Changes Are Coming for Marines’ Deployments to the Pacific
24 Sep 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The Marine Corps will reexamine where it's postured in the Asia-Pacific region as the service prepares for possible conflict with China, the commandant said this week.
Tens of thousands of Marines are based in California, Hawaii and Japan -- "pointed like an arrow" at the Korean Peninsula, Commandant Gen. David Berger said Wednesday. It's a layout that leaders put in place at the end of World War II and has been successful for decades, he said.
Looking ahead 10 years from now, though, "it's not a great posture for the joint force," Berger said.
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