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New Commandant Berger Sheds 38-Amphib Requirement in Quest to Modernize USMC for High-End Fight
USNI News ^ | July 18, 2019 12:47 PM | Megan Eckstein

Posted on 07/19/2019 8:34:31 AM PDT by robowombat

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To: Seruzawa

That quote communicates clearly to me. I don’t subscribe to the current university mantra that dictates all prose must be at a 3rd grade level.

I’m no expert in this field but I agree in principle with this quote and the rest of the paper.


21 posted on 07/19/2019 10:45:07 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (The Eloi unexpectedly protected the Morlocks from rogue Eloi as they themselves prepared to be eaten)
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To: 1Old Pro

And they have been and are successful in that also. Look at California and Texas, to name but two.


22 posted on 07/19/2019 10:45:35 AM PDT by sport
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Well - I spoke a bit too soon. I should have read to the end before commenting.

Sigh.


23 posted on 07/19/2019 10:46:48 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (The Eloi unexpectedly protected the Morlocks from rogue Eloi as they themselves prepared to be eaten)
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To: 1Old Pro

Global war in the short term not a worry. America will destroy itself from within by way of Civil War II
Yep, we have domestic enemies like the media, the schools, and many elected officials pushing us towards collapse.


Go look on YouTube for the name Yuri Bezminov. A KGB defector in the 1970s, he predicted all that is going on and it being the creation of the involvement of the KGB in undermining our country by infiltrating our culture, media, and schools from the 1950s on.

According to Bezminov, and his speeches, we are well past the “demoralization” phase of the plan in our collapse, and about to start the “crisis” phase.

We owe Senator Joseph Mcarthey an apology.


24 posted on 07/19/2019 10:49:50 AM PDT by Wildbill22 ( They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton William Abrams)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

See my post 24


25 posted on 07/19/2019 10:53:14 AM PDT by Wildbill22 ( They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton William Abrams)
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To: robowombat

Maybe the Commandant should be trying to sweep out some of the political correctness that is crippling the Marine Corps and other branches as well?


26 posted on 07/19/2019 10:58:15 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Bayan
I believe that when the balloon goes up, you are going to have to do with what you got. Nations, as well as animals, always attack who they perceive to be the weakest member of the group.

The One Worlders, both here and abroad know and understand that until the United States of America is destroyed, or at least rendered impotent, they cannot advance their agenda. Hence, their efforts have been at least doubled. The main and most efficient weapon to bring this about has been their "environment" bullshit which includes "climate change".

They were within one election or accomplishing this. Then came President Trump. The 2020 Election is of equal importance to the 2016 Election. But for different reasons.

27 posted on 07/19/2019 11:02:06 AM PDT by sport
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To: robowombat

it’s always fun to watch sailors and grunts try to interpret flag-staff gobbledygook. It will be up to lieutenants and ensigns to tell us what it all means and probably get it wrong.


28 posted on 07/19/2019 11:32:56 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: TheTimeOfMan; Seruzawa
I’m no expert in this field but I agree in principle with this quote and the rest of the paper.

Ditto at least for the quote, haven't had time to fully digest the entire paper. My take is "we are going to fight smarter with higher technology for precision and avoid sustaining high casualty rates".

He addresses respect for the gender of our fellow Marines and one wonders whether he unwisely supports co-ed basic training and infantry positions.

29 posted on 07/19/2019 11:41:03 AM PDT by frog in a pot (John Jay's 1787 letter to George Washington is just as important today as it was when written.)
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To: jeffersondem

The Kenyanesian Usurper ran off all the warriors.
All the generals we have left saluted the transgenderizing of the military.


30 posted on 07/19/2019 2:23:12 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BwanaNdege

This ain’t my CORPS, guess I am just to OLD CORPS (68-73) to give a shit about this PC crap.
A Fag is always going to be a Fag, a Lezzie is always going to be a Lezzie, and Women don’t belong in front line Combat Units.
And just as a matter of interest ALL MARINES ARE RACIST!

——————”IF IT AIN’T GREEN KILL IT”——————

Semper Fi


31 posted on 07/19/2019 2:30:43 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Reasonable. Even as I wrote my previous reply, I knew the world had changed with WWII and the atomic bomb, which is why we went to a standing army post-WW II.

Then with the cold war, and then the war on terror, we’ve been in a steady state of low-grade war.

Not an easy job for the President to lead us, a fat, lazy country, and a lazy, recalcitrant Congress.


32 posted on 07/21/2019 2:10:43 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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To: 5th MEB

Oooh RAH!


33 posted on 07/22/2019 7:56:25 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( crawl up inside the)
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To: Forgiven_Sinner

Yes, a lot of truth in that.


34 posted on 07/22/2019 12:04:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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