Marines Need Submarines: Commandant Neller On Major War
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on February 09, 2018 at 4:00 AM
SAN DIEGO: Why does the Marine Corps Commandant want the Navy to build more attack boats? “As a naval force, part of a maritime campaign, we need more attack submarines,†Gen. Robert Neller said at the AFCEA-USNI WEST conference.
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Why? “I want to get where I’m going,†Neller said to laughter from the audience. “A bunch of lance corporals with M4s on the flight deck are not going to help me out.†In other words, if the amphibious warships carrying the Marines are to make it to striking distance of a hostile shore without being sunk, they need an escort of Navy submarines and aircraft — and (though Neller didn’t mention this last one) probably also Aegis ships for anti-aircraft and missile defense.
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/marines-need-submarines-commandant-neller-on-major-war/
