from the CoC.

10/10 would read again.

Well maybe if they hadn't thought sending T-72s into cities without infantry support was a good idea, then they wouldn't have that problem. Or maybe they should have figured out after the first 1000 tanks were torched that should probably rethink a few things. Not attacking you...just the Syrian goverment's descion on how to use their tanks.

Apparently the tank survived in the end. http://warisboring.com/articles/what-a-t-90-tank-looks-like-after-being-hit-with-a-tow-missile/ It says the crew bailed out, and the and the tank was abandoned but recovered and repaired. Most importanly, the crew didn't become scorched hamburger meat.

Don't forget some blurry line drawn between Battle of the Teutoburg forest and the US Army in Ukraine; Putin absolutely not being a Saddam Hussein, and video games solving all of the worlds problems. Or Panzer being Publius Varus. That was classic.

Damn it. False alarm. I'm now the boy who cried wolf...

This may mean absolutely nothing, but as of now, when I try to pull up BFC webpage, it says "this page can't be displayed." Could it be that the webpage is finally being overhauled? Or maybe it does mean nothing and my government funded internet just sucks.

I started to write a multi-paragraph response of why 80 M1 tanks lost in ODS is pure fantasy...then I asked myself what was the point and I stopped. Back to killing Germans. Or Advent. Not sure yet.

*Clicks on link* Why is this a music video? Are there Russians in this video? Where's the T-64? Wait. Oh, I get it....

That escalated...quickly. "Private, how was patrolling today?" "Awesome Sir. We ran over a car." "Oh, ok. Wait, what?"

What I hope for is a 'Red Gambit' Module or something that lets the US and British fight the Russians in 1945. If the Red Gambit and Truman's War series of books are any guide...it would be bloody (but very cool). It doesn't even have to have a campaign - I'll take quick battles.

I don't think you understand what the bastion strategy completely means. It doesn't mean that the Russian navy decides to sit the war out. It means it deploys defensively around its bases to protect them its boomers from NATO forces. Russian SSGNs are one of the - if not the most - vital assets Russia has. Leaving them vulnerable is unthinkable. And by deploying the entirety of the Russian navy on a suicide mission, you are by default leaving Russia's nuclear trump card vulnerable to eager NATO and US SSNs.

Hmm... I think the Kirov BCGN is pretty sick. Looks like a true warship. As for WWII, I think the Pensacola class cruiser looks cool, and I love the Alaska class battlecruiser. British BBs look cool too - Rodney looks impressive, and the KGVs have ten(!) 14" cannons in their weird configuration.

I think we can consider this topic thoroughly derailed!

He had chemical weapons. Ask the Iranians. Or the Kurds. He didn't use them on the coalition because it is not inconceivable that H3 airfield would have received a visit by an F-117 toting a B83 nuclear bomb if he had.

At least he didn't essentially say he was going to get wasted...

I'm going to go with "yes."

You mention Kaiser's navy in WWI. Well, like the Russian navy, it never ventured very far (Jutland being the exception) because it would get manhandled by the superior RN for little to no gain. Which is germane to this discussion because like the course of action the Russian Navy most of us agree it would take, the Kaiser's navy was never (except toward the end of the war) ordered to sortie and commit mass suicide in the hope of breaking the blockade and sinking some British merchant ships for some vague, undefined effect on the war. It is also interesting to note that when it was ordered to sortie and die for the glory of the fatherland the crews said "nope" and started a rebellion that if I recall correctly caused the downfall of the Kaiser. Oh, so NATO is really just a cool club and being a member entail no responsibility or weight? because that's what you are saying. I'm pretty sure article 5 means "direct on attack on one of means direct attack on all of us." No if and or buts. If you deprive the British of their pubs...Well, God have mercy on your soul, because the British sure won't.

Also keep in mind, the Arabs have a tendency to make even the best hardware look like pieces of s***.

Yeah...when I said "sink 5 merchies," I meant sink five ships overall. Like, in the whole war. Like, after those five ships, they can't sink any more because all the Russians subs are lodged in the ooze on the ocean floor. And this assumes that the Russians would even go into the North Atlantic, which I seriously feel like they wouldn't. I concur with sburke: the Russian navy isn't going to sortie in the North Atlantic. They are going to stay home and protect the homeland. Because it is far more logical for them to do so, especially since "Regional War over Ukraine" does not equal "OMG WWIII launch everything." As for convoys, I don't know the first thing about loading ships, or convoy operations, or how REFORGER '17 would work. But I assume that you send more ships and supplies across than you need, and have it loaded so that a lucky Shipwreck doesn't take all of III Corps 155mm rounds with it. So you may sink 5 ships...but it doesn't matter, because we are sending over more than enough to sustain/equip our forces. Basically, 5 ships might not make a dent in the war. If the 1st Cav shows up missing the XOs tank in every tank company and is missing 100,000 fewer 25mm rounds out of the 5 million sent over...its not going to make a difference.

Add the poles and I'll pay $4. Or just the KTO Rosomak. I'll pay $4 for just that too.

Believe me, CMANO is way ahead of Harpoon ANW. Its worth the price tag, and I don't even like naval combat that much. Back to the Russian navy: Lets pretend that the fight in Ukraine somehow does go into WWIII mode. No one else here seems to think that is likely to happen, but lets go with it. The Russian navy is ordered to sortie. So lets follow this through. Not only do those 22 SSNs have to get past the Norwegians, the British, the Germans, and SOSUS, they then must contend with extremely heavily guarded convoys, because Norfolk and Jacksonville are mostly empty by now. And don't forget the picket line of US SSNs that would be established in the GIUK gap. Yes, the ASW capabilty of the GIUK nations is laughable compared to the 1980s. But Russia's SSN fleet is even worse off. Lets say somehow, through these layers of defenses, 8 submarines get through to the North Atlantic. Roving ASW patrols get more. Maybe 5 see a merchant ship. Lets say then that all 5 submarines, despite pitiful training and maintenance rates, manage to successfully engage and sink five merchies. They are then themselves sunk. They have successfully sunk 5 ships out of the tidal wave of ships crossing the Atlantic. Now, I don't know how the US military combat loads ships, but I'm willing to bet that the entirety of the 1st BCT, 3rd ID isn't going to crammed into one ship. So you may have set back a the 1st AD a few companies of Bradleys that will now have to flown in via C-17s instead. Or come in on the next convoy, because I don't think the US is going to run out of M1s and Bradleys like, ever. Heck, they may have not even sunk ships carrying actual units. They may have just made the 1st Cavalry division eat the same MRE for three weeks until more can come in. What I'm saying is, the Russian submarines aren't going to make a dent in the wave of reinforcements. Instead, the Russian navy is going to sit back and try and defend its shores in case the USN decide to prove that Maritime Strategy was right all along, critics be dammed. As for the Russian surface fleet...well, all I see is targets. And I'm sure most of the USN sees them that way as well. Now one thing that the Russians may have the drop on us is ASM capable bombers. They could theoretically successfully mount a raid with 20-30 (guesstimate) bombers they have available. But again, a few Burke DDGs with the convoy would probably keep casualties to a minimum level. And I bet Russia would like to keep their Bears as a nuclear deterrent. Look, I wrote a modern version of Maritime Strategy for my own personal use for CMMANO. I had to stretch reality a lot to even give the USN a challenge. The Russian navy is going to have a hard time defending its own shores, forget about creating a modern rendition of convoy PQ17.

No. You only get CNO. Sorry. Panzer gets Secretary of the Army. SBurke...Uh...you can have DHS. Go crazy.

Ok fine. Lets take this 'video games trump everything' to its logical conclusion. According to federal law, I am active duty. Not only am I active duty, but I have spent considerable amounts of time playing CMBS, CMBN, and CMSF. Following that logic, I should be promoted from Cadet Private to Chief of Staff of the US Army. But wait! I don't only play CM, you know. I also have played Command: Modern Air Naval Operations, which is a generation ahead of Harpoon ANW. And one time, I shot down an Su-27 in Lock On. So I basically should become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. While I would accept the position, I doubt it would end up being in America's best interests. Of course, I would get rid of the F-35, so maybe it would be worth it.