A lighter, expeditionary force, eh?
In reading that, I see the recurring idea of ‘a firefighter’, as was thought after WW1. The idea of global combat, or 2 ocean war, was not yet realized.
Basically from the Revolution until WWII and the DoD, we had Department of War (Army) and Department of the Navy, which included the Marines. The President could generally do what he wanted as needed in pursuing American interests with the Marines, without a declaration of war. Anything big enough to involve the Army, the President needed to involve Congress and get a declaration of war.
This ended with WWII and the overarching DoD, but we lost a good system that allowed Presidential executive freedom of action up to a point, beyond which Congress needed to be involved.
A lighter, expeditionary force, eh?
______________________________
Probably translates to ‘light in the loafers’ in supporting an all LGBT marine corp.
didn’t Athens try that a long time ago?