Are the U.S. Marines Dying?

[rangerrebew]

Are the U.S. Marines Dying?
 
The Corps has one super special skill—and it’s fading.
Michael Peck [2]

The U.S. Marine Corps is arguably the best amphibious-warfare force in the world. But a new Government Accountability Office report suggests that lack of training may be eroding the marines’ amphibious capabilities.

The problem isn’t with the marine amphibious units deployed at sea, which would be at the forefront of the fighting should war erupt in Korea [3] or the South China Sea [4]. The issue is that relentless overseas commitments have strained marine resources so badly that it can’t conduct the other training that it needs to maintain its combat edge.

 
Source URL (retrieved on December 17, 2017): http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/are-the-us-marines-dying-23683

[rangerrebew]

If they are, its because Obama had tried to turn them into social justice warriors instead of combat warriors.

[Joe Wooten]

If they are, its because Obama had tried to turn them into social justice warriors instead of combat warriors.

#3 son was an instructor at SOI for the last 3 years and he complained about the 0bama admin cutting back on training budgets. He taught machine gunning and said they had to cut the training time in half or better due to a lack of ammo, and training standards were cut back because it was too hard.  Now he's back in the fleet getting ready for a MEU this next summer.

[rangerrebew]

#3 son was an instructor at SOI for the last 3 years and he complained about the 0bama admin cutting back on training budgets. 

It was the same scenario during the Clinton years.