SUSTAIN, U.S Marines in space for real

Originally posted by Nygdan
And maybe a few hundred capsules can be used with the recon teams. Blasting off from a military shuttle-base in the US, reaching orbit, flitting over to the position quickly, then releasing these capsules to scream down to the earth, landing all around any enemy position, be it a city of a fielded army, smashing it up, bugging out to a pick up point and being lifted out by another ship that followed them, all in the space of a few hours. Stormtroopers indeed.

I don't know about a few hundred (would be cool though), maybe like one or two dozen crafts at most.

True enough this sort of thing wouldn't be used anytime soon in the way I am suggesting. We'll have to wait for giant alien bugs before that happens!

But I hear that this will be their new battalion flag

Here is a model showing off the new unit badges too