Wyoming has 200K more deer permits annually than Irans entire military. It's a Rifle state with long range shots. So one US state has 200,000 more snipers than Iran has military. This is likely urban legend but Japanese Admiral Yamamoto is claimed by some to have said, “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” There is no real link to him saying this but it fit the narrative of it's time. However, Yamamoto had this to say for real. Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor would reportedly write in his diary, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
that was a direct quote from the Admiral as he went to school here at Harvard, he was trying to warn the powers that it should not even think about an invasion of the states
logistical prowess and operational is basically a way of saying that the USA is much better at moving stuff from A to B, always having enough supplies, and all of its military craft are actually operational, not just sitting around rotting in a hangar
Think of it like the post office. It has to take all of the letters and packages, sort them, and then get them all to the right place in the world. Now replace letters and packages with troops and tanks....
Comes out of WWII. One of our biggest problems was trying to keep the trucks supplied with gasoline, the tanks with diesel oil, the troops with food and ammo. Patton solved some of that by capturing German supply depots on his dash to Berlin. But for the most part, the lack of supplies doomed many battles on both sides. We try to not make that mistake these days. The USAF has not only a huge supply of cargo planes, many of them are absolutely massive such as the C 5A, C 141, and the C 17. Each can carry Abrams tanks across the oceans in a rush deployment (much cheaper to put them onto ships) or just simply massive numbers of pallets of supplies.
Experienced that first hand. We fielded an Air Control unit in the ME and were about the only game in town in our region. So, we got more spares than is holy, and there wasn't much pressure on us to do things by the book. After the ops, a bunch of loggies rolled in, scratched their chins, and sorted out our mess. I found myself wondering what kind of human seeks that out as a profession. I figure they'd at least make pretty good neighbors.
I retired from the US Navy after 20 years. I served on submarines. The newer ones have way more room, you don't actually really think about being underwater or claustrophobia. Great channel!
I worked with a lot of ex-Navy nukes as a Nuclear Engineer. All of them were great guys and they were very well trained. Working in the nuclear industry is basically just an extension of the Navy nuke program. That's where the basis for most of our operational procedures came from.
last i checked the sailors still sleep around the nuclear missile tubes so "way bigger" maybe not real accurate lolol really though thank u for defending our freedoms with your service
I am a tactical aircraft maintenance specialist in Massachusetts. I currently work on the F-15c but next year our airbase will be replacing them with the F-35a.
@@HunterB1densLaptopcan’t believe you just gave out nuclear secrets like that so nonchalantly online The enemy are now building replicas of the f15 as we speak. You gave too much away!
Fam where i live its all country boys that grew up in these mountains hunting, and ex military, others are just target shooters cause theres nothing to do about 6 months out the year.
US Navy, Gator Navy, 1983, Beirut Lebanon. USS Fairfax County, LST-1193, GM-G. Brother was a SeaBee in the Nam. Father was a "Plank Owner" on the USS New Jersey BB-62. "We hang together or we'll hang separately"
Interesting, I’m currently deployed in the 7th fleet and we just visited Cambodia to improve relations , first time in about a decade the US Navy has been there.
We are a military family who has been through hell because of how the military treats not only their active personnel but also it’s veterans. I won’t get into it, but they failed my husband and our family after we sacrificed so much. It’s shameful. I would think that fact may have an effect on their numbers.
One statistic not accounted for in this video are the huge number of capable retirees the United States has. And though many of these personnel aren’t currently fully aware of all the modernization in their previous military occupational specialty, they are in fact vastly aware of how the military in general, and their branch/(specific job specialty) works in principle. Which loosely translated means that during a National emergency could be call to duty in various support type missions. Additionally, many military service members in addition to their job specialty, had additional training/experiences in many other technological/specialty duties and/or responsibilities. For instance, at age 17, I joined the US Army in 1972 (during Vietnam) as a guaranteed Infantryman. During my approximate 23 years of Active Service I spent six years in Infantry Units. Three years in an Anti-Air Missle Defense (Patriot) unit. Six years in a Research and Development unit. Two years in a Combat Engineer unit. And about six years in several trading units (Drill Sergeant and Leadership Academy). While assigned to these units in various different job requirements I also performed various assorted additional duties. My point to all of this, that within the United States their is a vast number of individuals with various and assorted skills that are capable upon government recall available during any possible National Emergency. And in fact, a considerable number of these personnel already work with (or in concert with) the US military. And that is prior to even talking about the huge numbers of Americans that are familiar with and own firearms, but never were associated with the military.. Just something to consider for any possible foe of the US!
@@shyryTsr2k Never underestimate an old man in a young man's game. And, us geezers have kids and grandkids that we will do anything to protect, unlike a lot of young people now.
I was a 19k M1A1 Abrams tank crew member in the late 80s-90s. During this time was also the company Armorer / supply. Even while serving a person may acquire multiple roles. First month in Germany I was awarded a Gold Schützenschnur. Really a great time in my life looking back.
Logisitics is getting manpower, equipment and supplies where and when it's needed in the most efficient way possible. Just an FYI: While the US Coast Guard in nominally under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security, in times of war it falls under the control of the US Navy. Also, the US Marine Corps is permanently a part of and falls under the control of the US Navy. Adam, an aircraft carrier is literally a floating AIRPORT that carries a compliment of fighter jets, helicopters, reconnaissance aircraft and transport aircraft. We actually now have 3 Zumwalt class destroyers in operation. But there are no plans to build more of them currently. I was on a frigate when I was in the Navy back in the 1970s. The new Constellation class frigates will have nearly the same capabilities as the Arleigh Burke class destroyer, just in a smaller and (more importantly) less expensive package.
I was an enlisted surface warfare specialist onboard an Aegis class destroyer named the USS Carney. My main job was in anti-submarine warfare. I was also a stretcher bearer, Security Reaction Force teammember and Small Caliber Action Team gunner. The priority between these roles depended on circumstances (battle stations vs security alert vs anti-piracy operations.)
My eldest brother was a gunnery mate on an aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga during Viet Nam war. Next eldest brother was a helicopter door gunner a couple years later in the Viet Nam conflict. The stories they told were sometimes hair raising, sometimes hilarious…but always tinged with pride and even a certain amount of sadness for the necessity. My eldest brother recently turned 78 years old, but make no mistake, he’d be one of the first to run toward the danger even now to defend our neighbors and our country. Sadly, we lost my younger brother a few years ago to complications of exposure to Agent Orange. RIP, TJ. Always proud of our military family.
I have people that have served in the military in my family, and on my husband’s side of the family for generations. And our youngest child is getting ready to enlist. What I want to see is our government treat its service members, veterans and their families much better than it’s doing. The number of burned out and/or homeless veterans in the USA is a stain on our country(I have a brother that served over seas that has terrible PTSD). “Thank you for your service” needs to go deeper than words and letting people in uniform board airplanes first. I’m Just saying.
“Logistical Prowess” They asked a German Soldier when he realized that they lost. When he saw the Americans had Cake and Icecream. His fellow German Soldiers were constantly retreating due low Ammo, Food and Fuel… while American Artillery behaved like they had infinite ammo and American troops somehow could spare logistics resources to get CAKE and ICECREAM to the front lines.
That is a myth. The statement was also attributed to an officer who noted most of the american p.o.w.s knew how to drive a vehicle, the cake in the story was mailed to him from the U.S.by his mother. Ice cream was unlikely out in the field.
I served in the Air Force reserves doing communication, navigation and radar repair on C-5 transport aircraft. I got out for two reasons: 1) I fell through the cracks and most days I was left in a windowless room for 8 hours a day and 2) every time we reported (1 weekend a month, 2 weeks a year) they were asking for volunteers to go to the Middle East, and I quickly realized eventually my entire unit would be mobilized not to do what we were trained to do but to do guard duty, patrols, and convoy work.
Once I saw the military guarding opium fields I knew we were going to have a bunch of people leaving. You did your job with honor regardless of the intention of higher ups. Afghanistan is where empires go to die. The USSR did, ottomans did, Rome did, Mongolia did, and many more. The Taliban are starting a war with Pakistan right now so hopefully there will be a change.
I was in the U.S. Air Force. The base I was stationed at is now Space Force, since it was a space command. My job was Electrical Systems. My job identifier was 3EOX1
My dad was on a nuclear powered, nuclear armed sub during the cold war. He has some cool stories! When he worked at the Pentagon he also worked in a secret mountain base that was used in case of nuclear attack. He served 27 years as an officer im the Navy!
I watched you react to the fires 2 days ago and you seemed truly interested in learning about how these fires become what they become so quickly so I looked into the best reporting here in the states on the matter. I won't post the links I pulled for you here I will post them to the reaction on the fires, I just didn't want you to miss them because the detail is the best I have seen as of yet. I do love that your heart always comes through as genuine concern for other humans even if they live far from where you are. I will go post the links to the fire reaction now. Thanks for spending the time.
As someone that joined the Navy in 1989, things have changed drasticly since then. First off, it was pretty much preached to young individuals that it was better to enlist if you weren't going to college. Secondly, social media and video games weren't a so much of a thing. Yes there were video games, but we weren't stuck inside on the game, instead of outside "touching grass". We didn't drones in the military, and they sure weren't a thing in the military. Computers were a thing, but there were so many hurdles you had go over to get into that job. These days it just seems like the young people are more into themselves, than the country. It also seems like the military isn't running any killer sign up bonuses to get in either.
The last estimate I heard says that *US CIVILIANS* - not the US military, but "plain old US Citizens" - control more than half of the total firearms that exist on the planet - INCLUDING counting every gun held by every military, US or otherwise. The claim is that Yamamoto said there'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass. He may not have actually said it, but the sentiment is definitely correct - for every 100 warm US bodies, we hold an ESTIMATED 120 firearms. Estimated because *NOBODY* knows for sure what the exact number actually is. That also *TOTALLY IGNORES* what the US military is capable of bringing to bear.
I didn't serve in the military. But, my father was a WWII veteran, my brother served 20 years in the Army and was a veteran of the first Gulf War. An uncle I was close to growing up served 20 years in the Navy and was a Korean War veteran. I've had an assortment of cousins in various branches of the service. Knowing all these veterans has made me think in retrospect that I missed out on an important formative experience by avoiding military service.
Ok so I'M not in the military but my DAD it a captain in the JTAGS Space Force Unit. Basically, JTAGS is a part of the space force dedicated to issuing missile warnings to different countries. In general, the Space Force is the part of the military responsible for using satelites and other space craft.
6:47 I think the number are declining for a few reasons, but the two top reasons in my opinion, is one, the technology, less people to run things. And two, the leadership of the country. When you have a president that dogs out it’s own military, and citizens that hate the military that speak louder than those that love the military. It brings a sense of why am I here? Why would I want to do this? When you are appreciated, and respected, you have this sense of responsibility, and the will to fight to help those that don’t have a voice and others to keep their voice. The will to protect, the will to fight for your beliefs, standing for something good. When that’s lost, you start to have a decline.
Another point that should be made Is that we havent been in a war recently that the majority of the US population agreed with. 1987 was 2 years before the end of the cold War, and even though there was no actual combat, the US likely stopped or slowed down using fear to drive the population to joining the military. That's just my theory anyways
I agree with you except for one minor detail. I think we, generally, hate the operations the military leadership chooses to do and get involved in, and corruption in the military industrial complex profiting off of non-stop war efforts. Not the soldiers themselves.
@@Recyclops yes, very true, I didn’t think about that, correct, now we are an established country. It doesn’t require so many people to join to fight to win something. We have already done that, now it’s a keep the peace mission.
Don't forget the legal gun owners in this country. 347m people, somewhere in the range of 100m gun owners. Rifles, pistols, shotguns...people who are well trained and aren't servicemen
And that's only the registering ones. Most know that they will eventually use the registration against them. It's legal to not register so why would you. In Texas anyway
12:05 It should be noted about the T-14 Armata that the capabilities and quantities of the tank are largely if not entirely just on paper. Russia lies about their capabilities quite a bit as we are learning from Ukraine (Edit: spelling and wording)
I retired from the air force in 2010 after 22 years, I was involved with 3 wars and 5 different operations around the world. Been stationed in Asia for 2 years, 5 years in Europe, 4.5 years in the middle east and the rest stateside. I had a total of 12 different deployments and 3 combat tours in Iraq where I should have died at least 6 different times. I was awarded a purple heart in '08 when I almost bleed to death after been wounded in a rocket attack in front of the old Saddam Place in Baghdad (I was 25 feet from the front door).
Greetings fellow combat brother-SEMPER-FI-I did 7 yrs in the navy and 7 yrs in the army ( tho not at the same time-LOL ) I also did 4 deployments to go fight ( I volunteered for all 4 tours,also did 2 tours back-to-back ) with Texas Guard infantry units. I was bored working 2 full-time civilian jobs and wanted to do something dangerous with a high probablity of certain-DEATH. LOL. I was already in the Texas Guard,so,all I needed was a unit,then orders,so,off I went to fight in Iraq.Chose an infantry unit for boots on the ground too. I wanted all that-SMOKE !!! LOL. I was gone from my civilian jobs for 2 yrs & 8 months because of those back-to-back tours,my fellow co-workers thought I had quit. I would've done more tours of duty,but,the US started going-SOFT-on insurgents with their winning the hearts & minds of terrorists bull&&&&. The US learned nothing from Vietnam,you can't be NICE and cuddle insurgents,they had already thought the US was weak as is,so,I bounced after my 4th deployment ( wasn't gonna get myself killed over political bull&&&& nor my soldiers killed either ) went to being a mercenary with civilian contracters over-seas in places we weren't supposed to be and places no one knew we were there.And I'll leave it at that. LOL. Did this for 11 yrs & 6 months,been back in the US for 2yrs now,still adapting back to the boring civilian life of the equally boring 9-to-5 job. SEMPER-FI
The number of navy ships not being #1 isn't as big a deal as some people think. A better metric is raw tonnage: The US Navy (not counting Coastguard) has 3.6 million tons of ships. China has a little under 2 million tons and most of their ships are antiquated or small classes.
I am a US Air Force veteran served from 1985 to 1988. I was and Aircraft Mechanic and worked on the C-130h Hercules. Three thinks I would like to mention is, first while the video is accurate, I feel it does not really sum up the ability for the US to bring the weight and measure of all of branch's together, and to do surgical, pinpoint devastating strikes. Second there are other things that the US has that while are not military, support the missions designated by the US Government, like the CIA or the economic influences the US is able to bring to bear. Third, I find it interesting when you are speaking about the US Military personal you talk using language of inclusion "We". I really like that, I think other western civ countries and especially members of NATO should take a far more active, financial and military role in our defense. Do other country's feel as you do? I was stationed in England and felt welcome, I have been in several other countries and never felt unwelcome, this was during the cold war and peace time. I do hear a lot of negative talk about the US now, how do you feel about these things?
Part of America's Logistical prowess is that we have NUMEROUS bases around the World with FORWARD DEPLOYED Equipment Prestaged in case It's needed for Combat Operations so technically we'd just have to move Personnel which is much easier and quicker than a bunch of equipment
He neglected to mention that the second largest Air Force in the world is operated by the US Navy. It has over 4,000 fixed wing planes, helicopters, and unmanned aircraft.
Logistical prowess: the ability to move equipment and personnel rapidly and sustain the fight over the long term. Unparalleled Operational Capabilities: coordinating various forces and equipment to hammer the opposition.
Adam, what we have in our military branches is formidable to say the least, now add to thar the number of registered hunters in EVERY state and you have the world's biggest armed forces on earth. I know so many hunters who would be ready to jump at the chance to protect our country at and and all costs. The military numbers would exponentially swell to proportions that would truly blow your mind if the need were to arise.
This video also didn't have ANY of the new toys we have coming out or are out now. New types of rounds for tanks, mortars, and artillery, new missiles, new rockets, new stealth bomber called the B21 Raider. New Unmanned/manned underwater and air craft, new space tech, NGAD (Next Generation Air Defense) It's insane, and that's what we KNOW about. Who knows what we don't know about yet.
Logistical prowess is measured by how fast you can not only move troops and supplies but how fast you can have a functioning burger king at any location on the planet (we can do it in 24 hours)
You should really start looking into the vehicles and weapons. By your reactions i think it would be hours and hours of fascinating videos for you to watch. I didn't serve but military vehicles and weapons was something i went full nerd on 35 years ago.
This video completely ignored the Sino-Ukrainian War currently in progress. 155 MM artillery is far superior to the 152 MM of Russia. The T-14 Armata is not in production with current inventory of 4 units. Yes, 4!
10 year navy veteran! I was a hospital corpsman. Essentially the medics for both navy and the marine corps. My specialty was to be with Marines, and in that aspect, I was with them on the ground in the air. People have a really huge misunderstanding of how military people are, and I always say the military was the best thing that I could ever done. It taught me all the best ways to exist as a human. Compassion and understanding and openness,(which of course sounds contradictive) being at the basis of how we all do things which people don’t get, but our capabilities are unimaginable.
As others have pitched, the Berlin airlift, case of great logistics (also recommend the fat electrician’s video), bad logistics, most all the operations by Rus in their current war with Ukr. Seriously, a lot of frontline Rus troops have shotty access to nutrition (fruits, vegetables), even with being right next door to their homeland! Sure some equipment is short due to global embargos, but this is stuff that’s grown in country and easily sent!
China actually spends closer to 450-650B per year. Logistics is stuff like food, ammo, clothes etc troops need. If you can't transport supplies and resources to your front lines you can't do anything.
Just so we're clear, that bit about the tanks. The T-14 was designed to be superior to the Abrams, however. What it's designed to do, and what it actually does, are two very different things. That being said, IF we were to ever lose an Abrams to said T-14. Congrats, you've managed to out gun a 50 year old tank... Not a lot pound for pound that's going toe to toe with an Abrams on even ground. That's in large part due to the crew though.
Infographics channel is a freaking bunch of idiots and should never be taken as factual. Russia has less than 4,000 tanks now, and most are from WW2. The T-14 Armada is a useless joke that not one country will ever buy. They are nothing more than an existing tank, of which was designed in the 60's, with a modified outer shell. The engines are the same as old tanks. They break down in parades. They tried to sell T-14's to China and when China actually got a look at it, they laughed at it and made fun of Russia for week.
$20M isn't enough to even buy an aircraft carrier. You're looking at $10B+ for 1. Maybe now people will understand how and why we NEED to spend so much on our military. That budget also includes their pay and medical expenses, housing, food, equipment etc...
fun fact: of our 886B defense budget we don’t just protect Ukraine and Israel. We work and our taxes to give it to Brits and Aussies as well❤ Your welcome is what I mean
Hmmm. I found a bit of interesting information. The UK's military consists of approximately 184,000 active personnel. Perhaps it's time for the US's "allies" to step up their game instead of relying on the US to cover their asses? Just saying.
What you also have to take into account the US has agreements with over 50 other countries to provide military cover should they be attacked by a foreign adversary.
Logistical prowess, for example, is the US during World War II being able to supply American troops with ice cream in remote Pacific islands while the Japanese they were fighting were starving to death. It's one thing to send 10,000 soldiers into the field, it's another to send them into the field and supply them with everything they need to live and fight a war for months on end while people are shooting at them. The US can do that anywhere in the world at any time.
I flew the F-15C for 14 years in the US Air Force. I was with the 43rd TFS at that time based at anchorage alaska, where we tangled constantly with Russian fighter pilots who crossed the ADIZ just to piss us off and check our response times, etc. it was a lot of fun.
My wife and I live in Shreveport, Louisiana. Our sister city across the Red River is Bossier City. It is home to Barksdale Air Force Base. It houses a large contingent of B-52 Stratofortress Bombers. It is also where President Bush diverted to during the 9/11 attacks.
Big issue with navy part, Navy’s aren’t measured by number of vessels but by the tonnage of vessels. Why US has the largest fleet in the world, with over 500 million tons of ship. The second largest fleet is US museum ship fleet at over 250 million tons of vessels, whose job is to teach naval history. The 3rd largest is China at just under 200 million tons. The European countries are pretty much on par with each other, but I do believe Britain still has the largest European Navy. (Might be wrong on that) He also forgot to mention Patrol Boats, they may be small but are deceptively capable little boats. Both American and Russian PT boats are capable of sinking larger vessels with missiles or torpedoes.
I was in the Army during Desert Storm. I was a mechanic on the Bradley and MLRS rocket systems. This the Brandley is a small tank like vehicle with a 5mm gun and a wire guided missile system. It's designed to get troops to where they need to be. The MLRS is a multiple launching rocket vehicle. It looks like a box with tank treads. It can carry up to 12 rockets. There are a variety of types of rockets it can use. The most common one can take out 1 full grid square, which is 1 mile by 1 mile square. If you ever watch some footage from the war and see a night vision shot of a convoy and then it suddenly looks like sparks going off all over the place...that was most likely a MLRS rocket. The rocket blows up in the air and sends out a bunch of smaller bombs. Any thing below it is turned into swiss chees.
My husband and father-in-law were in the Marines. My cousin in the Airforce. Brother-in-laws in the Army. Friends in all of the above. I was not in the military, but worked on military projects. I am SO thankful to the US Military!
Russia was only making 40 tanks per year before the war in Ukraine and last year it only manufactured 70. It might be able to manufacture 90 tanks per year. They had somewhere around 8,000 to 10,000 in visible and garage storage before the war and now, they have less than 3,000 - the number comes down to closer to 1,500 per Covert Cabal when removing the total junk from the count.
The most underrated fact about the US military is that we are a 100% volunteer force. We haven't used the draft since Vietnam. Ecert service member since that war joined because we wanted to fight for our country.
I was a driver of a 113 Ai tracked APC. V6 Detroit diesel and a four speed Allison Chalmers automatic transmission would haul all thirteen tons of it at 75 MPH across open desert. It mounted a .50 caliber machine gun, ma deuce, and a belt fed 7.62 machine light machine gun, as well as a 40mm grenade launcher and M16, also a .45 cal side arm and a .45 cal submachine gun. We served as transport for highest enlisted and officers. At high altitudes. The track was a huge tractor to me, really bad ass.
Of course, they didn't mention the Celestial Navigation. A system besides GPS that uses the stars to navigate with. Or the unknown Aurora craft that uses a pulse wave detonation engine, of which there was a sighting of in 1986.
6:24 When I was in Marine Corps, from 1999-2003, They said the exact same thing during my first two years, as our school of infantry instructors hadn't seen combat. -- They were like: "You gents will probably never see combat, its all smart bombs, cruise missiles, air superiority, MLRS, etc etc..." -- And then September 11 happened and, apparently there was still a need for for 0311s.
They failed to mention that each state has a dedicated branch if the National Guard, not sure if or how that was included in the figures. Also, the U. S. Navy also commands the second largest air force, behind the U. S. Air Force as the largest. They also failed to mention that our military is voluntary. A few of the countries with higher body counts have compulsory military service, whereas we don't.
I'm a retired Marine. Think of Logistical Prowess as being able to get what you need, where you need it. the US military uses a system called Maritime Prepositioned Ships (MPS). Basically, there are ships all around the world, loaded with all the equipment that the military may need. It makes it easier and faster to get that equipment to where it needs to go, than having it sent from bases in the US. But I still think that no matter what high tech piece of gear you may have, the individual person operating that equipment along with how well they do their job and can think on their feet, makes a big difference.
Almost 28 years in the US Army. Enjoying your channel so far! Others have mentiined it, but the logistical prowess is about forward projection and rapid deployment anywhere in the world. Beans, bullets, and fuel drive wartime missions. The ability to move very large forces, high levels of firepower, and all of the needed support elements anywhere within 24 hours is logistical prowess.
I remember the story of a German soldier who realized they were going to lose the war because he found a fresh piece of cake in a captured American's supplies. If the USA had the logistical prowess, gasoline, vehicles, infrastructure, etc. to ship a fresh piece of cake to a soldier in the field Germany didn't have a chance.
I'm Army Veteran 13F or Forward Observer early 2000's The artillery that the video showed is located 20+ kilometers away from the targets they shoot at and someone in my job field tells the guns where to shoot either through grid coordinates or more commonly by lasing or painting the target. Also the the self-propelled M109 Paladin can fire 3 rounds quickly in multiple secession, all impacting the same target simultaneously by firing at multiple changes in barrel elevation. But anyway, another thing you might like to check out is the M.O.A.B. aka Mother of All Bombs largest non-nuclear bomb US, deployed it in Afghanistan.
Not to mention the F18s, E2C Hawkeye, EA6B prowler, and the unmanned underwater drones that never have to surface because they run on a very special rechargeable system using salt water. Yeah, I served aboard a few ships and the seabees for 20 years.
When you consider that that $800+ billion defense budget is "only" 3% of the total government budget, you get an idea of just what kind of an economic power the U.S. is.
I am grandma of 36+ yrs of military service with one grandson in Army Airborne in Italy and one Air Force ROTC in college. My family has one served back to Revolutionary War. I have watched all your videos. Nice job. Not sure what AJ will fly. I am very proud!
About the number of people in service in comparison to 1987- at that time we were still in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, which didn’t fall until 1991. Also, things in the Middle East were really heating up. Desert Storm was in 1991. The military has since declined to enlist secondary school drop-outs, and has restricted enlistment in other ways. Further, the push for college education has drastically increased, and patriotism has declined significantly. However, if world tensions increase again, and war seems imminent, a push for enlistment will begin again.
In a military context, logistical prowess refers to the exceptional ability to plan, organize, and execute the movement and maintenance of forces and equipment. It involves skillfully managing resources, time, and processes to achieve strategic and tactical objectives, particularly in scenarios where coordination and efficiency are critical to mission success. This includes: Ensuring the timely supply of ammunition, fuel, food, and medical aid to troops in active operations. Coordinating the transport of personnel, vehicles, and equipment across challenging terrains or into conflict zones. Managing supply chains to prevent shortages while minimizing waste. Rapidly responding to unforeseen circumstances, such as disrupted supply lines or emergent combat needs, while maintaining operational readiness. Military logistical prowess is often the backbone of success in campaigns, as it ensures that forces are well-supported and capable of sustained operations in dynamic and hostile environments.
They kinda forgot to mention the 700+ operational military bases around the world. Which is part of why our logistical and operational abilities are insane.
Logistics means we can move troops , equipment , and aide anywhere in the world in 18 to 48 hours . We got a defense budget big enough to fight God ( that's a joke ) we spend more in aide than all of NATO combined .
As a former USAF F-35A crew chief, it always brings me great pride when people from other countries see how many aircraft we have in the fleet. It takes a lot of hard work to keep all those birds flying and our maintainers (Foul mouthed and mean motherfuckers though we may be) are the very best in the world, and many of us have and will go on to work in the defense aerospace industry when we leave service, perpetuating a cycle of ever advanced aircraft that our enemies can only dream of and our allies express strong desires to purchase.
Remember part of our budget for the military is also making up for a lack of funding by other allies, as well as the fact that our military is designed to fight on more than one front at a time.
Adam all the people with major reserves would be US allies. Vietnam and US are making major strides together to combat China, they don't want to become a member of the Phillipines/Taiwan/Japan/South Korea alliance per se, but we have the same goals and they do work with USA. India has their eyes on Russia and China, they joined BRICS but do not like the direction it is going. They find themselves with a bunch of countries they don't trust, it wasn't supposed to be a political alliance, but a currency. It is deviating from that. India has questions. They aren't opposed to USA or the west in any direct form. The only enemies are the same enemies. We definitely win in every corner outside of manufacturing (China has that one). Overall, we chilling. It is very important we fix the issues with enrollment though.
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Wyoming has 200K more deer permits annually than Irans entire military. It's a Rifle state with long range shots. So one US state has 200,000 more snipers than Iran has military. This is likely urban legend but Japanese Admiral Yamamoto is claimed by some to have said, “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” There is no real link to him saying this but it fit the narrative of it's time. However, Yamamoto had this to say for real. Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor would reportedly write in his diary, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
The American hunters , when combined (14.4m), is 9x that of active military! 😂
that was a direct quote from the Admiral as he went to school here at Harvard, he was trying to warn the powers that it should not even think about an invasion of the states
Let Sleeping Dogs lie
@@eman7892 Then combine the other non hunter gun owners like me and whoot there It is!
@@ZepGrace drone pilots like myself are also here for the fun times😁
logistical prowess and operational is basically a way of saying that the USA is much better at moving stuff from A to B, always having enough supplies, and all of its military craft are actually operational, not just sitting around rotting in a hangar
Think of it like the post office. It has to take all of the letters and packages, sort them, and then get them all to the right place in the world. Now replace letters and packages with troops and tanks....
Comes out of WWII. One of our biggest problems was trying to keep the trucks supplied with gasoline, the tanks with diesel oil, the troops with food and ammo. Patton solved some of that by capturing German supply depots on his dash to Berlin. But for the most part, the lack of supplies doomed many battles on both sides. We try to not make that mistake these days. The USAF has not only a huge supply of cargo planes, many of them are absolutely massive such as the C 5A, C 141, and the C 17. Each can carry Abrams tanks across the oceans in a rush deployment (much cheaper to put them onto ships) or just simply massive numbers of pallets of supplies.
Think of them like saying, we have the perfect play book for our soccer team, and no one can beat us. The tactics are basically scientific.
Glad someone said it so I don't have to type it. Or text to speech because that always makes me look like an ass if I don't proofread it.
Experienced that first hand. We fielded an Air Control unit in the ME and were about the only game in town in our region. So, we got more spares than is holy, and there wasn't much pressure on us to do things by the book. After the ops, a bunch of loggies rolled in, scratched their chins, and sorted out our mess. I found myself wondering what kind of human seeks that out as a profession. I figure they'd at least make pretty good neighbors.
Adam: "I'll guess $20 million" Me: That'll buy a couple missiles, maybe.... lol.
Not even four Abrams MBT.
I tried, Google couldn't find when that was ever true. Washington's army?
Lol, 20 million will buy a couple of strippers for the night to put smiles on the platoons faces
Roughly 1 million per long range missile.
Gotta love that M.I.C.
I retired from the US Navy after 20 years. I served on submarines. The newer ones have way more room, you don't actually really think about being underwater or claustrophobia. Great channel!
I worked with a lot of ex-Navy nukes as a Nuclear Engineer. All of them were great guys and they were very well trained. Working in the nuclear industry is basically just an extension of the Navy nuke program. That's where the basis for most of our operational procedures came from.
My uncle served as engineer in 1 too, he compared it too streamers being in there room for months at a time which was funny 😂😂 🫡
last i checked the sailors still sleep around the nuclear missile tubes so "way bigger" maybe not real accurate lolol really though thank u for defending our freedoms with your service
I was on the Skipjack, so I was comparing that to the 688s I was on. Never did boomers, so can't speak for them.
Logistical prowess is talking about how we have portable Burger Kings and entire ships whose sole purpose is to make icecream.😂
I am a tactical aircraft maintenance specialist in Massachusetts. I currently work on the
F-15c but next year our airbase will be replacing them with the F-35a.
That's OK. I'm 55 in April. 18.5 years of Army infantry.
And you didn’t do Opsec training this year I guess.
@@bobmarley5551 Opsec? What's that? Never heard of it. Is it important? Did I mess up? Are we now in danger? I'm so ashamed of myself.
@@HunterB1densLaptop God bless you thank you for serving
@@HunterB1densLaptopcan’t believe you just gave out nuclear secrets like that so nonchalantly online
The enemy are now building replicas of the f15 as we speak. You gave too much away!
Many of our citizens are ex military and national guard in each state too
Yes sir
grandpa may be older but once a marine always a marine
Many civilians are well armed too, with multiple weapons each. We like our second amendment. We like to practice with them too.
Fam where i live its all country boys that grew up in these mountains hunting, and ex military, others are just target shooters cause theres nothing to do about 6 months out the year.
I served the US Navy during the 70's, I'm a Vietnam era veteran, fought in Cambodia
This GWOT sailor salutes you!
US Navy, Gator Navy, 1983, Beirut Lebanon. USS Fairfax County, LST-1193, GM-G. Brother was a SeaBee in the Nam. Father was a "Plank Owner" on the USS New Jersey BB-62. "We hang together or we'll hang separately"
Thank you for your service
Interesting, I’m currently deployed in the 7th fleet and we just visited Cambodia to improve relations , first time in about a decade the US Navy has been there.
Thank you for your service
For an example of Logistical Prowess, check out the Fat Electrician's video on the Berlin Airlift, to start.
Isn’t it that we can logistically be able to be anywhere at anytime? Bc of satellites & technology?
We are a military family who has been through hell because of how the military treats not only their active personnel but also it’s veterans. I won’t get into it, but they failed my husband and our family after we sacrificed so much. It’s shameful. I would think that fact may have an effect on their numbers.
One statistic not accounted for in this video are the huge number of capable retirees the United States has. And though many of these personnel aren’t currently fully aware of all the modernization in their previous military occupational specialty, they are in fact vastly aware of how the military in general, and their branch/(specific job specialty) works in principle. Which loosely translated means that during a National emergency could be call to duty in various support type missions.
Additionally, many military service members in addition to their job specialty, had additional training/experiences in many other technological/specialty duties and/or responsibilities. For instance, at age 17, I joined the US Army in 1972 (during Vietnam) as a guaranteed Infantryman. During my approximate 23 years of Active Service I spent six years in Infantry Units. Three years in an Anti-Air Missle Defense (Patriot) unit. Six years in a Research and Development unit. Two years in a Combat Engineer unit. And about six years in several trading units (Drill Sergeant and Leadership Academy). While assigned to these units in various different job requirements I also performed various assorted additional duties. My point to all of this, that within the United States their is a vast number of individuals with various and assorted skills that are capable upon government recall available during any possible National Emergency. And in fact, a considerable number of these personnel already work with (or in concert with) the US military. And that is prior to even talking about the huge numbers of Americans that are familiar with and own firearms, but never were associated with the military..
Just something to consider for any possible foe of the US!
Yeah but we shouldn’t rely on old grandpas for protection.
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Never underestimate an old man in a young man's game. And, us geezers have kids and grandkids that we will do anything to protect, unlike a lot of young people now.
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I’d lay my bet down on “grandpa’s” over the last couple generations without hesitation
I was a 19k M1A1 Abrams tank crew member in the late 80s-90s. During this time was also the company Armorer / supply. Even while serving a person may acquire multiple roles. First month in Germany I was awarded a Gold Schützenschnur. Really a great time in my life looking back.
Logisitics is getting manpower, equipment and supplies where and when it's needed in the most efficient way possible.
Just an FYI: While the US Coast Guard in nominally under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security, in times of war it falls under the control of the US Navy. Also, the US Marine Corps is permanently a part of and falls under the control of the US Navy.
Adam, an aircraft carrier is literally a floating AIRPORT that carries a compliment of fighter jets, helicopters, reconnaissance aircraft and transport aircraft.
We actually now have 3 Zumwalt class destroyers in operation. But there are no plans to build more of them currently.
I was on a frigate when I was in the Navy back in the 1970s. The new Constellation class frigates will have nearly the same capabilities as the Arleigh Burke class destroyer, just in a smaller and (more importantly) less expensive package.
As the old saying goes: "Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics"
Logistical prowess.. ability to get your people and equipment to where you need them.. amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics..
I was an enlisted surface warfare specialist onboard an Aegis class destroyer named the USS Carney. My main job was in anti-submarine warfare. I was also a stretcher bearer, Security Reaction Force teammember and Small Caliber Action Team gunner. The priority between these roles depended on circumstances (battle stations vs security alert vs anti-piracy operations.)
Thank you for serving 🇺🇸
My eldest brother was a gunnery mate on an aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga during Viet Nam war. Next eldest brother was a helicopter door gunner a couple years later in the Viet Nam conflict. The stories they told were sometimes hair raising, sometimes hilarious…but always tinged with pride and even a certain amount of sadness for the necessity. My eldest brother recently turned 78 years old, but make no mistake, he’d be one of the first to run toward the danger even now to defend our neighbors and our country. Sadly, we lost my younger brother a few years ago to complications of exposure to Agent Orange. RIP, TJ. Always proud of our military family.
My husband is a veteran of 21 years. Our friend was a “Cargo”- loadmaster worked on a C-5 plane.(Air Force) He also is retired.
I have people that have served in the military in my family, and on my husband’s side of the family for generations. And our youngest child is getting ready to enlist. What I want to see is our government treat its service members, veterans and their families much better than it’s doing. The number of burned out and/or homeless veterans in the USA is a stain on our country(I have a brother that served over seas that has terrible PTSD). “Thank you for your service” needs to go deeper than words and letting people in uniform board airplanes first. I’m Just saying.
My father was a load master at Dover Air Force Base in the 70s.
“Logistical Prowess”
They asked a German Soldier when he realized that they lost. When he saw the Americans had Cake and Icecream.
His fellow German Soldiers were constantly retreating due low Ammo, Food and Fuel… while American Artillery behaved like they had infinite ammo and American troops somehow could spare logistics resources to get CAKE and ICECREAM to the front lines.
That is a myth. The statement was also attributed to an officer who noted most of the american p.o.w.s knew how to drive a vehicle, the cake in the story was mailed to him from the U.S.by his mother. Ice cream was unlikely out in the field.
@olyvoyl9382 the us did have ships during ww2 in the pacific whose sole purpose was to deliver ice cream
I served in the Air Force reserves doing communication, navigation and radar repair on C-5 transport aircraft. I got out for two reasons: 1) I fell through the cracks and most days I was left in a windowless room for 8 hours a day and 2) every time we reported (1 weekend a month, 2 weeks a year) they were asking for volunteers to go to the Middle East, and I quickly realized eventually my entire unit would be mobilized not to do what we were trained to do but to do guard duty, patrols, and convoy work.
Once I saw the military guarding opium fields I knew we were going to have a bunch of people leaving. You did your job with honor regardless of the intention of higher ups. Afghanistan is where empires go to die. The USSR did, ottomans did, Rome did, Mongolia did, and many more. The Taliban are starting a war with Pakistan right now so hopefully there will be a change.
I was in the U.S. Air Force. The base I was stationed at is now Space Force, since it was a space command. My job was Electrical Systems. My job identifier was 3EOX1
"Job identifier?" You guys are always so bougie.
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My dad was on a nuclear powered, nuclear armed sub during the cold war. He has some cool stories! When he worked at the Pentagon he also worked in a secret mountain base that was used in case of nuclear attack. He served 27 years as an officer im the Navy!
That secret place is across from my front yard in the mountains of PA ? Raven Rock
Just 27?
I watched you react to the fires 2 days ago and you seemed truly interested in learning about how these fires become what they become so quickly so I looked into the best reporting here in the states on the matter. I won't post the links I pulled for you here I will post them to the reaction on the fires, I just didn't want you to miss them because the detail is the best I have seen as of yet.
I do love that your heart always comes through as genuine concern for other humans even if they live far from where you are. I will go post the links to the fire reaction now.
Thanks for spending the time.
As someone that joined the Navy in 1989, things have changed drasticly since then. First off, it was pretty much preached to young individuals that it was better to enlist if you weren't going to college. Secondly, social media and video games weren't a so much of a thing. Yes there were video games, but we weren't stuck inside on the game, instead of outside "touching grass". We didn't drones in the military, and they sure weren't a thing in the military. Computers were a thing, but there were so many hurdles you had go over to get into that job. These days it just seems like the young people are more into themselves, than the country. It also seems like the military isn't running any killer sign up bonuses to get in either.
Don’t forget the Navy also has the second biggest airforce in the world
In America us common folks are better armed than most country's army's lol
The last estimate I heard says that *US CIVILIANS* - not the US military, but "plain old US Citizens" - control more than half of the total firearms that exist on the planet - INCLUDING counting every gun held by every military, US or otherwise. The claim is that Yamamoto said there'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass. He may not have actually said it, but the sentiment is definitely correct - for every 100 warm US bodies, we hold an ESTIMATED 120 firearms. Estimated because *NOBODY* knows for sure what the exact number actually is. That also *TOTALLY IGNORES* what the US military is capable of bringing to bear.
@@Ferd414 1000%
The U.S. NEVER tells their exact number of vehicles, munitions or personnel. The U.S. only tells about half of what's actually available.
I didn't serve in the military. But, my father was a WWII veteran, my brother served 20 years in the Army and was a veteran of the first Gulf War. An uncle I was close to growing up served 20 years in the Navy and was a Korean War veteran. I've had an assortment of cousins in various branches of the service. Knowing all these veterans has made me think in retrospect that I missed out on an important formative experience by avoiding military service.
Ok so I'M not in the military but my DAD it a captain in the JTAGS Space Force Unit. Basically, JTAGS is a part of the space force dedicated to issuing missile warnings to different countries. In general, the Space Force is the part of the military responsible for using satelites and other space craft.
Why don't you serve? We could use you.
Just remember, this is just stuff that's public info. There's classified projects that would blow our minds (typically).
6:47 I think the number are declining for a few reasons, but the two top reasons in my opinion, is one, the technology, less people to run things. And two, the leadership of the country. When you have a president that dogs out it’s own military, and citizens that hate the military that speak louder than those that love the military. It brings a sense of why am I here? Why would I want to do this? When you are appreciated, and respected, you have this sense of responsibility, and the will to fight to help those that don’t have a voice and others to keep their voice. The will to protect, the will to fight for your beliefs, standing for something good. When that’s lost, you start to have a decline.
Another point that should be made Is that we havent been in a war recently that the majority of the US population agreed with.
1987 was 2 years before the end of the cold War, and even though there was no actual combat, the US likely stopped or slowed down using fear to drive the population to joining the military. That's just my theory anyways
I agree with you except for one minor detail. I think we, generally, hate the operations the military leadership chooses to do and get involved in, and corruption in the military industrial complex profiting off of non-stop war efforts. Not the soldiers themselves.
@@caladbolg777 right, exactly, I agree 100 percent.
@@Recyclops yes, very true, I didn’t think about that, correct, now we are an established country. It doesn’t require so many people to join to fight to win something. We have already done that, now it’s a keep the peace mission.
Trump has ZERO respect for our military,in fact it's UTTER contempt actually,I guess it's because he's a rich man ??? I don't really know tho.
Logistical Prowess: When the US wants to put an entire Burger King in a military cargo jet and deploy it anywhere in the world, it can. Because.
Taco Bell >
@@TheGreatLakesSportsmanabhorent take.
@@justsomeeggsinapot1784 immaculate take
Don't forget the legal gun owners in this country. 347m people, somewhere in the range of 100m gun owners. Rifles, pistols, shotguns...people who are well trained and aren't servicemen
And that's only the registering ones. Most know that they will eventually use the registration against them. It's legal to not register so why would you. In Texas anyway
This medically retired grunt (US Army) can't run any more, but I sure as Hell can still shoot straight.
Yes sir
12:05 It should be noted about the T-14 Armata that the capabilities and quantities of the tank are largely if not entirely just on paper. Russia lies about their capabilities quite a bit as we are learning from Ukraine
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I retired from the air force in 2010 after 22 years, I was involved with 3 wars and 5 different operations around the world. Been stationed in Asia for 2 years, 5 years in Europe, 4.5 years in the middle east and the rest stateside. I had a total of 12 different deployments and 3 combat tours in Iraq where I should have died at least 6 different times. I was awarded a purple heart in '08 when I almost bleed to death after been wounded in a rocket attack in front of the old Saddam Place in Baghdad (I was 25 feet from the front door).
Blessings to you. Thank you for your service.
Greetings fellow combat brother-SEMPER-FI-I did 7 yrs in the navy and 7 yrs in the army ( tho not at the same time-LOL ) I also did 4 deployments to go fight ( I volunteered for all 4 tours,also did 2 tours back-to-back ) with Texas Guard infantry units. I was bored working 2 full-time civilian jobs and wanted to do something dangerous with a high probablity of certain-DEATH. LOL. I was already in the Texas Guard,so,all I needed was a unit,then orders,so,off I went to fight in Iraq.Chose an infantry unit for boots on the ground too. I wanted all that-SMOKE !!! LOL. I was gone from my civilian jobs for 2 yrs & 8 months because of those back-to-back tours,my fellow co-workers thought I had quit. I would've done more tours of duty,but,the US started going-SOFT-on insurgents with their winning the hearts & minds of terrorists bull&&&&. The US learned nothing from Vietnam,you can't be NICE and cuddle insurgents,they had already thought the US was weak as is,so,I bounced after my 4th deployment ( wasn't gonna get myself killed over political bull&&&& nor my soldiers killed either ) went to being a mercenary with civilian contracters over-seas in places we weren't supposed to be and places no one knew we were there.And I'll leave it at that. LOL. Did this for 11 yrs & 6 months,been back in the US for 2yrs now,still adapting back to the boring civilian life of the equally boring 9-to-5 job. SEMPER-FI
Purple heart for getting yourself hit? Leave the ground work to the Army and Marines, Fly boy?
@@strategygalactic how many fly boys have combat patches i have 2
Logistical prowess refers to the ability to get around(anywhere any time) with all the needed gear.
Logistical prowess is putting a mobile Burger King anywhere in the world in a few hours. Watch more of The Fat Electrician, Adam.
The number of navy ships not being #1 isn't as big a deal as some people think. A better metric is raw tonnage: The US Navy (not counting Coastguard) has 3.6 million tons of ships. China has a little under 2 million tons and most of their ships are antiquated or small classes.
Dude, China would CRUSH the US.
I am a US Air Force veteran served from 1985 to 1988. I was and Aircraft Mechanic and worked on the C-130h Hercules. Three thinks I would like to mention is, first while the video is accurate, I feel it does not really sum up the ability for the US to bring the weight and measure of all of branch's together, and to do surgical, pinpoint devastating strikes. Second there are other things that the US has that while are not military, support the missions designated by the US Government, like the CIA or the economic influences the US is able to bring to bear. Third, I find it interesting when you are speaking about the US Military personal you talk using language of inclusion "We". I really like that, I think other western civ countries and especially members of NATO should take a far more active, financial and military role in our defense. Do other country's feel as you do? I was stationed in England and felt welcome, I have been in several other countries and never felt unwelcome, this was during the cold war and peace time. I do hear a lot of negative talk about the US now, how do you feel about these things?
Whatever they tell you is decades old. 😮
Yes, especially the Russian numbers.
Part of America's Logistical prowess is that we have NUMEROUS bases around the World with FORWARD DEPLOYED Equipment Prestaged in case It's needed for Combat Operations so technically we'd just have to move Personnel which is much easier and quicker than a bunch of equipment
I love how you’ve adopted us as your own! “WE” need to pump the numbers up! 😂. Thank you!
He neglected to mention that the second largest Air Force in the world is operated by the US Navy. It has over 4,000 fixed wing planes, helicopters, and unmanned aircraft.
Logistical prowess: the ability to move equipment and personnel rapidly and sustain the fight over the long term.
Unparalleled Operational Capabilities: coordinating various forces and equipment to hammer the opposition.
And don’t forget the ice cream. It’s my favorite, too. I don’t know what the U.S. would do without it. Rioting? Depressed citizens?
@ no 💩! We have mobile Burger Kings, Baskin-Robbin’s, and Annie’s pretzels we can take anywhere in the world.
Adam, what we have in our military branches is formidable to say the least, now add to thar the number of registered hunters in EVERY state and you have the world's biggest armed forces on earth. I know so many hunters who would be ready to jump at the chance to protect our country at and and all costs. The military numbers would exponentially swell to proportions that would truly blow your mind if the need were to arise.
This video also didn't have ANY of the new toys we have coming out or are out now. New types of rounds for tanks, mortars, and artillery, new missiles, new rockets, new stealth bomber called the B21 Raider. New Unmanned/manned underwater and air craft, new space tech, NGAD (Next Generation Air Defense) It's insane, and that's what we KNOW about. Who knows what we don't know about yet.
Logistical prowess is measured by how fast you can not only move troops and supplies but how fast you can have a functioning burger king at any location on the planet (we can do it in 24 hours)
You should really start looking into the vehicles and weapons. By your reactions i think it would be hours and hours of fascinating videos for you to watch. I didn't serve but military vehicles and weapons was something i went full nerd on 35 years ago.
This video completely ignored the Sino-Ukrainian War currently in progress. 155 MM artillery is far superior to the 152 MM of Russia. The T-14 Armata is not in production with current inventory of 4 units. Yes, 4!
10 year navy veteran! I was a hospital corpsman. Essentially the medics for both navy and the marine corps. My specialty was to be with Marines, and in that aspect, I was with them on the ground in the air. People have a really huge misunderstanding of how military people are, and I always say the military was the best thing that I could ever done. It taught me all the best ways to exist as a human. Compassion and understanding and openness,(which of course sounds contradictive) being at the basis of how we all do things which people don’t get, but our capabilities are unimaginable.
Technological sophistication means we have very expensive, extremely advanced toys.
As others have pitched, the Berlin airlift, case of great logistics (also recommend the fat electrician’s video), bad logistics, most all the operations by Rus in their current war with Ukr. Seriously, a lot of frontline Rus troops have shotty access to nutrition (fruits, vegetables), even with being right next door to their homeland! Sure some equipment is short due to global embargos, but this is stuff that’s grown in country and easily sent!
China actually spends closer to 450-650B per year. Logistics is stuff like food, ammo, clothes etc troops need. If you can't transport supplies and resources to your front lines you can't do anything.
Just so we're clear, that bit about the tanks. The T-14 was designed to be superior to the Abrams, however. What it's designed to do, and what it actually does, are two very different things. That being said, IF we were to ever lose an Abrams to said T-14. Congrats, you've managed to out gun a 50 year old tank... Not a lot pound for pound that's going toe to toe with an Abrams on even ground. That's in large part due to the crew though.
Infographics channel is a freaking bunch of idiots and should never be taken as factual. Russia has less than 4,000 tanks now, and most are from WW2. The T-14 Armada is a useless joke that not one country will ever buy. They are nothing more than an existing tank, of which was designed in the 60's, with a modified outer shell. The engines are the same as old tanks. They break down in parades. They tried to sell T-14's to China and when China actually got a look at it, they laughed at it and made fun of Russia for week.
$20M isn't enough to even buy an aircraft carrier. You're looking at $10B+ for 1. Maybe now people will understand how and why we NEED to spend so much on our military. That budget also includes their pay and medical expenses, housing, food, equipment etc...
fun fact: of our 886B defense budget we don’t just protect Ukraine and Israel. We work and our taxes to give it to Brits and Aussies as well❤
Your welcome is what I mean
Fun fact: The US Submarine force is about the same size as the Australian Defense Force and US Coast Guard.
886 is just regular funding. Doesn't include the black budget, civilian intel, or R&D with darpa and national labs.
Hmmm. I found a bit of interesting information. The UK's military consists of approximately 184,000 active personnel. Perhaps it's time for the US's "allies" to step up their game instead of relying on the US to cover their asses? Just saying.
What you also have to take into account the US has agreements with over 50 other countries to provide military cover should they be attacked by a foreign adversary.
That almost 900 billion budget is just what they tell you they spend. There is also the black budget for all the stuff they don't want to tell you.
Logistical prowess, for example, is the US during World War II being able to supply American troops with ice cream in remote Pacific islands while the Japanese they were fighting were starving to death. It's one thing to send 10,000 soldiers into the field, it's another to send them into the field and supply them with everything they need to live and fight a war for months on end while people are shooting at them. The US can do that anywhere in the world at any time.
Logistical prowess means we can ship our whole army to your front door in 24 hours and stay there for 20 years
I flew the F-15C for 14 years in the US Air Force. I was with the 43rd TFS at that time based at anchorage alaska, where we tangled constantly with Russian fighter pilots who crossed the ADIZ just to piss us off and check our response times, etc. it was a lot of fun.
My wife and I live in Shreveport, Louisiana. Our sister city across the Red River is Bossier City. It is home to Barksdale Air Force Base. It houses a large contingent of B-52 Stratofortress Bombers. It is also where President Bush diverted to during the 9/11 attacks.
I live in south Carolina, my sister lives in Shreveport and she also has lived in bossier city.
Big issue with navy part, Navy’s aren’t measured by number of vessels but by the tonnage of vessels. Why US has the largest fleet in the world, with over 500 million tons of ship. The second largest fleet is US museum ship fleet at over 250 million tons of vessels, whose job is to teach naval history. The 3rd largest is China at just under 200 million tons. The European countries are pretty much on par with each other, but I do believe Britain still has the largest European Navy. (Might be wrong on that)
He also forgot to mention Patrol Boats, they may be small but are deceptively capable little boats. Both American and Russian PT boats are capable of sinking larger vessels with missiles or torpedoes.
I was in the Army during Desert Storm. I was a mechanic on the Bradley and MLRS rocket systems. This the Brandley is a small tank like vehicle with a 5mm gun and a wire guided missile system. It's designed to get troops to where they need to be. The MLRS is a multiple launching rocket vehicle. It looks like a box with tank treads. It can carry up to 12 rockets. There are a variety of types of rockets it can use. The most common one can take out 1 full grid square, which is 1 mile by 1 mile square. If you ever watch some footage from the war and see a night vision shot of a convoy and then it suddenly looks like sparks going off all over the place...that was most likely a MLRS rocket. The rocket blows up in the air and sends out a bunch of smaller bombs. Any thing below it is turned into swiss chees.
They skipped a lot of aircraft. Several USAF planes and ALL of the Navy/USMC planes. I guess they had to boil it down to save time.
My husband and father-in-law were in the Marines.
My cousin in the Airforce.
Brother-in-laws in the Army.
Friends in all of the above.
I was not in the military, but worked on military projects.
I am SO thankful to the US Military!
You thought the US defense budget was $20 million? Seriously? You can’t buy anNFL quarterback for that😂
Russia was only making 40 tanks per year before the war in Ukraine and last year it only manufactured 70. It might be able to manufacture 90 tanks per year.
They had somewhere around 8,000 to 10,000 in visible and garage storage before the war and now, they have less than 3,000 - the number comes down to closer to 1,500 per Covert Cabal when removing the total junk from the count.
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The US has over 700 Military bases world wide. I think China has 1, and Russia has 0.
The most underrated fact about the US military is that we are a 100% volunteer force. We haven't used the draft since Vietnam. Ecert service member since that war joined because we wanted to fight for our country.
I was a driver of a 113 Ai tracked APC. V6 Detroit diesel and a four speed Allison Chalmers automatic transmission would haul all thirteen tons of it at 75 MPH across open desert. It mounted a .50 caliber machine gun, ma deuce, and a belt fed 7.62 machine light machine gun, as well as a 40mm grenade launcher and M16, also a .45 cal side arm and a .45 cal submachine gun. We served as transport for highest enlisted and officers. At high altitudes. The track was a huge tractor to me, really bad ass.
The active troops and equipment is only one side of the coin. If you add veterans and reservists... the number explodes
Of course, they didn't mention the Celestial Navigation. A system besides GPS that uses the stars to navigate with. Or the unknown Aurora craft that uses a pulse wave detonation engine, of which there was a sighting of in 1986.
6:24 When I was in Marine Corps, from 1999-2003, They said the exact same thing during my first two years, as our school of infantry instructors hadn't seen combat. -- They were like: "You gents will probably never see combat, its all smart bombs, cruise missiles, air superiority, MLRS, etc etc..." -- And then September 11 happened and, apparently there was still a need for for 0311s.
They failed to mention that each state has a dedicated branch if the National Guard, not sure if or how that was included in the figures. Also, the U. S. Navy also commands the second largest air force, behind the U. S. Air Force as the largest. They also failed to mention that our military is voluntary. A few of the countries with higher body counts have compulsory military service, whereas we don't.
I'm a retired Marine. Think of Logistical Prowess as being able to get what you need, where you need it. the US military uses a system called Maritime Prepositioned Ships (MPS). Basically, there are ships all around the world, loaded with all the equipment that the military may need. It makes it easier and faster to get that equipment to where it needs to go, than having it sent from bases in the US. But I still think that no matter what high tech piece of gear you may have, the individual person operating that equipment along with how well they do their job and can think on their feet, makes a big difference.
I’m an Air Force veteran. They damn sure ain’t putting much into the pay.
Almost 28 years in the US Army. Enjoying your channel so far!
Others have mentiined it, but the logistical prowess is about forward projection and rapid deployment anywhere in the world.
Beans, bullets, and fuel drive wartime missions.
The ability to move very large forces, high levels of firepower, and all of the needed support elements anywhere within 24 hours is logistical prowess.
I remember the story of a German soldier who realized they were going to lose the war because he found a fresh piece of cake in a captured American's supplies. If the USA had the logistical prowess, gasoline, vehicles, infrastructure, etc. to ship a fresh piece of cake to a soldier in the field Germany didn't have a chance.
just think this is peace time manufacturing, during ww2 the US had 99 aircraft carriers and supplied all the allies
The T14 is a fantasy. Only a handful have been produced and none have seen combat.
I'm Army Veteran 13F or Forward Observer early 2000's The artillery that the video showed is located 20+ kilometers away from the targets they shoot at and someone in my job field tells the guns where to shoot either through grid coordinates or more commonly by lasing or painting the target. Also the the self-propelled M109 Paladin can fire 3 rounds quickly in multiple secession, all impacting the same target simultaneously by firing at multiple changes in barrel elevation. But anyway, another thing you might like to check out is the M.O.A.B. aka Mother of All Bombs largest non-nuclear bomb US, deployed it in Afghanistan.
Not to mention the F18s, E2C Hawkeye, EA6B prowler, and the unmanned underwater drones that never have to surface because they run on a very special rechargeable system using salt water. Yeah, I served aboard a few ships and the seabees for 20 years.
Prowlers were retired many many years ago lol. The electronic warfare F-18 (Growlers) replaced it about a decade or so ago
Logistical means to get things to where they need to be when they need to be there! US can move stuff fast.
@1:19 "Am I just not that smart"? 😂 Yes, in fact that is the case.
When you consider that that $800+ billion defense budget is "only" 3% of the total government budget, you get an idea of just what kind of an economic power the U.S. is.
I am grandma of 36+ yrs of military service with one grandson in Army Airborne in Italy and one Air Force ROTC in college. My family has one served back to Revolutionary War. I have watched all your videos. Nice job. Not sure what AJ will fly. I am very proud!
About the number of people in service in comparison to 1987- at that time we were still in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, which didn’t fall until 1991. Also, things in the Middle East were really heating up. Desert Storm was in 1991.
The military has since declined to enlist secondary school drop-outs, and has restricted enlistment in other ways. Further, the push for college education has drastically increased, and patriotism has declined significantly.
However, if world tensions increase again, and war seems imminent, a push for enlistment will begin again.
OMG! When he guessed $20M for our annual military budget, LMAO! Oh you silly silly man! 😂😂😂
My Dad was an aeronautical engineer for the F15 for most of his career. Traveled the world. Proud wife of AirForce Vet meteorologist.
In a military context, logistical prowess refers to the exceptional ability to plan, organize, and execute the movement and maintenance of forces and equipment. It involves skillfully managing resources, time, and processes to achieve strategic and tactical objectives, particularly in scenarios where coordination and efficiency are critical to mission success.
This includes:
Ensuring the timely supply of ammunition, fuel, food, and medical aid to troops in active operations.
Coordinating the transport of personnel, vehicles, and equipment across challenging terrains or into conflict zones.
Managing supply chains to prevent shortages while minimizing waste.
Rapidly responding to unforeseen circumstances, such as disrupted supply lines or emergent combat needs, while maintaining operational readiness.
Military logistical prowess is often the backbone of success in campaigns, as it ensures that forces are well-supported and capable of sustained operations in dynamic and hostile environments.
They kinda forgot to mention the 700+ operational military bases around the world. Which is part of why our logistical and operational abilities are insane.
Jets, drones and missiles can only do so much. Only boots can hold ground.
Logistics means we can move troops , equipment , and aide anywhere in the world in 18 to 48 hours . We got a defense budget big enough to fight God ( that's a joke ) we spend more in aide than all of NATO combined .
As a former USAF F-35A crew chief, it always brings me great pride when people from other countries see how many aircraft we have in the fleet. It takes a lot of hard work to keep all those birds flying and our maintainers (Foul mouthed and mean motherfuckers though we may be) are the very best in the world, and many of us have and will go on to work in the defense aerospace industry when we leave service, perpetuating a cycle of ever advanced aircraft that our enemies can only dream of and our allies express strong desires to purchase.
Both of my boys are Marines... inactive now. Once a Marine, always a Marine!!!
I bet that left a bitter taste in their mouths.
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Remember part of our budget for the military is also making up for a lack of funding by other allies, as well as the fact that our military is designed to fight on more than one front at a time.
Adam all the people with major reserves would be US allies. Vietnam and US are making major strides together to combat China, they don't want to become a member of the Phillipines/Taiwan/Japan/South Korea alliance per se, but we have the same goals and they do work with USA.
India has their eyes on Russia and China, they joined BRICS but do not like the direction it is going. They find themselves with a bunch of countries they don't trust, it wasn't supposed to be a political alliance, but a currency. It is deviating from that. India has questions. They aren't opposed to USA or the west in any direct form.
The only enemies are the same enemies. We definitely win in every corner outside of manufacturing (China has that one). Overall, we chilling. It is very important we fix the issues with enrollment though.
If America felt it was necessary it could spend 40 % of its GDP on the military like we did in WW2 . As it is we spend like 3% of our annual GDP .