Great thought on being trained vs being told in the military. Another point you all missed was the fact that both British and US military are 100% volunteers. We chose to be in the military
As a young soldier, I used to take an "Eagle" (regularly scheduled) flight from Frankfurt to Mildenhall (RAF) air force base. Travel around the UK on bus, train, hitch-hike, or rental car. Very good times, enjoyed UK culture and people a whole bunch, never forget their politeness, courtesy and kindness. Good memories. Anyone who denigrates the US military has never seen/experienced the efficient movement/management of tens of thousands of troops, thousands of vehicles, thousands of tons of fuel and equipment, thousands of tons of food, munitions, and repair parts. It is truely mind boggling when you see it happening. A very well earned salute to every soldier, sailor, Marine, Air Forceman and Coast Guard man. Well done! Thank you!
“We’re the big brother.” Lol! I’ve always couched the relationship between Britain and America as that of father and son. The son grew up, rebelled and separated from his father, but the two remain close like family in the other side of it. As the father gets older, the son steps up to protect the family. Because no matter the past conflicts, we do remember where we came from.
After the Navy. I got a security Job at Bush Airport here in Houston also known as IAH. I did ground security for international flights so I searched cargo bays and perimeters under the KLM, Air France mainly for myself for cargo and passenger, British airways, emeritus, Qatar, and last year and half of my job was Lufthansa and Turkish airlines. I would see government contractors on Qatar alot. Their rifles being shipped and everything for middle east. I did that job from 2020 till last November of 2023. Coolest job I had after the Navy. Seeing planes up close.
A piece of Trivia: The Commanding General of the Union Forces besieging the capital of the Confederacy (During the Civil War in 1865) was a Quarter Master during the USA's War with Mexico (1840's). As such he learned a very valuable lesson. An army (as Napolean once said) "marches on its stomach". His first move in locking down Richmond was to go around to the south of the city, to a town called Petersburg. The railroad tracks that allowed trains to bring food and supplies to Richmond was there. He promptly took control of those tracks and shut down ANY resupply to that besieged City. The siege lasted for some time, but eventually the Confederate Army HAD to abandon the City and flee to the West. Shortly, thereafter, tired and VERY HUNGRY the Confederate Army under General Lee was FORCED to surrender. An act that essentially ended the Civil War. So the ability of ANY military force to supply and RE-supply its forces in the field may very well mean the difference between winning and losing. Grant knew that. The current Military officials in Washington know that.
I was in the 75th ranger regiment and our "bread and butter" is airfield seizures. In the case of a big war or if an airfield needs to be seized, a battalion of rangers will jump in and take it. We are told to hold it until logistics and reinforcements come to build the forward base then we will use that hub to go raid other targets. Old saying of infantry wins you the battle but logistics wins you the war.
...really puts into perspective how shittty the Russian armed forces are...they can't even muster enough logistics to supply their own soldiers with toilet paper let alone food in a neighboring country..
@@wakawaka5131 exactly, they're too stuck on the use of railways internally so they have no idea how to supply their men outside of their own borders. A friend was asking me about comparisons now that we've seen how russia performs and I explained that we have service members stationed and living around the world that never have to worry about toilet paper, hot chow and basic living materials. Light years ahead in terms of logistics
Glad more information is being spread about how our military actually works. I used to get asked all the time "what plane did you fly?" whenever someone found out I was in the Air Force. The majority of our service members never see or directly engage in combat, but rather serve to support the ones that do go into combat. For example: there's over 60 active duty personnel in the USAF for every aircraft that we have. (Edit: granted, the Air Force does have some combat roles outside of just operating our aircraft. Don't want to leave them out, but even including security forces, PJ's, TACP, etc, it's still a small part of the overall force.) This is obviously a more extreme level of support than the Army or Marines, but they have their own intense support networks of active duty personnel that won't ever engage in direct combat.
@@SilverFang95 Honestly thought about leaving my comment off to avoid any thanks or looking like I was trying to get some. I worked in hospitals and the military gave me more than it asked from me. I'm thankful for more people having kind thoughts towards vets than hateful ones, but it's like...I have friends that paid a price (or are still paying it)...they're the ones that deserve respect. At the same time, they're also the ones that recognize what I did and tell me to get off my ass and stand with them at events recognizing veterans, so I do it for them.
@@InlandOne Don't know how common it was, but where I spent time the only people on swing/rotating/night shifts were medical and security forces. So it always seemed like there were a lot of you guys to me, but wasn't sure if that was just because you were the only other ones that seemed to have crazy shifts like I did so we could hang out.
The most prohibitive part of international travel for Americans is the price of the flight. Being able to get to Europe for free with some luck and managing means you get to go to more places and do more things throughout your life.
Without France there would be no American superpower though. It was not our Minuteman that sank those Brittish ships in the ocean when we did not have our own Fleet during the Revolutionary War. Edit. Since this comment has drawn so much drama I recant by saying I'm sorry if certain persons got offended that I said that the French helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. I'm not even sure if the comment I responded to was true in saying that the French think they are still a Superpower solely to themselves.
@@SilvanaDil No but we shouldn't forget something that happened less than 300 years ago and which helped our Nation form. Unless you want to get rid of American History altogether
That's very true and people tend to forget .... In Kentucky and there are plenty of reminders, Louisville, after king Louie..lots of things named Lafayette (schools libraries) There are towns named Paris Versailles etc. When I arrive here I asked the rednecks why they all hated france... because everything here is named after French things lol.
From here in the US Thank u guys for ur support makes me happy that we can help our awesome allies and make them feel safe so we can all live free lives🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
About the military parades in Russia, China, and North Korea. A military historian told me that it’s not about showing the world your weapons. They do it to control their own people. It’s all about showing how strong the ruling party is and that you better just fall in line. Don’t protest and don’t go against it. It also is there to give their citizens a false sense of how powerful their country is and it justifies the taxes and hardship most of their citizens have.
Actually the UK NHS is the 9th largest employer in the world. 1. US Dept of Defense 2. China People's Liberation Army 3. Amazon 4. China Railway 5. Russia Ministry of Defense 6. China Public Security Ministry 7. McDonalds 8. India Military 9. UK NHS
Btw when I was in Navy. We can take free flights with military transports. Like I move to Houston in 2007 from NJ. If I wanted to fly to NJ. A military flight would have to be going to Lakehurst naval base from here
The United States biggest and most important weapon is its relationships that it has spent the last 80 years nurturing. The alliances and relationships that we have developed are by far our most powerful weapon. Just like you said big brother in the yard will protect you, yes this is true we are totally there for you. But likewise you are there for us. It's mutually beneficial, the united states never fights alone.
Nope money if not for the money to help prop up good and bad regime’s america would be vulnerable there’s a reason america gives more foreign aid in the world than anyone else.
The UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea is family. Everyone else is either a good friend, or shares the same interest geopolitically, or is a bad apple. As perhaps a myopic American, I don’t want any man or women serving our country to put their lives on the line protecting anyone outside the family. Others can have all the weapons and money, but not an American Serviceman’s life.
I spent the first 4.5 years of my 8 year US Navy service in an expeditionary squadron. I can't tell you how many times I flew cargo on a C-17. Oddly, I miss it sometimes....
My college roommate was a Green Beret before going back to school. He told me stories of going to Naples and playing volleyball with his Army buddies against the Seals. No idea who won, but he said there were usually a couple bloody noses by the end from guys spiking it extra hard.
I remember, a few months following the 9/11 attacks, going to the Atlanta airport on my way to Germany. The amount of military personnel they had crammed into that enormous place was mind boggling.
I remember living overseas and taking space A flights. I'm not in the military I'm a dependent and I recently moved back from Bahrain. The flights weren't bad, but it was long over 25 hours, and 2 layovers. I also lived in Naples Italy and that park which was Carney park was where I would play MWR sports and take trips with my family where they had Cabins, it was a fun time.
This is an honest curiosity, how was the security procedure during those flights? I can see stringent security for obvious reasons but I can also see most people have been cleared through a military base and have some sort of relationship with military personnel so more relaxed. If you ever read this it would good to know lol, Cheers!
@@ronaldmcboggled9855 To board? They weren't too bad. General security metal detectors etc. They would do something called role call which is where they will call each class, so for example emergency leave, family members flying with service members, I can't recall the others, but space A was at the bottom. The flights themselves were relaxed, and like any typical airliner. And they were extremely cheap. They showed movies, gave us food, etc. The actual security around the airport was very strict, but you couldn't get on without I.D.
If you recall from the American Revolution video, the concept of the “Minutemen” is very much part of the American self-definition. The concept is essential to understanding our military culture.
I used to work for Military Sealift Command. The ships are crewed primarily by DOD employed Merchant Mariners that are civilians. I did that from 90-97. Later in the 2000's I worked on the Ready Reserve fleet ships that supported OIF and OEF. You need to do a episode on the U.S. Merchant Marine. Not a single conflict since WW I, would have been accomplished without us.
In the US military, you are obligated for 8 years. I enlisted for 3 years active duty Army, and when my enlistment was done, I enlisted in the National Guard for a year, and when I thought I was going to get out, I was deployed to Iraq for a year.
Hey guys love watching these military vids, as I've mentioned I'm a vet and always in awe myself of the amazing stuff we come up with. The modularity and compartmentalized resource/logistics system is just one of the most amazing piece of logistics in the world and you can sort of see it in action now as we support Ukraine. Much of what they are being provided has been in Europe for years!
The DOD also operates a hotel on the grounds of Walt Disney World named Shades of Green. The resort is only open to current and retired military personnel.
It’s about half price but let’s you know how much it costs to stay at Disney. $209 a night and 12% discount tickets to most Orlando parks for retired or reservists. I think they had a budget room for $169 but only for full time. Rank discounts a little. They allow reservists to go Jan and Sept. I think I also saw something about foreign militaries too. Shades of Green was Disney’s golf resort before the DOD bought it, so I assume Disney took the opportunity to repurpose the golf courses.
These guys are who I flew with to get to Saudi in 1991 for the Gulf War. I was a Water Filtration Specialist in the National Guard and I was supposed to get out two weeks after we shipped out. I was stop-lossed for 14 months so there went my dream job. I wouldn't have changed it for anything in the world though. The only thing I would have changed is we ended up at Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt with a busted plane so we got to sleep in a hanger that was being used for storage. Our bastard wing-wiper brothers had a great time telling us to not worry about the freight stored because if had to use it we wouldn't know. We slept in s hanger where they were storing 30,000 body bags since everyone thought Iraq had such a great Army that those were our expected casualty numbers. Happily losses were extremely low with most coming from accidents.
Americans are hoping in the future we will be sharing the global security responsibilities more with our allies and therefore can reduce our military spending. So if it reaches 1 trillion dollars, thats a bad sign.
@@mabutoo There's so much money being made in bloated defense contracts that 1 trillion is inevitable. Meanwhile the #1 cause of American bankruptcy is because of unpaid medical bills. Interesting priorities this country has...
@mabutoo It will make no difference whether other countries increase their participation in global security or not, the defense budget will hit 1 trillion soon. If you are talking about individuals, there are many programs to help individuals with medical bills that no one should go bankrupt because of them.
@@kokomo9764 64% of all personal bankruptcies are due to unpaid medical bills. People complain about the concept of student loan "forgiveness" even though there is more student loan outstanding debt than credit card debt, and it's not something you can erase with bankruptcy. Why does tuition rise 3x higher than the cost of inflation? So yeah, it's annoying when people think it's okay to just incrase the defense budget by another 80 billion.
U.S. General officer in the first Gulf War "I'm not sure I understand what all of this Logistics stuff is.... but I know I want some of it!" Fuel for the mechanized units is a limiting factor. For Theater-level supply there is also an Offshore Petroleum Distribution System that is offshore with undersea pipeline and a ship that comes alongside tankers to take the petroleum and pump it ashore. When it comes ashore it mates to the Inland Petroleum Distribution System for bulk fuel that uses portable pipe, pump stations and large fabric tanks to receive, store, and distribute fuel with a throughput of about 720,000 gallons/day. That is just a little more than is planned usage for a U.S. Armored Division @ 600,000 gallons/day. Some IPDS is pre-positioned in those fixed locations, and some on the sea in the pre-positioning ships. During the same first Gulf War where the General wanted the logistics - he got it. The IPDS was directly connected to Saudi fuel terminals ashore to then move fuel inland that supplied the large, armored sweep through the desert. No OPDS was needed.
I retired in 2020 after 48 years of serving as a USAF logistician. My last position was working for the UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND at Scott AFB. Logistics is the backbone of the US military. This old dog can bite if hit.
35:50 usa looks at stealth cruise missile, looks at russia china supersonic missiles... "ooooh, yall just wanna see a fast one, hold on im gonna finish this, then show you how to supersonic a missile."
Here in Houston when I stayed the hotel before leaving for deployment to bootcamp and job. We had one whole section of a Hilton to ourselves. Workout room, full cooked food for us, entertainment room with video games and movies, and our own hotel rooms. Or atleast for me when I went to Navy. They gave me my own room. And we had a pool to ourselves. The hotel is across from where the Houston Texans play
Daz, you already are on our side. Lol. So I wouldn’t too much sweat it. Also, when I was in the army we used to say it takes about six people to support one soldier, when you look at it from a logistical standpoint.
I have been to many of the sites mentioned. The oil rig looking thing is an early warning radar system. That is towed to a location. The Ramstien hotel is amazing.
In 1990, Desert Shield/Storm, my Marine Corps reserve squadron was activated. Orders issued on one day the following morning we were all on base packing up. Then the next day we loaded all of our 21 AH1J Cobra helicopters, spare parts, tools, personal gear and 170 personnel aboard three C-5 Galaxies. And landed on the fourth day in Saudi Arabia. How cool is that 7 combat ready helicopters in each of three airplanes. No disassembly at all, just roll out and ready to fly.
Hello Blokes! I just ordered a sweatshirt from you and I'm very excited to get it...Christmas gift to myself! 😁 I have everyone else in my family covered so now I get to rep the Office Blokes in Northern Wisconsin!! Thank you for awesome content as always! Cheers gentlemen! Also the hotel in Germany is also for families of critically injured servicemen that happened overseas. It gives them a huge boost of morale since some service personnel have devastating injuries that require months long recuperation before they can be airlifted to the US.
1/8th is not 5%. Russia just annexed 11 trillion in resources and property and UA is in shithole for at least 30 years. 25 million people without power and no future. Losing up to 1000 soldiers a day. Dummy.
I also think it worth mentioning how many armed civilians there are in the U.S. Former military people, hunters, police, and folks in urban areas that stay strapped.
My house is directly in line to the approach of a base that has the C5 Galaxy, and during the early days of the first gulf War one flew over ever twenty minutes day and night for Months.
Department of Defense is the "World's largest employer." meaning all government positions of the DoD, all military personnel of all branches, and all contracted agencies and all of those employees that work for the DoD, etc. It didn't just mean the military itself. There's even some overlap between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs which if that's included, that's a whole other set of employed workers.
The US military along with its allies developed this and other force multipliers assume our adversaries were going to outnumber us. You are touching on one of the more overlooked force multipliers we use. Speed and mobility, when we say we can put a brigade anywhere in the world in a matter of hours; this is how.
An insane amount of what puts the US military where it is is decades of preparation and forethought to try and get out ahead of as many logistical issues as possible so day of things just work. This isn't something any other country can just do... it takes years and years to set this sort of thing up. And yeah, a lot of it is lessons learned. Every time we do something, the debrief after looks for how it could have been done better, and some times that includes how prep could have been better, so everything gets updated as needed.
Something that is probably well known in seaport services companies and traditional merchant marine is that the use of seatainers is a development of the US Navy after researching shipping and force maintenance overseas. Of course the Army immediately adopted the system for its applicability to air, land, sea transport to backstop its forward placement of combat equipment sets throughout the world .
There are similar quotes but "Infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars.” by Army General John J. Pershing is the prime example of US military strategy. The War in Ukraine has only further reinforced that idea.
There’s this channel on RUclips that interview North Korean soldiers that have defected to South Korea. It’s really interesting, they talk about the truth and the things they had to go through, how their president really is like. It’s just so sad to hear them talk about it, one thing I remember is one of the soldiers talked about stealing a generals dog to feed the guys that he was out in the field with during training because they were all dying from hunger. It broke my heart, they are treated like trash, especially by the person and country they are supposed to be protecting. They look at American Military videos and to see the amazement on their faces is really cool to see. None of these things they have even seen before, they talk about how they grew up learning to hate Americans, when they would go outside at school, they were handed knives, they had to hit and stab tires or manikins with American faces on them. That’s the “game” they would play. One video shows them opening gifts that Americans and American military had sent them because they watched them on the channel. They cried, it was very heart touching.
I work for a company which is a contractor/vendor for military bases around the world. We have permission to us the "$3800 stamp". We give a logistics company up to $3800 to get a part or software to a base overnight by whatever means it takes. It may leave at 1700 with guaranteed arrival by 0800 thousands of miles away. It might be a drive, fly, drive combination and sometimes means sending one dude in a small truck with just the one part, driving all night. If any important system is down because of the part, we get it there period...no excuses. Bases need hundreds of thousands of spare parts so it's never possible to stockpile all of them.
15:57 You are referring to the Berlin Airlift (June 1948-May 1949)- when the Soviets blockaded West Berlin the USb and Britian airlifted supplies 24/7 to Berlin until the Soviets finally gave up on their blockade. This is what kept the West Germans alive. Total amount of supplies delivered: the USAF delivered 1,783,573 tons and the RAF 541,937 tons, totalling 2,326,406 tons, with total flying miles of 92,000,000 or the distance to the sun.
Yes. When most Americans leave the military, they are put on inactive-reserve for 4 years. You don't have to go to meetings or anything, but if the crud hits the fan, you know you're getting recalled before they start up the draft. Even after the 4 years expire, if the needs is great enough, you can still be recalled to active duty with a Presidential order.
My family is a military family. We send express boxes to mlitary men and women who serve in foreign lands (not always bases). Usually they ask us for footballs, baseballs, gloves, etc. During the supply chain problems the last 2 years the requests changed to necessities instead of wants. They requested raxor blades, deoderant, toothpaste, socks, etc. It was so sad that we have been sending about $600/mo to these men and women (not counting $25/box shipping).
When you sign up for the military, you technically sign for 8 years, although most services are 3-5 years active. The leftover time is considered 'inactive reserve' meaning you can be called back at any time during this period.
NATO countries agreed to spend 2% of their GDP on the military (the US was spending around 4%), however not until Trump call them out on it did the EU countries start to increase their spending, as most members only had been allocating 0.9-1.5% for years. If I remember correctly only 3 counties spent the agreed amount, neither Germany nor France funded at the 2%.
If you dig you will see that Geramany will make the 2% soon. The challenge is that the USA does NOT elect the leaders in other nations. So when we say 2% the people in charge in other NATYO nations know they have to make cuts in other programs. Ask the Blokes what happened in UK when education cut backs were made? When NHS funding was atacked? In both cases protecting defense spending was a driving factor.
@@MrDportjoe the world would like to be safe but expects the USA to foot the bill, then complain that America is too involved in the world. And if America is not involved they complain that America is not doing enough... Schizophrenic world.
@@EdwardLewis-xs5xr Well going back to end of the 1970's it was ore a case of being sick and tired of the American government trying to dictate local policies. In the case of Germany it was also a case of being over whelmed by the bad behavior of too many of the soldiers I served with. I mean in mid 1978 everyone not on border patrol was restricted to post after a GI was sentenced by court martial to death for raping and murdering the German wife of an American warrant officer. There were massive street parties in support of the sentence and a strong demand that more of the same be meted out. Seems that rape and murder of German NOT married to a service man tended to result in lighter sentences. That said look at % of US GDP spent on education vs Germany and then ask why our schools suck.
@@MrDportjoe I mean our universities are better. And the only reason they are more expensive is the same reason the military is more expensive - the PPP funding model with insufficient controls and intermediaries. Then again shit sometimes can get done here that'd take years to mete through in Germany. I had a prof from Germany and everything in his international political econ class that he spun as "systems work differently" was like "yeah - but like we could take 60% of what Germany did here and fix all our problems and not have theirs that we don't like..." Also as far as policing American's committing crimes while abroad that was a big concern in Japan too for a while, I'm sure it still is to an extent, but we'd made progress on that front in the last 15 years til Trump noticed and wanted to fuck it up so long as he paid attention. Our crimes are now generally grand operationally dictated ones.
9:37 thats how we moved the majority of our ground forces for Desert Storm in 1991. TWA and other airlines chartered our ground units to Saudi Arabia, etc.
All volunteer force! You’re absolutely right about the huge difference in mentality between people that want to serve, and those forced to serve! I actually volunteered twice! I volunteered to serve in the Navy, and a few seconds later I volunteered to serve on submarines! Because of the conditions and constant danger, no one can be forced into submarine duty, you have to volunteer. I’m speaking of the US Navy. I do not know if it’s the same for other navies.
My Brother David John (DJ) Wright was a 747 Pilot for Pan Am and then Atlas Air Freight and many of His flights to bring Military Personnel too and from Middle East / United States. Pan Am and ATLAS Air Freight were A Major Mobility Carrier for the D.O.D.
Another operation all this is the protection of the mainland. The absolute scale of options is immense. For example, the US interstate system is a transit system the covers much of the commercial need of the country but during a mainland war, it gains a HUGE system of small immediate runways. On top of this, at most if not all major airports in the US have an on-staff Air Force Control Officer who, at a moment's notice, is tasked with grabbing all control of the skies in that region. His/Her word becomes absolute in the movement of aircraft. For example, the Air Control Officer at Memphis, TN, is immediately authorized to take control of all aircraft at that airport... as well, he also gains immediate authorization over the absolutely monstrous FedEx flight system, which includes freight carriers, aircraft, and even TNT logistics. The 5 story sorting system in the hub, the organizational system in the city, all of that, immediately gets mobilized under the control of one officer who takes direct orders from Air Force Command and starts it's job sorting, shipping, and only working for military goals.
hooyah TRANSCOM!! But the hilarious thing for folks in the Navy is that few of us have any idea that this is a thing; the fact that Redcoats are introducing the information to our own soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardsmen and guardians is.....somewhat ironic.
At 27:22, the video zooms in on an island in the Indian Ocean. That's the British overseas territory of Diego Garcia. I had assumed it's been British territory since at least the late 1800s, when naval powers needed bases worldwide for ships to refuel with coal. On the contrary, it wasn't until 1965, when it was purchased from Mauritius. One reason why the British bought it was likely that India was friendly with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Maybe it was done because the U.S. military wanted a base in that ocean. Apparently, the British and American military presence on the island is still a source of disagreement with India.
6:15, Ramstein in Miesenbach is where my Uncle served in the 80s. I'm pretty sure that it has changed now and looks more like an American Subarb surrounding it like an American City with all the Franchises and things familiar to us including Movie theaters.
My mother and father in law uses those airlines as he is retired USAF Col. Free travel oversees and then heavily discounted us Military resorts once abroad.
What that guy got wrong, is all our bigger ships, navy type are steam powered, just oil fired boilers, that turn steam turbines, our carriers and submarines are steam powered, as they are just nuclear fed boilers, which turn turbines…where civilian shipping is weird and just goes with huge, unwieldy, inefficient Diesel engines…that are stupidly expensive to maintain and make any new parts needed.
You need to see the C-5, nicknamed “FRED-ex,” boasts an impressive payload-carrying capacity of more than 130 tons, the largest in the U.S. Air Force's inventory. To put that figure into perspective, the C-5 can hold six Apache helicopters or multiple Abrams tanks with nary a hiccup.
It's happening right now you don't think that if Russia was by some miracle to beat Ukraine that they would stop there he's already said his ambition is to restore the old soviet union and he's making noise about talking some NATO members like Turkey witch would bring us into it cause one of our biggest bases in that part of the world is in Turkey 🇹🇷
It is often thought that NATO is meant to guard only against Russian aggression in Europe, and this is partially true but it also had another purpose as well, to keep all the European countries from fighting with each other as well. The history of war in Europe is long and troubling going back for millenia with seldom more than 50 years going by without a major conflict between a few of the regions countries. When NATO was conceived the idea that a mutual defense treaty could have the dual effect of keeping NATO members themselves from becoming aggressive with each other and keep the USSR/Russia from being too aggressive was well in mind. We can see the potential for this type of internal conflict in the current territorial water hostilities between Greece and Turkey that is often lost in the noise of the Ukraine War where Greek patrol boats have actually opened fire on Turkish civilian fishing boats that by treaty are supposed to have free passage through the waters off Turkey's western coast. With both being NATO members, the other member nations are forced to quietly step in and make sure no further hostilities result in another war in the region and that negotiations resolve any perceived disagreements in the region.
Military logistics use AI and very refined algorithms to plan. We will need 82 of this part this year, average of 7 in January, 11 in February. They then make those numbers 9 and 13 just to cover for any standard deviation from the prediction model. In some cases, remote diagnostic systems can predict failures such as "there is a 92% chance of engine failure due to oil loss and low pressure within 11.2 days". A engine replacement or fix with all needed parts is ordered as soon the remote predictions sounds the alarm. Fixing stuff before failure is now possible as some of the systems and subsystems are very carefully studied.
15:20 and thats why the second amendment exists, to prevent that from happening at home. "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
That is not why the second amendment still exists. For starters, we have no "well-regulated militia," only a bunch of untrained, unorganized, and undisciplined gun nuts. Secondly, if you think these people would have any effect whatsoever on a theoretical dictatorship that decides to bear arms against its own people, you're in for a very rude awakening. A ragtag mass of civilians armed with some basic semi-auto weaponry isn't bringing down the US military. A coalition of the world's foreign militaries would not be able to bring down the US military on its own soil, so what on Earth makes anyone think the Gravy Seals will? It's a completely laughable proposition. You'd be swatted like flies. This is why it's so important who you vote into power. Once you give a fascist megalomaniac the reigns, you may not ever get them back.
All attacking one of our foreword bases would do ,would only delay our response not stop it we could put a couple aircraft carriers and 2 or 3 Marine Expeditionary forces and all their equipment on your doorstep in less than 3 week anywhere in the world
Yeah he's right about our reserved Force and the thing is now we're just off of 20 straight years of war are entire Reserve forces combat veterans so we've got one end we've got one thing that the rest of the world mostly doesn't have and no matter how much money you spend you cannot buy and that's battle hardened troops meet our biggest competitors China right now and they haven't been to war since before World War II when they were fighting the Japanese , cuz no matter what somebody tells you the first time somebody shoots at you in Anger it'll flat rattle most people
The answer to your question, whether or not other countries have this type of transportation, I reckon the US shares this transport capability with its allies like the UK etc. And jeez the US military really thinks ahead. I mean this level of strategy is very foreign to countries like Russia as we have been seeing during the Ukraine war. Also you are correct in what you said about hypersonic weapons, the US has been testing hypersonic weapons for decades.
Keep in mind that both countries are democracies and react to the will of THEIR voters/citizens not the will of the USA. Canada is spent 1.36% of GDP on defense fiscal year 21-22, going up to 1.43% for 24-25 and in August of this year they added 8 billion$ Canadian to defense budget. Germany is currently at 1.4% of GDP with a new budget lifting it above 2%. The challenge is what other things do you ask your people to do without to meet those goals? Do you cut back on the 11% spent on education? The USA spend 4.6% on education while the average for developed nations is 5.59% (and folks wonder why our system is faltering.
Majority of the US troops provide support like these fellow troops. Not everyone sees combat. There are lots of roles in the US military. They have to make sure year round we're ready to go any minute notice. Also, a lot of US companies will help support during wartime. That's how my mom learned to weld cause while the men were off fighting a lot of women went to work in the factories help producing the support they needed.
Yes some want to enlist but then again Vietnam War they were Drafted n my cousin didn't want to shoot a gun. He was a POW for 2 years n was teated like shit beaten, all the time not much food or hygiene products. He went thru Hell
Probably not related scenarios but i get your point. But we both know even if we cut the budget in half (bare bones) the extra money would never be used for healthcare. Politicians would find a way to light it on fire like they do with every major spending bill. Just like the Inflation Reduction Act which was around 1 trillion i believe. But 300 Billion of that is going towards environmental climate change scams. Its just lit on fire and wasted
"Amateurs talk Strategy, Professionals talk logistics" - General Omar Bradley.
Omar is correct but he also had his issues with being a bit too slow.
Great thought on being trained vs being told in the military. Another point you all missed was the fact that both British and US military are 100% volunteers. We chose to be in the military
As a young soldier, I used to take an "Eagle" (regularly scheduled) flight from Frankfurt to Mildenhall (RAF) air force base. Travel around the UK on bus, train, hitch-hike, or rental car. Very good times, enjoyed UK culture and people a whole bunch, never forget their politeness, courtesy and kindness. Good memories.
Anyone who denigrates the US military has never seen/experienced the efficient movement/management of tens of thousands of troops, thousands of vehicles, thousands of tons of fuel and equipment, thousands of tons of food, munitions, and repair parts. It is truely mind boggling when you see it happening. A very well earned salute to every soldier, sailor, Marine, Air Forceman and Coast Guard man. Well done! Thank you!
Great assessment gentleman. And thank you for sharing your wisdom and input 👍🏻👍🏻
“We’re the big brother.” Lol! I’ve always couched the relationship between Britain and America as that of father and son. The son grew up, rebelled and separated from his father, but the two remain close like family in the other side of it. As the father gets older, the son steps up to protect the family. Because no matter the past conflicts, we do remember where we came from.
the US DOD is the largest employer in the world, the 2nd is Walmart and the 8th is the NHS
After the Navy. I got a security Job at Bush Airport here in Houston also known as IAH. I did ground security for international flights so I searched cargo bays and perimeters under the KLM, Air France mainly for myself for cargo and passenger, British airways, emeritus, Qatar, and last year and half of my job was Lufthansa and Turkish airlines. I would see government contractors on Qatar alot. Their rifles being shipped and everything for middle east. I did that job from 2020 till last November of 2023. Coolest job I had after the Navy. Seeing planes up close.
A piece of Trivia: The Commanding General of the Union Forces besieging the capital of the Confederacy (During the Civil War in 1865) was a Quarter Master during the USA's War with Mexico (1840's). As such he learned a very valuable lesson. An army (as Napolean once said) "marches on its stomach". His first move in locking down Richmond was to go around to the south of the city, to a town called Petersburg. The railroad tracks that allowed trains to bring food and supplies to Richmond was there. He promptly took control of those tracks and shut down ANY resupply to that besieged City. The siege lasted for some time, but eventually the Confederate Army HAD to abandon the City and flee to the West. Shortly, thereafter, tired and VERY HUNGRY the Confederate Army under General Lee was FORCED to surrender. An act that essentially ended the Civil War.
So the ability of ANY military force to supply and RE-supply its forces in the field may very well mean the difference between winning and losing. Grant knew that. The current Military officials in Washington know that.
I was in the 75th ranger regiment and our "bread and butter" is airfield seizures. In the case of a big war or if an airfield needs to be seized, a battalion of rangers will jump in and take it. We are told to hold it until logistics and reinforcements come to build the forward base then we will use that hub to go raid other targets.
Old saying of infantry wins you the battle but logistics wins you the war.
...really puts into perspective how shittty the Russian armed forces are...they can't even muster enough logistics to supply their own soldiers with toilet paper let alone food in a neighboring country..
Rangers lead the way 🪂
@@wakawaka5131 exactly, they're too stuck on the use of railways internally so they have no idea how to supply their men outside of their own borders. A friend was asking me about comparisons now that we've seen how russia performs and I explained that we have service members stationed and living around the world that never have to worry about toilet paper, hot chow and basic living materials. Light years ahead in terms of logistics
@@mrstmag1853 lol gotta have beans bullets and WATER
Thank you for your service
Glad more information is being spread about how our military actually works. I used to get asked all the time "what plane did you fly?" whenever someone found out I was in the Air Force. The majority of our service members never see or directly engage in combat, but rather serve to support the ones that do go into combat. For example: there's over 60 active duty personnel in the USAF for every aircraft that we have. (Edit: granted, the Air Force does have some combat roles outside of just operating our aircraft. Don't want to leave them out, but even including security forces, PJ's, TACP, etc, it's still a small part of the overall force.)
This is obviously a more extreme level of support than the Army or Marines, but they have their own intense support networks of active duty personnel that won't ever engage in direct combat.
That's why I only say "thank you for your service" to those who have seen combat or similar (for example the support that you've mentioned)
@@SilverFang95 Honestly thought about leaving my comment off to avoid any thanks or looking like I was trying to get some. I worked in hospitals and the military gave me more than it asked from me.
I'm thankful for more people having kind thoughts towards vets than hateful ones, but it's like...I have friends that paid a price (or are still paying it)...they're the ones that deserve respect. At the same time, they're also the ones that recognize what I did and tell me to get off my ass and stand with them at events recognizing veterans, so I do it for them.
@@L77045 all I have to say is...respect💜
Logistics wins wars.
@@InlandOne Don't know how common it was, but where I spent time the only people on swing/rotating/night shifts were medical and security forces. So it always seemed like there were a lot of you guys to me, but wasn't sure if that was just because you were the only other ones that seemed to have crazy shifts like I did so we could hang out.
Our veterans don't get anywhere near enough the support they deserve after they leave the service so I'm glad for this.
The most prohibitive part of international travel for Americans is the price of the flight.
Being able to get to Europe for free with some luck and managing means you get to go to more places and do more things throughout your life.
France still thinks of itself as an independent superpower. Americans laugh. Brits laugh. The EU laughs. ...
Without France there would be no American superpower though. It was not our Minuteman that sank those Brittish ships in the ocean when we did not have our own Fleet during the Revolutionary War.
Edit. Since this comment has drawn so much drama I recant by saying I'm sorry if certain persons got offended that I said that the French helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. I'm not even sure if the comment I responded to was true in saying that the French think they are still a Superpower solely to themselves.
@@halicarnassus8235 - Should we go back to when humans first made fire and the wheel?
@@SilvanaDil No but we shouldn't forget something that happened less than 300 years ago and which helped our Nation form. Unless you want to get rid of American History altogether
That's very true and people tend to forget .... In Kentucky and there are plenty of reminders, Louisville, after king Louie..lots of things named Lafayette (schools libraries) There are towns named Paris Versailles etc.
When I arrive here I asked the rednecks why they all hated france... because everything here is named after French things lol.
@@halicarnassus8235 What does that have to do with the state of France now?
From here in the US Thank u guys for ur support makes me happy that we can help our awesome allies and make them feel safe so we can all live free lives🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
About the military parades in Russia, China, and North Korea. A military historian told me that it’s not about showing the world your weapons. They do it to control their own people. It’s all about showing how strong the ruling party is and that you better just fall in line. Don’t protest and don’t go against it. It also is there to give their citizens a false sense of how powerful their country is and it justifies the taxes and hardship most of their citizens have.
Actually the UK NHS is the 9th largest employer in the world.
1. US Dept of Defense
2. China People's Liberation Army
3. Amazon
4. China Railway
5. Russia Ministry of Defense
6. China Public Security Ministry
7. McDonalds
8. India Military
9. UK NHS
@@CLEO99087 Well you commented, so clearly YOU.
Mickey Ds. Jeez that’s sad
Btw when I was in Navy. We can take free flights with military transports. Like I move to Houston in 2007 from NJ. If I wanted to fly to NJ. A military flight would have to be going to Lakehurst naval base from here
The United States biggest and most important weapon is its relationships that it has spent the last 80 years nurturing. The alliances and relationships that we have developed are by far our most powerful weapon. Just like you said big brother in the yard will protect you, yes this is true we are totally there for you. But likewise you are there for us. It's mutually beneficial, the united states never fights alone.
Nope money if not for the money to help prop up good and bad regime’s america would be vulnerable there’s a reason america gives more foreign aid in the world than anyone else.
The UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea is family. Everyone else is either a good friend, or shares the same interest geopolitically, or is a bad apple. As perhaps a myopic American, I don’t want any man or women serving our country to put their lives on the line protecting anyone outside the family. Others can have all the weapons and money, but not an American Serviceman’s life.
@@johndombroski9067 You've got some time to get used to NATO then bruv
I spent the first 4.5 years of my 8 year US Navy service in an expeditionary squadron. I can't tell you how many times I flew cargo on a C-17. Oddly, I miss it sometimes....
My college roommate was a Green Beret before going back to school. He told me stories of going to Naples and playing volleyball with his Army buddies against the Seals. No idea who won, but he said there were usually a couple bloody noses by the end from guys spiking it extra hard.
I remember, a few months following the 9/11 attacks, going to the Atlanta airport on my way to Germany. The amount of military personnel they had crammed into that enormous place was mind boggling.
I remember living overseas and taking space A flights. I'm not in the military I'm a dependent and I recently moved back from Bahrain. The flights weren't bad, but it was long over 25 hours, and 2 layovers. I also lived in Naples Italy and that park which was Carney park was where I would play MWR sports and take trips with my family where they had Cabins, it was a fun time.
This is an honest curiosity, how was the security procedure during those flights? I can see stringent security for obvious reasons but I can also see most people have been cleared through a military base and have some sort of relationship with military personnel so more relaxed. If you ever read this it would good to know lol, Cheers!
@@ronaldmcboggled9855 To board? They weren't too bad. General security metal detectors etc. They would do something called role call which is where they will call each class, so for example emergency leave, family members flying with service members, I can't recall the others, but space A was at the bottom. The flights themselves were relaxed, and like any typical airliner. And they were extremely cheap. They showed movies, gave us food, etc. The actual security around the airport was very strict, but you couldn't get on without I.D.
@@huntersanschargrin3983 thanks for the reply!
If you recall from the American Revolution video, the concept of the “Minutemen” is very much part of the American self-definition. The concept is essential to understanding our military culture.
I used to work for Military Sealift Command. The ships are crewed primarily by DOD employed Merchant Mariners that are civilians. I did that from 90-97. Later in the 2000's I worked on the Ready Reserve fleet ships that supported OIF and OEF. You need to do a episode on the U.S. Merchant Marine. Not a single conflict since WW I, would have been accomplished without us.
Another one you may want to check out is the military hospital ships. The US has 2 and I think they are called mercy and comfort
In the US military, you are obligated for 8 years. I enlisted for 3 years active duty Army, and when my enlistment was done, I enlisted in the National Guard for a year, and when I thought I was going to get out, I was deployed to Iraq for a year.
Hey guys love watching these military vids, as I've mentioned I'm a vet and always in awe myself of the amazing stuff we come up with. The modularity and compartmentalized resource/logistics system is just one of the most amazing piece of logistics in the world and you can sort of see it in action now as we support Ukraine. Much of what they are being provided has been in Europe for years!
The DOD also operates a hotel on the grounds of Walt Disney World named Shades of Green. The resort is only open to current and retired military personnel.
It’s about half price but let’s you know how much it costs to stay at Disney. $209 a night and 12% discount tickets to most Orlando parks for retired or reservists. I think they had a budget room for $169 but only for full time. Rank discounts a little. They allow reservists to go Jan and Sept. I think I also saw something about foreign militaries too. Shades of Green was Disney’s golf resort before the DOD bought it, so I assume Disney took the opportunity to repurpose the golf courses.
@@bobdobb9017 the price is based on your ranking in the military with privates and other lower rank personnel paying less then an officer to stay.
You meant the Berlin Airlift. Operation Vittles. There's a lot of videos out there about it... Operation Little Vittles is a great story too.
many of the 3 million are civilian employees that do not count as military members.
These guys are who I flew with to get to Saudi in 1991 for the Gulf War. I was a Water Filtration Specialist in the National Guard and I was supposed to get out two weeks after we shipped out. I was stop-lossed for 14 months so there went my dream job. I wouldn't have changed it for anything in the world though.
The only thing I would have changed is we ended up at Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt with a busted plane so we got to sleep in a hanger that was being used for storage. Our bastard wing-wiper brothers had a great time telling us to not worry about the freight stored because if had to use it we wouldn't know. We slept in s hanger where they were storing 30,000 body bags since everyone thought Iraq had such a great Army that those were our expected casualty numbers. Happily losses were extremely low with most coming from accidents.
Yesterday, the 2023 defense budget of the US was announced. $858 Billion. I suspect that by 2025 it will exceed 1 Trillion dollars.
Americans are hoping in the future we will be sharing the global security responsibilities more with our allies and therefore can reduce our military spending. So if it reaches 1 trillion dollars, thats a bad sign.
@@mabutoo There's so much money being made in bloated defense contracts that 1 trillion is inevitable.
Meanwhile the #1 cause of American bankruptcy is because of unpaid medical bills. Interesting priorities this country has...
@mabutoo It will make no difference whether other countries increase their participation in global security or not, the defense budget will hit 1 trillion soon. If you are talking about individuals, there are many programs to help individuals with medical bills that no one should go bankrupt because of them.
@will What bankruptcy are you talking about? The US is not anywhere near bankrupt.
@@kokomo9764 64% of all personal bankruptcies are due to unpaid medical bills. People complain about the concept of student loan "forgiveness" even though there is more student loan outstanding debt than credit card debt, and it's not something you can erase with bankruptcy. Why does tuition rise 3x higher than the cost of inflation?
So yeah, it's annoying when people think it's okay to just incrase the defense budget by another 80 billion.
U.S. General officer in the first Gulf War "I'm not sure I understand what all of this Logistics stuff is.... but I know I want some of it!"
Fuel for the mechanized units is a limiting factor. For Theater-level supply there is also an Offshore Petroleum Distribution System that is offshore with undersea pipeline and a ship that comes alongside tankers to take the petroleum and pump it ashore. When it comes ashore it mates to the Inland Petroleum Distribution System for bulk fuel that uses portable pipe, pump stations and large fabric tanks to receive, store, and distribute fuel with a throughput of about 720,000 gallons/day. That is just a little more than is planned usage for a U.S. Armored Division @ 600,000 gallons/day. Some IPDS is pre-positioned in those fixed locations, and some on the sea in the pre-positioning ships. During the same first Gulf War where the General wanted the logistics - he got it. The IPDS was directly connected to Saudi fuel terminals ashore to then move fuel inland that supplied the large, armored sweep through the desert. No OPDS was needed.
I retired in 2020 after 48 years of serving as a USAF logistician. My last position was working for the UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND at Scott AFB. Logistics is the backbone of the US military. This old dog can bite if hit.
Very cool, I salute you good sir!
35:50 usa looks at stealth cruise missile, looks at russia china supersonic missiles... "ooooh, yall just wanna see a fast one, hold on im gonna finish this, then show you how to supersonic a missile."
Here in Houston when I stayed the hotel before leaving for deployment to bootcamp and job. We had one whole section of a Hilton to ourselves. Workout room, full cooked food for us, entertainment room with video games and movies, and our own hotel rooms. Or atleast for me when I went to Navy. They gave me my own room. And we had a pool to ourselves. The hotel is across from where the Houston Texans play
Daz, you already are on our side. Lol. So I wouldn’t too much sweat it. Also, when I was in the army we used to say it takes about six people to support one soldier, when you look at it from a logistical standpoint.
I have been to many of the sites mentioned. The oil rig looking thing is an early warning radar system. That is towed to a location. The Ramstien hotel is amazing.
In 1990, Desert Shield/Storm, my Marine Corps reserve squadron was activated. Orders issued on one day the following morning we were all on base packing up. Then the next day we loaded all of our 21 AH1J Cobra helicopters, spare parts, tools, personal gear and 170 personnel aboard three C-5 Galaxies. And landed on the fourth day in Saudi Arabia. How cool is that 7 combat ready helicopters in each of three airplanes. No disassembly at all, just roll out and ready to fly.
Hello Blokes! I just ordered a sweatshirt from you and I'm very excited to get it...Christmas gift to myself! 😁 I have everyone else in my family covered so now I get to rep the Office Blokes in Northern Wisconsin!! Thank you for awesome content as always! Cheers gentlemen! Also the hotel in Germany is also for families of critically injured servicemen that happened overseas. It gives them a huge boost of morale since some service personnel have devastating injuries that require months long recuperation before they can be airlifted to the US.
Go Pack go!!! My uncle is in Eagle River.
@@richardsbrandon5027 how awesome! Yes Go Pack Go! We have season tickets and go every chance we get! Have a Merry Christmas!
@@Sherlock4Sure :)))))
5% of the USA 2022 defense budget was spent on Ukraine. Slava Ukraine!
1/8th is not 5%. Russia just annexed 11 trillion in resources and property and UA is in shithole for at least 30 years. 25 million people without power and no future. Losing up to 1000 soldiers a day. Dummy.
I also think it worth mentioning how many armed civilians there are in the U.S. Former military people, hunters, police, and folks in urban areas that stay strapped.
We have air born units that's specialty is taking air ports and setting up air bases
My house is directly in line to the approach of a base that has the C5 Galaxy, and during the early days of the first gulf War one flew over ever twenty minutes day and night for Months.
Department of Defense is the "World's largest employer." meaning all government positions of the DoD, all military personnel of all branches, and all contracted agencies and all of those employees that work for the DoD, etc. It didn't just mean the military itself. There's even some overlap between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs which if that's included, that's a whole other set of employed workers.
even if we in the US had to do the draft again, we would with pride, during WW2 the draft was used to assign troops not to get volunteers.
The US military along with its allies developed this and other force multipliers assume our adversaries were going to outnumber us. You are touching on one of the more overlooked force multipliers we use. Speed and mobility, when we say we can put a brigade anywhere in the world in a matter of hours; this is how.
An insane amount of what puts the US military where it is is decades of preparation and forethought to try and get out ahead of as many logistical issues as possible so day of things just work. This isn't something any other country can just do... it takes years and years to set this sort of thing up. And yeah, a lot of it is lessons learned. Every time we do something, the debrief after looks for how it could have been done better, and some times that includes how prep could have been better, so everything gets updated as needed.
Something that is probably well known in seaport services companies and traditional merchant marine is that the use of seatainers is a development of the US Navy after researching shipping and force maintenance overseas. Of course the Army immediately adopted the system for its applicability to air, land, sea transport to backstop its forward placement of combat equipment sets throughout the world .
There are similar quotes but "Infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars.” by Army General John J. Pershing is the prime example of US military strategy. The War in Ukraine has only further reinforced that idea.
There’s this channel on RUclips that interview North Korean soldiers that have defected to South Korea. It’s really interesting, they talk about the truth and the things they had to go through, how their president really is like. It’s just so sad to hear them talk about it, one thing I remember is one of the soldiers talked about stealing a generals dog to feed the guys that he was out in the field with during training because they were all dying from hunger. It broke my heart, they are treated like trash, especially by the person and country they are supposed to be protecting. They look at American Military videos and to see the amazement on their faces is really cool to see. None of these things they have even seen before, they talk about how they grew up learning to hate Americans, when they would go outside at school, they were handed knives, they had to hit and stab tires or manikins with American faces on them. That’s the “game” they would play. One video shows them opening gifts that Americans and American military had sent them because they watched them on the channel. They cried, it was very heart touching.
I work for a company which is a contractor/vendor for military bases around the world. We have permission to us the "$3800 stamp". We give a logistics
company up to $3800 to get a part or software to a base overnight by whatever means it takes. It may leave at 1700 with guaranteed arrival by 0800 thousands of miles away. It might be a drive, fly, drive combination and sometimes means sending one dude in a small truck with just the one part, driving all night. If any important system is down because of the part, we get it there period...no excuses. Bases need hundreds of thousands of spare parts so it's never possible to stockpile all of them.
15:57 You are referring to the Berlin Airlift (June 1948-May 1949)- when the Soviets blockaded West Berlin the USb and Britian airlifted supplies 24/7 to Berlin until the Soviets finally gave up on their blockade. This is what kept the West Germans alive. Total amount of supplies delivered: the USAF delivered 1,783,573 tons and the RAF 541,937 tons, totalling 2,326,406 tons, with total flying miles of 92,000,000 or the distance to the sun.
Yes. When most Americans leave the military, they are put on inactive-reserve for 4 years. You don't have to go to meetings or anything, but if the crud hits the fan, you know you're getting recalled before they start up the draft.
Even after the 4 years expire, if the needs is great enough, you can still be recalled to active duty with a Presidential order.
My family is a military family. We send express boxes to mlitary men and women who serve in foreign lands (not always bases). Usually they ask us for footballs, baseballs, gloves, etc. During the supply chain problems the last 2 years the requests changed to necessities instead of wants. They requested raxor blades, deoderant, toothpaste, socks, etc. It was so sad that we have been sending about $600/mo to these men and women (not counting $25/box shipping).
When you sign up for the military, you technically sign for 8 years, although most services are 3-5 years active. The leftover time is considered 'inactive reserve' meaning you can be called back at any time during this period.
And it can happen.
A few thousand 19k (myself included) were called back up in the first Gulf War.
NATO countries agreed to spend 2% of their GDP on the military (the US was spending around 4%), however not until Trump call them out on it did the EU countries start to increase their spending, as most members only had been allocating 0.9-1.5% for years. If I remember correctly only 3 counties spent the agreed amount, neither Germany nor France funded at the 2%.
If you dig you will see that Geramany will make the 2% soon. The challenge is that the USA does NOT elect the leaders in other nations. So when we say 2% the people in charge in other NATYO nations know they have to make cuts in other programs. Ask the Blokes what happened in UK when education cut backs were made? When NHS funding was atacked? In both cases protecting defense spending was a driving factor.
@@MrDportjoe the world would like to be safe but expects the USA to foot the bill, then complain that America is too involved in the world. And if America is not involved they complain that America is not doing enough... Schizophrenic world.
@@EdwardLewis-xs5xr Well going back to end of the 1970's it was ore a case of being sick and tired of the American government trying to dictate local policies. In the case of Germany it was also a case of being over whelmed by the bad behavior of too many of the soldiers I served with. I mean in mid 1978 everyone not on border patrol was restricted to post after a GI was sentenced by court martial to death for raping and murdering the German wife of an American warrant officer. There were massive street parties in support of the sentence and a strong demand that more of the same be meted out. Seems that rape and murder of German NOT married to a service man tended to result in lighter sentences. That said look at % of US GDP spent on education vs Germany and then ask why our schools suck.
@@MrDportjoe I mean our universities are better. And the only reason they are more expensive is the same reason the military is more expensive - the PPP funding model with insufficient controls and intermediaries. Then again shit sometimes can get done here that'd take years to mete through in Germany. I had a prof from Germany and everything in his international political econ class that he spun as "systems work differently" was like "yeah - but like we could take 60% of what Germany did here and fix all our problems and not have theirs that we don't like..." Also as far as policing American's committing crimes while abroad that was a big concern in Japan too for a while, I'm sure it still is to an extent, but we'd made progress on that front in the last 15 years til Trump noticed and wanted to fuck it up so long as he paid attention. Our crimes are now generally grand operationally dictated ones.
9:37 thats how we moved the majority of our ground forces for Desert Storm in 1991. TWA and other airlines chartered our ground units to Saudi Arabia, etc.
All volunteer force! You’re absolutely right about the huge difference in mentality between people that want to serve, and those forced to serve! I actually volunteered twice! I volunteered to serve in the Navy, and a few seconds later I volunteered to serve on submarines! Because of the conditions and constant danger, no one can be forced into submarine duty, you have to volunteer. I’m speaking of the US Navy. I do not know if it’s the same for other navies.
My Brother David John (DJ) Wright was a 747 Pilot for Pan Am and then Atlas Air Freight and many of His flights to bring Military Personnel too and from Middle East / United States. Pan Am and ATLAS Air Freight were A Major Mobility Carrier for the D.O.D.
Another operation all this is the protection of the mainland. The absolute scale of options is immense. For example, the US interstate system is a transit system the covers much of the commercial need of the country but during a mainland war, it gains a HUGE system of small immediate runways. On top of this, at most if not all major airports in the US have an on-staff Air Force Control Officer who, at a moment's notice, is tasked with grabbing all control of the skies in that region. His/Her word becomes absolute in the movement of aircraft. For example, the Air Control Officer at Memphis, TN, is immediately authorized to take control of all aircraft at that airport... as well, he also gains immediate authorization over the absolutely monstrous FedEx flight system, which includes freight carriers, aircraft, and even TNT logistics. The 5 story sorting system in the hub, the organizational system in the city, all of that, immediately gets mobilized under the control of one officer who takes direct orders from Air Force Command and starts it's job sorting, shipping, and only working for military goals.
hooyah TRANSCOM!! But the hilarious thing for folks in the Navy is that few of us have any idea that this is a thing; the fact that Redcoats are introducing the information to our own soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardsmen and guardians is.....somewhat ironic.
I know some marines and stuff, and when they play paintball, it gets pretty intense
The US treats its troops awesome while your serving. But you end up homeless and on the street when you get out
At 27:22, the video zooms in on an island in the Indian Ocean. That's the British overseas territory of Diego Garcia. I had assumed it's been British territory since at least the late 1800s, when naval powers needed bases worldwide for ships to refuel with coal. On the contrary, it wasn't until 1965, when it was purchased from Mauritius. One reason why the British bought it was likely that India was friendly with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Maybe it was done because the U.S. military wanted a base in that ocean. Apparently, the British and American military presence on the island is still a source of disagreement with India.
We even have module McDonald's now.
3:28 when I went to boot camp I was flown out of BWI, massive military hub there
6:15, Ramstein in Miesenbach is where my Uncle served in the 80s. I'm pretty sure that it has changed now and looks more like an American Subarb surrounding it like an American City with all the Franchises and things familiar to us including Movie theaters.
My mother and father in law uses those airlines as he is retired USAF Col. Free travel oversees and then heavily discounted us Military resorts once abroad.
How big is the discount?
What that guy got wrong, is all our bigger ships, navy type are steam powered, just oil fired boilers, that turn steam turbines, our carriers and submarines are steam powered, as they are just nuclear fed boilers, which turn turbines…where civilian shipping is weird and just goes with huge, unwieldy, inefficient Diesel engines…that are stupidly expensive to maintain and make any new parts needed.
The deal in Berlin look-up the candy bomber
You need to see the C-5, nicknamed “FRED-ex,” boasts an impressive payload-carrying capacity of more than 130 tons, the largest in the U.S. Air Force's inventory. To put that figure into perspective, the C-5 can hold six Apache helicopters or multiple Abrams tanks with nary a hiccup.
It's happening right now you don't think that if Russia was by some miracle to beat Ukraine that they would stop there he's already said his ambition is to restore the old soviet union and he's making noise about talking some NATO members like Turkey witch would bring us into it cause one of our biggest bases in that part of the world is in Turkey 🇹🇷
It is often thought that NATO is meant to guard only against Russian aggression in Europe, and this is partially true but it also had another purpose as well, to keep all the European countries from fighting with each other as well. The history of war in Europe is long and troubling going back for millenia with seldom more than 50 years going by without a major conflict between a few of the regions countries. When NATO was conceived the idea that a mutual defense treaty could have the dual effect of keeping NATO members themselves from becoming aggressive with each other and keep the USSR/Russia from being too aggressive was well in mind.
We can see the potential for this type of internal conflict in the current territorial water hostilities between Greece and Turkey that is often lost in the noise of the Ukraine War where Greek patrol boats have actually opened fire on Turkish civilian fishing boats that by treaty are supposed to have free passage through the waters off Turkey's western coast. With both being NATO members, the other member nations are forced to quietly step in and make sure no further hostilities result in another war in the region and that negotiations resolve any perceived disagreements in the region.
Military logistics use AI and very refined algorithms to plan. We will need 82 of this part this year, average of 7 in January, 11 in February. They then make those numbers 9 and 13 just to cover for any standard deviation from the prediction model. In some cases, remote diagnostic systems can predict failures such as "there is a 92% chance of engine failure due to oil loss and low pressure within 11.2 days". A engine replacement or fix with all needed parts is ordered as soon the remote predictions sounds the alarm. Fixing stuff before failure is now possible as some of the systems and subsystems are very carefully studied.
Has America done a military parade since WW2?
Good insight nailed it
Spent 4 months in Kuwait with 3ID(Rock of the Marne) before going into Iraq March 21, 2003. Kuwait is a hub, stationary country for Middle East issues
15:20 and thats why the second amendment exists, to prevent that from happening at home. "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
That is not why the second amendment still exists. For starters, we have no "well-regulated militia," only a bunch of untrained, unorganized, and undisciplined gun nuts. Secondly, if you think these people would have any effect whatsoever on a theoretical dictatorship that decides to bear arms against its own people, you're in for a very rude awakening. A ragtag mass of civilians armed with some basic semi-auto weaponry isn't bringing down the US military. A coalition of the world's foreign militaries would not be able to bring down the US military on its own soil, so what on Earth makes anyone think the Gravy Seals will? It's a completely laughable proposition. You'd be swatted like flies. This is why it's so important who you vote into power. Once you give a fascist megalomaniac the reigns, you may not ever get them back.
@@xviper2k damn calm down
All attacking one of our foreword bases would do ,would only delay our response not stop it we could put a couple aircraft carriers and 2 or 3 Marine Expeditionary forces and all their equipment on your doorstep in less than 3 week anywhere in the world
I've heard that the US doesn't solve it's logistics problems as much as overwhelm them.
Look into the berlin airlift.
hahahahaha, I've read before of tampons & maxi pads being an expedient way to plug a battlefield wound.
Yeah he's right about our reserved Force and the thing is now we're just off of 20 straight years of war are entire Reserve forces combat veterans so we've got one end we've got one thing that the rest of the world mostly doesn't have and no matter how much money you spend you cannot buy and that's battle hardened troops meet our biggest competitors China right now and they haven't been to war since before World War II when they were fighting the Japanese , cuz no matter what somebody tells you the first time somebody shoots at you in Anger it'll flat rattle most people
The answer to your question, whether or not other countries have this type of transportation, I reckon the US shares this transport capability with its allies like the UK etc.
And jeez the US military really thinks ahead. I mean this level of strategy is very foreign to countries like Russia as we have been seeing during the Ukraine war. Also you are correct in what you said about hypersonic weapons, the US has been testing hypersonic weapons for decades.
Back in the day I stayed at DOD hotels on the beach in Waikiki, Hawaii and in Tokyo.
now I know why they dont have free healthcare :)
It only costs $850 billion a YEAR to pay for this. Not including the black budgets of course, or the FBI and other organizations.
(WRM) War Reserve Material
I spent quite a few years working on APS-5.
Nearly a decade in fact.
Well if you think about it do United States can’t fight any of its wars without moving vas amount of troops and equipment across giant oceans.
The big slackers on defense spending have been Germany and Canada. The former shows some signs of growth; the latter doesn't.
Keep in mind that both countries are democracies and react to the will of THEIR voters/citizens not the will of the USA. Canada is spent 1.36% of GDP on defense fiscal year 21-22, going up to 1.43% for 24-25 and in August of this year they added 8 billion$ Canadian to defense budget. Germany is currently at 1.4% of GDP with a new budget lifting it above 2%. The challenge is what other things do you ask your people to do without to meet those goals? Do you cut back on the 11% spent on education? The USA spend 4.6% on education while the average for developed nations is 5.59% (and folks wonder why our system is faltering.
That channel is awesome. Do more like this.
Berlin Air Lift .
That number includes all the contractors. Anyone can work for DOD office any of the office blokes can work for DOD, they hire the whole world.
Majority of the US troops provide support like these fellow troops. Not everyone sees combat. There are lots of roles in the US military. They have to make sure year round we're ready to go any minute notice. Also, a lot of US companies will help support during wartime. That's how my mom learned to weld cause while the men were off fighting a lot of women went to work in the factories help producing the support they needed.
Yes some want to enlist but then again Vietnam War they were Drafted n my cousin didn't want to shoot a gun. He was a POW for 2 years n was teated like shit beaten, all the time not much food or hygiene products. He went thru Hell
If you ever wondered or questioned why the US doesn't have a national health care system, these military videos should clear that up.
Probably not related scenarios but i get your point. But we both know even if we cut the budget in half (bare bones) the extra money would never be used for healthcare. Politicians would find a way to light it on fire like they do with every major spending bill. Just like the Inflation Reduction Act which was around 1 trillion i believe. But 300 Billion of that is going towards environmental climate change scams. Its just lit on fire and wasted
The US doesn't need to flex. Sorry, world.☺
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Christmas, New Years, Easter, etc etc are Holidays.
In British English, vacations are called holidays