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01-11-2016, 11:01 PM
john shaft
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On the topic of organization, I've noticed that everyone automatically assumes that Joe is a stand-alone unit. It struck me recently that Joe could also be a subordinate squadron of Delta. Considering the timing of the release of Joe in the early '80's, say Delta was expanding and creating a dedicated reconnaissance squadron (the precursor to an Advance Force Operations unit, or similar to ST6's Black Squadron). It would be primarily Army based, but with a couple of pers seconded from other branches. There are some points for and against this idea.
For: being a Sqn vice a Regiment reduces the need for so many senior officers and NCOs.
Against: An AFO usually has senior pers to start with and tends to be fairly rank-heavy.
For: An AFO requires pers with a broad range of language capabilities, which are there in Joe.
Against: An AFO has little need for lots of armoured vehicles
Anyway, it's an idea.
I had briefly thought of the Joes being a part of Delta as I was trying to figure out why there would be two anti-terrorism units within the Army. Then I thought of Zuludelta's idea that maybe while Delta deals with hostage rescue and killing/capturing HVT's maybe the Joes deal with weapon seizures and such from rogue nations and foreign organizations. Another idea I thought of was maybe in recent years The Pentagon got word that the US military was going to be forced to open up all MOS's to women and do more integration of both sexes in Combat Arms. Perhaps the Joes are an experimental SOF to sort of test the waters on a small scale of full integration? Sort of like a Delta Version Two: Co-Ed Edition (I don't include tanks, jets and artillery in my Joes so I see them more like Delta. DEVGRU and the SAS).
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