Congress wants a review of the Corps’ plan to distribute forces across the Indo-Pacific

[rangerrebew]

Congress wants a review of the Corps’ plan to distribute forces across the Indo-Pacific
By: Shawn Snow and Todd South  

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are asking for a review of the U.S. military’s plans to distribute forces across the Indo-Pacific in places like Okinawa, Japan, Guam, Hawaii and Australia, among other locations.

Noting a “pressing need” to redistribute Marines from Okinawa in the Senate’s recent version of the annual defense legislation — lawmakers want an update on costs of the redistribution of forces in the region and an “assessment” of those forces’ ability to “respond to current and future contingencies."

According to the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act, details of “alternative locations for basing” in places such as Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S., Japan and Oceania, among others, should be included in any recommendations or revisions to the planned redistribution of American forces across the Indo-Pacific.


https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/07/01/congress-wants-a-review-of-the-corps-plan-to-distribute-forces-across-the-indo-pacific/

[sneakypete]

Since when does the USMC tell Congress what the are going to do?

It doesn't work that way in peacetime,and never will. Congress tells ALL the branches of the US military what they can and can not do,and the military then adapts and tells Congress how they are going to implement their plans to adjust to Congressional dictates.