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  • Marines Can't Count on Navy Ships to Carry Them to Global Emergencies, One of the Service's Top Generals Says

    01/27/2024 6:59:41 AM PST · by devane617 · 31 replies
    yahoo ^ | 01/27/2024
    The Navy's amphibious ships are not ready to deploy Marines around the world on time, a problem that has no short-term fix and degrades America's ability to deter adversaries and reassure allies at a time when it is needed most, according to one of the Marine Corps' top generals. "There's a saying that wars are a come-as-you-are game," Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for combat development and integration -- the Marine who heads the service's modernization efforts, told Military.com on Thursday. "Well, this is where we are. And there...