Tell me. What's your opinion of the LCS program? Should we promote those folks?

Perhaps. I can’t say. The LCS program did turn out to be a bust- most of that due to breakdowns and mismatched capabilities. So the engineering folk responsible for the failure of propulsion systems and other mechanical issues? At least their work should be reviewed, but I imagine Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics are already sudying that.


As for the mismatched capabilities, this seems to be a problem at the Pentagon. Whether the military planners made glaring errors or not, the fielding of a littoral component to the navy is not a bad idea.


Should those in the upper echelons of the Corps be chastised or fired for their reconceptualization of how UsMC forces will be re-equipped and deployed on eastern Pacific islands?

This is exactly the kind of thinking that needs to be encouraged by Hegseth, but he’s too busy scouring the Pentagon for leakers and traitors, as well as firing capable people because they are black, brown or female. This sort of behavior tamps down creativity and encourages silos and professional withdrawal from rocking the boat.


Drones and how to use them- an entire avenue of exploration and innovation that will not be vigorously explored by those afraid of losing their jobs.


And this disparity between authoritarian regimes and innovative, democratic regimes, is exactly the reason Ukraine has fought a numerically superior foe to a standstill.

Authoritarian regimes lack a full measure of creativity and do not encourage personal initiative. And every temper tantrum that pete Hegseth has only serves to underscore this failure of an outdated, top down approach to military power.