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State of the Marine Corps 2025
The Marine Corps in 2025 is about halfway through its decade-long, top-to-bottom modernization plan, trying to balance that ...
Every Marine a rifleman? A US general says for future war, they might need to be something more.
A commanding general said that with new technology like drones, Marines can be lethal beyond 500 meters, out to 15 or 20 ...
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Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
The 13-Marine squad is back, and the Corps is creating a new company within the infantry battalion to meet its modern war-fighting needs. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith announced those changes Monday ...
The Marine Corps has settled the debate over the size of a rifle squad
The Marines are adding a precision fires specialist to rifle squads based on lessons learned in Ukraine about the use of ...
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Top Marine’s deployment plans face familiar wrinkle: Inert Navy ships
The top Marine has a key objective for the Corps: getting Marine Expeditionary ... is restoring a 3.0 MEU presence worldwide,” Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said April 7 at the Navy League ...