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The big challenge is during the transition period, there is a real chance that the Baloch people might try to separate and form their own State. Apparently they would reduce Iran's oil fields significantly and their abilty to recover.

Because if you are in the CR trade, it was very difficult to climb the ladder. Based on the work they did, we managed to get all our assistants moved from CR to PM, which also opened a lot of career doors for them. On the flip side, Clerks in the PS are generally well paid compared to their...

I don't blame the oil companies one bit. Why pour billions into a country and system that could turn on you in a moment and have political and military support disappear in an US election?

The Shah in exile outlines the general plan

Well the people on the street are the ones calling for the Shah and the threat that Trump made has likley saved some lives, at least for the time being. So far we are handling it well. If the regime falls, Iran is going to need a lot of help, particularly in cleansing the higher ups of the IRGC...

Nevertheless, we don't give ourselves credit, ever. Malaysia is another example of a success.

Yes we did so badly in Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea As I mentioned, Iran has a election system in place, it just needs to be opened to candidates that the people want. The bigger issue will be removing IRGC control of the economy as they are basically a mafia.

It was better than what they have now and likley the Shah will oversee some sort of transitionary government. There is a democratic structure inplace, except the Clerics get to pick the people you get to vote for. Once you remove that bit, I suspect you get a Monarchy democracy with the Shah...

What is old is sort of new again

Those Cubans were there to keep the Party, military and government loyal to the revolution. Be a shame if something happened to them on the way home....

A bit of economic downturn does not hurt the CAF recruiting and retention issues.

Mind you certain European countries still need to maintain a COIN/Colonial war option that they can use as required and that has to run on a tight budget.

The best part of reloading is when your wife asks you how much ammo costs, you can say: "Excellent question, when reloading it all depends on the price of commodities like copper, brass, etc. Reloading save me between 50-70% over retail and that varies by calibre" and then natter on about bullet...

That's what I am thinking and it keeps the crews active and sharp, along with making better use of government funds.

Malaysia just replaced it's pack Howitzers with LG1 Mk III. They use a Humvee as a gun tractor

With our vessel manning issue, I would buy/hire two civilian vessels with the capability and also use them to inspect underwater infrastructure, such as cables. Crews would be civilians on contract.

When I was doing IPSC, I would burn through about 700-1,000 rds of centrefire pistol and the same for .22cal using subcalbre devices every month. I generally go through about 50-100 centrefire rifle and 100-200 .22cal every range trip now, not counting pistol.

I am going to be a broken record, but we have firms making actual light AFV's selling thousands overseas, which we won't buy for our own military and would be easy to source parts for. Start buying a few hundred a year and start spreading them out to the units, replace them as they hit 10 years.

Being asked to redo things is atypical with PR people around. Even the iconic flag raising over Iwo Jima is a reenactment.

Having had to convert to Islam, anything that helps reduce or stops the spread of it, is a good thing.