Tomorrow’s ‘Reconstituted’ Marine Corps -- DoD BuzzAll the services will probably look different after the end of the Afghan war, but the Marine Corps could well be the one that changes the most.
The brass has vowed to get back to its “expeditionary roots;” to rediscover the ways of “amphibiosity;” and, most of all, to get much lighter.
“As I say, the United States Marine Corps needs to go on weight control,” Assistant Commandant Gen. Joe Dunford said on Wednesday. That doesn’t just mean that it’s counting on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to be as light as possible, the better to go aboard Navy gators, but also that the Corps can’t just “reset” — it must “reconstitute” itself.
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My Comment: It will look different .... but the spirit of the Marine Corps is still the Corps.
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