Not just riflemen anymore: Marines must self sustain in the high end fight
By: Todd South  
ANNAPOLIS, Md. ― Military operations have always relied on logistics: The supply of fuel, food, bullets and medicine keep the fight going from the front lines back to the homeland.
But the way the Marine Corps intends to fight the next war will require a major shift from mountains of steel piled in deserts or long convoys trucking boxes of MREs and towing water on dusty mountain paths.
Marines will not only be riflemen when forward-deployed, but also water purifiers, fuel cleaners and power scavengers.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/11/08/not-just-a-rifleman-anymore-marines-must-self-sustain-in-the-high-end-fight/
