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This author sees opportunity for US in competition with China, Russia
The U.S. could get this moment right, or squander the opportunity.
By Todd South
No tanks, but the Corps is still looking for an LAV replacement
Prototypes from two vendors should be ready for evaluations by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.
By Shawn Snow
Major maritime exercise in the Baltic region could be scaled back over COVID-19
“With each passing second of the day we are taking a look at each and every one of our activities to make sure that we can potentially preserver as many as possible."
By Shawn Snow
Battling COVID-19, is DoD prepared for an onslaught of disinfo and propaganda from foreign competitors?
Until DoD shifts its paradigm for information, it will continue to lag behind not only China, but also Russia and extremist groups with a more systems level approach to national information strategy.
By Col. Matthew Coughlin and Dr. Paul Lieber PhD
Marine Corps readiness takes a hit as two dozen exercises are canceled or scaled back over COVID-19 concerns
“We train so that we can be ready to go,” the commandant said. “We never get the chance to pick the next crisis, where it happens, when it happens.”
By Shawn Snow
Biggest exercise of a lifetime? 2nd Marine Division to conduct largest unscripted training in decades
A Marine exercise of this scale "hasn’t been conducted in the Marine Corps in my lifetime," said 2nd Marine Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. David Furness.
By Philip Athey
Veteran peer-support helps prevent crises
Peer support provides veterans that sense of immediate trust, and gives them a confidant they can connect with, the author of this commentary says.
By Mark Graham
The new sergeant major of the Marine Corps is not promising you a ‘rose garden’
The new sergeant major of the Marine Corps said he's not focused on making any major changes to tattoo policies, uniform or grooming regulations.
By Shawn Snow
Marine commandant drops 38 amphibious ships to the fight requirement
The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger said that Marines storming a beachhead from an armada parked nine nautical miles offshore in the South China Sea was “impractical and unreasonable.”
By Shawn Snow
4-star: Ship deployments, more high-level exercises could help stabilize Latin America
In U.S. Southern Command, the National Defense Strategy is as much about combating local corruption as competing with Russia and China.
This is the future of MARSOC, according to the commander of the elite Marine Corps Raiders
“We may see a formation completely different 10 years from now,” its commander says.
By Shawn Snow