Four ways to kill a ship: How US Marines are focused on controlling the seas
By Megan Eckstein
Wednesday, Aug 3
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII — The biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise usually has a certain cadence to its scenario: a hurricane blows through an already tense island chain, but humanitarian relief efforts are hampered by adversarial attacks.
Then missiles begin to fly, and amphibious ships push ground forces ashore to take the beach and quell the violence, winning the day and ending the drill.
But this year’s RIMPAC flipped that storyline on its head. Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, the deputy commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific and the commander of Fleet Marine Forces in the exercise, told Defense News that ground troops were already ashore, looking toward the seas and contributing to the maritime fight.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/naval/2022/08/03/four-ways-to-kill-a-ship-how-us-marines-are-focused-on-controlling-the-seas/
