wanneroo wrote:
Nothing unusual there, the Army has certain quotas it has to meet for recruitment as people leave the service every day when their contracts expire or they retire.
However the US Marine Corps is rebuilding itself to be a fast deploying island hopping warfare unit.
Years ago back around 2008 when Iraq and A-Stan were going on I asked a planner at the Pentagon about the two wars and he kinda brushed it off and said those are minor isolated wars within the boundaries of those countries, he said we are preparing for China and wargaming for it. The US military was already looking ahead a long time ago.
So the marines are going back to their roots and focusing on amphibious warfare again hey?