Marine commandant drops 38 amphibious ships to the fight requirement

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Marine commandant drops 38 amphibious ships to the fight requirement
By: Shawn Snow  

The Corps has held steadfast for nearly a decade on its requirement for 38 amphibious ships to haul Marines and gear to the fight — now the new top Marine says that’s no longer the case.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger dropped that requirement, noting that Marines storming a beachhead from an armada parked nine nautical miles offshore in the South China Sea was “impractical and unreasonable.”

Berger’s remarks on the amphib ship requirement were made in a planning guidance document he posted late Tuesday evening.

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