{"id":102939,"date":"2020-07-30T15:58:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T19:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=102939"},"modified":"2020-07-30T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T22:52:44","slug":"102939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=102939","title":{"rendered":"Marines Cut Tank Units, Infantry Battalions and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nU.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, participate in live-fire training during exercise Native Fury 20 in the United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps\/Sgt. Alexis Flores)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Marine Corps is cutting all military occupational specialties associated with tank battalions, law enforcement units and bridging companies. It is also reducing its number of infantry battalions from 24 to 21, and cutting tilt rotor, attack and heavy-lift aviation squadrons.<\/p>\n

By 2030, the Marine Corps will drop down to an end strength of 170,000 personnel. That’s about 16,000 fewer leathernecks than it has today.<\/p>\n

Cameron sends.<\/p>\n

The Last Tank Has Left Marine Corps Base 29 Palms, Soon The Entire Service<\/h3>\n

BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are no more M1 Abrams tanks at the U.S. Marine Corps’ base at 29 Palms in California, one of the service’s premier training facilities and its largest base anywhere. The Marines have been retiring M1s, as well as M88 armored recovery vehicles and Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges, and shuttering armored units all month as part of a radical new force structure<\/a> plan that Marine Corps Commandant General David Berger publicly unveiled in March.<\/p>\n

The last M1 Abrams left left 29 Palms on July 6<\/a>, 2020. These tanks had been on the base assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division and to the Exercise Support Division, part of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.<\/a> The Marine Corps has also been in the process of closing out elements of the 4th Battalion, part of the Marine Corps Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), and eliminating the heavy armored vehicles that Marine Corps Logistics Command has in its possession over the course of this month<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Marines have been consolidating the retired M1s from all of these units, along with their M88s<\/a> and Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges (AVLB) \u2013 some 200 vehicles in total \u2013 at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow (MCLB Barstow) in California. From there, the service has been sending them by train to the U.S. Army’s Sierra Army Depot in California and Anniston Army Depot in Alabama.<\/p>\n

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The Marine Corps plans to eventually divest the entirety of its M1 fleet, more than 400 vehicles in total, as part of the new Force Design 2030 plans, which you can read about in more detail in this past War Zone piece<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These changes are the result an in-depth review and war-gaming experiments that showcased rocket artillery capabilities, anti-ship missiles, unmanned systems and other high-tech equipment the service will have by 2030. Commandant Gen. David Berger directed the review, which he has called his No. 1 priority as the service’s top general.<\/p>\n

“Developing a force that incorporates emerging technologies and a significant change to force structure within our current resource constraints will require the Marine Corps to become smaller and remove legacy capabilities,” a news release announcing the changes states.<\/p>\n

I believe my opinions on modeling and simulation (aka “experiments”) are well known enough that I don’t need to repeat them now. The entire article may be viewed here: The Drive<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, Cameron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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