Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
(I forgot to click post on the 17th after being interrupted) but here's my two penn'orth anyway.
N_a_b Future Commando Force confuses the hell out of me, but my understanding is that LRG(N) should be composed of a LPD (or similar), an LSS(currently legacy RFA), escort(s) and any additional RFA SSs required, LRG(S) has an small scale anti-terrorist focus so doesn't need an LPD, so Argus and a Bay are appropriate (and Escort(s) if the operational scenario requires) troops to be drawn from Forty or Four Five as required and RW assets as appropriate. Where an LSG fits in I am not sure. Is FCF not a flexibility doctrine? In other words allowing the use of small teams for Grey Zone ops up to a full Commando plus supporting arms amphib/helo op? I also can't quite reconcile FCF with the Rangers as the SF-lite roles seem to overlap to a very large extent.
I think the point is that the various units of the Bde (and their enablers like 29Cdo RA, the RE and the CLR) and are now so disparate in role, that the days of "assault" as a formed Bde are long gone, which is why the amphibious ships are no longer as important as they were.