U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. George McArthur
Popular Mechanics: The Marine Corps Is Changing the Way It Does Business To Win the Battles of 2025
Changes will keep the USMC on warfare's cutting edge.
The U.S. Marine Corps is changing the size and makeup of the Marine infantry squad, making drone and counter-drone specialists a permanent part of the force structure, and bringing back tank and artillery units that had been deactivated to save money. It's a series of moves meant to keep the force as agile and deadly as ever.
Stars and Stripes reports that the changes are the result of two years of internal experimentation within USMC. Marine Corps Force 2025 and Sea Dragon 2025 were two forward-looking programs that studied the future of warfare, particularly with regards to unmanned systems, small unit lethality, and what it would take to prevail on the battlefields of 2025. The results will be implemented across all Marine infantry units, with a completion date of roughly 2024.
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WNU Editor: In a nutshell ..... they want units to be smaller, quicker, and more lethal.
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