Marine Corps is changing. This will allow it to compete with major powers and land conflicts. It will be smaller and more mobile, and it will be able to move across domains. It will also use more unmanned platforms to enhance its firepower. There are still many challenges.
The Marine Corps is on the verge of its most dramatic makeover in a century. The Corps will trade in its tanks for unmanned boat and planes to accomplish this. The United States will be able to compete with other countries by creating a new type of Marine. This Marine will have more talent and will help the United States stay ahead.
Marines currently operate in Afghanistan and Iraq as a ground force. However, the Corps is shifting to a more agile, flexible, and less volatile model. The Corps will reduce its infantry regiments from 24 to 21 to accomplish this. Additionally, there will be fewer helicopter squadrons as well as tilt-rotor aircraft. Instead, Marines can be organized into three light regiments equipped with precision fires and long-range, long-range weapons. To increase their firepower and reach, the Marines will also be equipped with drones.
The new kind of Marine will be spread out on the battlefield, and will be able to operate along the coastlines and in chokepoints. This is a far cry from the Corps of 2010. This is a vast improvement on the Corps of 2010.
However, this new approach to amphibious warfare may not be sufficient for defeating heavily mechanized foes. For example, the North Korean People's Army and the Russian Ground Forces would struggle to slugging with Marines' heavy weapons.
The Corps will be adding long-range precision drones, drones and ships in order to combat that. In the next few years, new capabilities will start coming online. These capabilities are not all yet available, but some of them are in the pipeline. However, the Corps has not yet been able to support a primetime 5G network.
Marines are currently participating in a training exercise known as Tartan Eagle 20,22. Four Marines died when their plane crashed into a Norwegian village during the exercise. Seven people offered their assistance after the crash. The emergency services arrived eventually.
These are great steps, but the Marine Corps still faces many acquisition challenges. The Corps will lose its tank battalions and buy fewer F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, and will decrease its helicopter squadrons. Still, the Corps is moving forward with its Force Design 2030 strategy.
The Marine Corps will be reorganized to make it more capable of seizing China's South China Sea base. To achieve this, the Marines must reduce their size and shift their focus to the Pacific. If there is a conflict, the Marines must invest in small-scale amphibious boats and ground vehicles capable threatening Chinese maritime systems.