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'I Let Down the Combatant Commander': Marine Leader Regrets His Forces Weren't Available for
« on: April 30, 2023, 10:16:51 am »
'I Let Down the Combatant Commander': Marine Leader Regrets His Forces Weren't Available for 
28 Apr 2023
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin

The Marine Corps' top general expressed serious regrets over the fact that Marines were not available to help in two major crises in recent months because of a lack of available Navy ships to position units in nearby waters.

"Places like Turkey or, the last couple of weeks, in Sudan -- I feel like I let down the combatant commander," Commandant Gen. David Berger told members of the House Armed Services Committee on Friday.

 
"[Gen. Michael Langley] didn't have a sea-based option -- that's how we reinforce embassies, that's how we evacuate them," Berger added, referring to the head of U.S. Africa Command.
 

The remarks come amid a growing debate in the halls of Congress over how the Navy is meeting the legal requirement to operate 31 amphibious ships for the Marines, designed to be used as maritime operations hubs. Corps leaders and even lower-ranking officers have been stressing that they need those ships at sea to fulfill their missions.
 
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/28/top-marine-general-felt-he-let-down-commanders-lack-of-marines-available-emergencies.html
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Re: 'I Let Down the Combatant Commander': Marine Leader Regrets His Forces Weren't Available for
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2023, 10:18:56 am »
Something really smells like hell about this whole thing.  They can't get troops to an embassy but apparently feel they can land an army on Taiwan? :wtf:
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