Military.com By Gina Harkins 1/8/2020
As the Marine Corps shifts its focus from lengthy ground wars to more ship-based missions, leaders want leathernecks to change their terminology.
The Marine Corps is resurrecting its "Fleet Marine Force" label. It will replace the "operating force" term Marines have used in recent decades to describe the service's general population -- with an emphasis on forward-deployed units.
Now, Fleet Marine Force should be used to describe all commands and units at or below the Marine expeditionary force level, Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, head of Combat Development and Integration in Quantico, Virginia, wrote in a service-wide message.
The purpose of the switch back to the once widely used term with a naval connection: to "foster maritime operations and integration," Smith wrote.
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