Marines Return to Sea Only to Battle Corrosion
4/2/2020
By Stew Magnuson
AUSTIN, Texas — After years of fighting in desert-like conditions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps earlier in the decade was tasked with returning to its maritime roots. And with a renewed emphasis on fighting peer competitors, it is also being called on to integrate more closely with the Navy.
The Marine Corps now is facing a once familiar enemy: rust.
Corrosion was recently identified as the service’s top science-and-technology problem needing to be solved by officials serving under Program Executive Office Land Systems.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/4/2/marines-return-to-sea-only-to-battle-corrosion
