On its 247th birthday, the Marine Corps can celebrate being the military branch most serious about China, writes TomRtweets.
True, as Politico's Dave Brown notes, members of Congress are unfortunately again struggling to identify the Marine Corps' ships, motto, and birthday anniversary. But facing the rising prospect of war with China, the Marine Corps is pursuing the boldest reforms of any of the military service branches. Befitting their saying,"adapt and overcome," the Marines have looked at the enemy and war they are likely to fight and have undertaken to prepare in kind. Time is of the essence.
Predictably, this effort is meeting bureaucratic and political resistance. Some would rather the Marine Corps retain a force disposition and associated prestige born of previous battles won. But in stark contrast to the other five military branches, its Navy brother in particular, the Marine Corps is advancing through contact.Under the headline"Force 2030," Marine Commandant Gen.
To be clear, the new vision necessarily entails putting Marines in very challenging situations against, at least at the start of conflict, far-outsize PLA forces. The Marines expect to take heavy casualties. In return, they hope to wage an aggressive forward fight in pursuit of victory. This calculation, then, flows inexorably from the Marine Corps' heritage of war in North Africa, the Pacific, and Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Marines should be proud of this. Unlike the admirals' continued reliance on aircraft carriers that cannot operate near China, nor without relying on under-ranged, under-armed aircraft that cannot degrade overwhelming PLA forces, the Marines' doctrine might just work.
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