Is The U.S. Marine Corps Suffering From An Identity Crisis?

U.S. Marines Corps

Washington Times: Marine Corps suffers identity crisis in age of cyberwarfare, artificial intelligence

Many of the Marine Corps‘ iconic battles such as Iwo Jima and Inchon are decades in the past, and the amphibious assaults that were once the service’s calling card seem to have fallen by the wayside in a world of artificial intelligence weaponry, cyberwarfare and the Pentagon’s strategic focus on outer space and great-power rivals such as China and Russia.

Now, an open letter to Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, the White House’s pick to become Marine Corps commandant, is fueling debate over whether the Corps is in the midst of an identity crisis that could mean tighter budgets and fewer clear missions.

While the Army and other services look to expand into cyberwarfare and other modern modes of combat, some strategists and many Marines themselves say the Corps is moving further afield from its core mission as America’s expeditionary force in combat.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. Marines will need to evolve as the times change. But from my own point of view, I do not believe it should move away from its core mission as America’s expeditionary force in combat. On a side note, it still has the tools to be a very lethal force .... No One Can Beat Them: All of the Reasons the U.S. Marines Corps Is Unstoppable (National Interest).