I do not understand the new USMC strategy
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Fellow Redditors,
I have read a lot about the new USMC strategy (although there is not much precise information), and to be honest: I do not understand the idea behind this.
So the Corps does not want to be a second US Army and wants to drop the Abrams tanks which are old and difficult to sustain in the field - sounds legit. I also understand that the Marines have a tradition in maintainin structures which are apart from the classical structures for combined arms combat (brigade, etc.). That's also cool for me, as the USMC does not follow the classical combined arms concept.
Under the new concept - as I understand it - small groups of Marines will be deployed to islands in the South China sea, when the PRC is acting up. At their locations, these task forces (or what they may be called) will control the sea and the air sprace in an effort to clog the mobility of the Chinese Navy and Air Force. For that, the USMC will use Over-The-Horizon (OTH) weapons, like HIMAS and UAVs and other cool stuff.
So, the Corps will obtain a mission which could also be conducted by Air and Naval Forces? Using yet-to-be-developed high tech for OTH-fighting, which will be costly to develop and maintain? While ditching their cost-effective tube artillery and mortars which are also easy to transport and deploy? And on top being a sitting duck in a potential conventional war?
I am a big fan of thinking outside the box and disruptive new concepts. But this? I can see a lot of red flags here, already seeing the cancelled expensive hightech weapon projects in the future which leaves little to the Grunts up to their personal weapons. Or is this some clever tricks to get rid of assigments like Iraq or Afghanistan in the future?
This idea is a mystery to me. Anybody here, who could enlighten a confused Kraut?
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