Editors' Pick|7,449 views|May 14, 2020,09:00am EDT
Meet Your New Island-Hopping, Missile-Slinging U.S. Marine Corps
David AxeContributor
The U.S. Marine Corps just stood up, in Hawaii, the first of a new kind of unit, a so-called Marine Littoral Regiment that could help the Corps battle Chinese forces in the Western Pacific.
Some background: The Marines in April announced a proposal for sweeping organizational changes that commandant Gen. David Berger has said are the key to making the Corps’ expeditionary units lighter, more survivable and more relevant in island-hopping warfare.
The Marines proposed to eliminate all of its law-enforcement battalions, tank battalions and bridging companies. The Corps also would disband three of its 24 infantry battalions, 16 of its 21 tube-artillery batteries and two of its four amphibious-vehicle companies.
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