'Fleet Marine Force' Is Back as Commandant Pushes Return to Naval Roots
8 Jan 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
As the Marine Corps shifts its focus from lengthy ground wars to more ship-based missions, leaders want leathernecks to change their terminology.
The Marine Corps is resurrecting its "Fleet Marine Force" label. It will replace the "operating force" term Marines have used in recent decades to describe the service's general population -- with an emphasis on forward-deployed units.
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Now, Fleet Marine Force should be used to describe all commands and units at or below the Marine expeditionary force level, Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, head of Combat Development and Integration in Quantico, Virginia, wrote in a service-wide message.
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