Posted by oldtanker on February 08, 2014 at 06:51:46 from (66.228.255.116):
In Reply to: USS Forrestal posted by Scott in SF on February 05, 2014 at 21:37:53:
Part of the reason they have decommissioned certain vessels is because it's no longer cost effective to maintain them. Plus the military is limited in size. Ships like the Forrestal just are no longer vialable with todays standards.
The Battle Ship days are past. Some of the stuff on the battle field today is truly amazing. Laser guided artillery shells and smart bombs, the MLRS system and so on. The new anti tank rockets are really something. Long gone are the LAWS of yesteryear.
As far as the Seabees being disbanded look at mission and capabilities. The Marines are not going to take an island and the Seabees build an airfield. No need for it. Besides you have to have a paved/concrete runway today to keep the jet engines from sucking up dirt and debris. So just what were the Seabees supposed to do? If it gets to the point where both Air Force and Naval air is needed they will share fields. Plus with in flight refueling and loiter times the need for the Seabees is long gone. I'm surprised they kept them as long as they did. Without our getting out of Iraq and trying to draw down in Afghanistan the military is going to get cut back to pre war size (a mistake IMO, we couldn't fight 2 small wars with what we had without multiple National Guard deployments).
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