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2023-06-05 Home Front: Politix

Crisis of confidence in U.S. Marine Corps as Biden nominates new commandant

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-05 05:49|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Under Berger, the Marine Corps got rid of "21% of the personnel in infantry battalions, 100% of the tanks, 67% of the cannon artillery batteries, 33% of the assault amphibious companies, nearly 30% of Marine aviation, and almost all assault breaching equipment," retired Marine combat veteran Francis "Bing" West, wrote last month for the Hoover Institution.

So ... what's left?

Posted by Bobby 2023-06-05 08:18|| 2023-06-05 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Remfies

Posted by Elmusoth Lumumba9868 2023-06-05 08:25|| 2023-06-05 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Diversity administrators

Posted by Glenmore 2023-06-05 09:02|| 2023-06-05 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 We're gonna out Mao the Maoists.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-05 09:29|| 2023-06-05 09:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, they've still got a helicopter driver for Joey.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-06-05 09:31|| 2023-06-05 09:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Fat people in high heels.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-05 10:12|| 2023-06-05 10:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey, we'll always have Key West.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-06-05 10:44|| 2023-06-05 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 It [Marine Corp] cannot be turned into a left-wing social experiment. It cannot be used as a cudgel against America itself. And it cannot be paralyzed by fear of offending the sensibilities of Ivy League faculty lounges or progressive pundits."

Chesty Puller begins to stir in his grave.

Posted by JohnQC 2023-06-05 11:18|| 2023-06-05 11:18|| Front Page Top

#9 I was going to make a joke the other day about retribution for allowing Brandon to bonk his head.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-05 15:02|| 2023-06-05 15:02|| Front Page Top

#10 It seems CMC Berger thinks his force structure changes and the Navy Amphib needs assessments see a primary role for the USMC as a smaller amphib force to put ashore multiple BLTs (Battalion Landing Teams) with extensive land-based anti-ship assets to create a defensive envelope for the naval theater. The deletion of artillery and armor assets fits smaller, relatively unopposed landing ops, but really reduces the Marines to a defensive shield for Navy theater ops. Gone would seem to be the offensive, hard penetration, assault amphib option to directly take and hold enemy-held shores. I wonder if he sees the atrophy such a structure creates in the future of Marine Corps roles. The whole thing seems based on defensive thinking and Navy force protection from a dominant Chinese PLA Navy.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-06-05 15:36|| 2023-06-05 15:36|| Front Page Top

#11 No doubt the Tampon stockpiles have tripled.

Posted by Woodrow 2023-06-05 19:25|| 2023-06-05 19:25|| Front Page Top

#12 Depends on what the USMC raison d'etre is, doesn't it? A light infantry, commando and COIN force like it was before the build up in WW2 ...or a complete 'purple shirt' multi-service (Land-Sea-Air) army?

If tough budget times are ahead then the knives in the Pentagon are going to come out. Think of it as preemptive measures...

Posted by magpie 2023-06-05 20:42|| 2023-06-05 20:42|| Front Page Top

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