JUST IN: Marine Corps to Prioritize Light Amphibious Warships if Given More Funding
2/8/2022
By Meredith Roaten
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If the Marine Corps receives budget plus-ups in future fiscal cycles, it will invest what it can in light amphibious warships, the service's top officer said Feb. 8.
President Joe Biden is expected to submit his budget request for 2023 to Congress in the coming months. Historically, Congress has often added money to the military service's toplines based on unfunded requirements lists and other considerations.
At the National Defense Industrial Association's Expeditionary Warfare Conference, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger was asked how his service would like to spend extra funding it might receive in the future.
“I don't know how that will go, but from my Marine Corps lens things like amphibious ships, light amphibious warships are Marine Corps requirements,” he said.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2022/2/8/marine-corps-to-prioritize-light-amphibious-warships-if-given-more-funding
