I can't agree with your logic concerning Reserve Units once called up they are normally attached to Active Units to supplement "manpower" or "equipment" shortages or in the case of the AH-1W earlier this year...
"The
last detachment of AH-1Ws to
complete a deployment returned
earlier this year with the
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The detachment,
temporarily assigned to
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), was part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167), based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina."
https://seapowermagazine.org/marine-...a-helicopters/
By your reasoning then, since they don't count, I guess we can get rid all the
National Guardsman Units in the
USA OOB and
free up all those slots.
I can speak of the Army at this point...
"The major differences between the
Guard and Reserve have to do with the
nature of duty–
Reserve members operate under the jurisdiction of the DoD and may be called up to serve in times of war, in expeditionary campaigns, for humanitarian relief, and any other mission-essential function.
National Guard troops can be
activated by the Governor of your state, and they
may also be called up by the
President of the United States."
So those Reserve Units regardless of service branch, will get called up
first to respond to a National Emergency.
https://militarybenefits.info/active...erve-or-guard/
Legacy Units are the "
bridge" until whatever replaces them, replaces them. And that can take a decade or longer to happen. Therefore they get
upgraded to sustain their combat readiness as has been
clearly demonstrated.
FOC I don't see how this doesn't matter. I tried to find the response from one of our people out here who shortly after I posted the changes for
INDIA's tanks (I remember it was the
T-90MS.) for the last patch, he was grateful that those tanks and in particular, the
T-90MS dates got changed to reflect
RL.
I believe those got entered on receipt of the
test beds for evaluation of them.
He frustration dealt with the fact that he plays
Pakistan vs India and the
AI kept picking those and other tanks
NOT yet in service.
As I see it from all my years in Board gaming to early PC (Steel Panthers) games to now was to
maintain the equipment as close to
RL as possible and then
leave to the players to fight them as they desire under historical, current news or any option their imagination can come up with.
And besides concerning
FOC, this is...
1) What Don expects of me as the "gold standard" and has been his mantra out here in I don't know how many posts over the years.
2) It goes against my own
personal integrity to do otherwise. I will not
compromise on that for the sake of
expediency or any other reason.
You do the job right or you don't do it at all. that's from my up bringing, mentors and my work and military career. Otherwise I wasted my time during the 2019/2020 Campaign as FOC was a big part of that work along with many other factors.
3) In our game reviews we have been "
touted" by most of those reviewers for our diligence in updating the game and maintaining the accuracy of our "
equipment".
4)
Most importantly, it's about the
players, that response I got had the whole thing worth while. I've
NEVER felt it was about us, but
ONLY about the players. That's why I do this and hopefully will be able to continue to do so until
JAN/FEB 2026 when
I can be a player again.
At least later today is my "HUMP DAY" might be a "double" retirement in 2026, that's an awesome thought!?!
It's very late and I'm tired, so
Good Night!
Regards,
Pat
