U.S. military and defense industry officials flocked to the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference south of Washington, D.C., this week. Gen. David Berger, the Marine commandant, largely attributed amphibious combat vehicle rollovers to insufficient training. The Navy also recently scrapped its vaccination requirement for deployments. Japan on Wednesday will formally approve U.S. plans for a new Marine quick-reaction force on Okinawa. The top Marine thinks young people need to hear more about the value of serving. And not from him. Gen. David Berger will end his term as the top Marine in July 2023. The move comes as analysts are seeing Moscow’s rising pressure on Minsk to increase the satellite nation’s involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The vaccine mandate has especially affected recruiting in the South, Gen. David Berger said. “The slightest movement, anybody out there in the crowd can pretty much tell — you can pinpoint us.” The commandant asserted that service members in other branches don’t even know when their birthdays are. Load More