Amphibs not survivable? Tell it to the Marines!

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Amphibs not survivable? Tell it to the Marines!

By: Todd South  

ANNAPOLIS, Md. ― The demise of amphibious operations, especially the ships and connectors linked to those ops, have been touted by experts as not ‘survivable’ in recent years.

The Marine Corps isn’t having any of it.

“There’s a lot of talk about how we’ll never do amphibious ops again,” Maj. Gen. Tracy King, director of expeditionary warfare, said here on Oct. 23 at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Expeditionary Warfare Conference. “But we’re not talking about another Iwo Jima. We’re talking about distributed maritime operations…at a time and place of our choosing.”

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/10/25/amphibs-not-survivable-tell-it-to-the-marines/