Marine Corps Shuts Down Central America Deployment Amid Budget Pressures

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Marine Corps Shuts Down Central America Deployment Amid Budget Pressures
 
9 Jun 2021
Military.com | By Hope Hodge Seck

After six years of sending a small contingent of Marines to Central and South America each year to train with allies and support hurricane relief efforts, the Corps has halted the rotation in an apparent effort to save money.

"The Marine Corps is adjusting its procedures for Marine rotational forces to best position warfighters and their support systems to fight and win," a description in a Navy overview of the White House's fiscal 2022 defense budget request reads.

Ending the rotational deployment, known as Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Southern Command, will save $3 million annually, according to the document. Personnel and resources will be "realigned" from Marine Corps Forces South to Marine Forces Command, based in Norfolk, Virginia, it adds.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/09/marine-corps-shuts-down-central-america-deployment-amid-budget-pressures.html

[rangerrebew]

No need to worry about the Central American nations.  The Chinese are trying to establish themselves there and this will provide the opening they need.