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Greater Integration With Navy Required For Competition With China, Marine Corps Commandant Says

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

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Greater Integration With Navy Required For Competition With China, Marine Corps Commandant Says

Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the Marines Corps. (Photo: DoD)

The Marine Corps’ must work to better integrate future capabilities and warfighting concepts with the Navy to prepare for the growing power competition with China, the commandant said Wednesday. Gen. David Berger told attendees at the Surface Navy Association’s conference his force must shift away from its posture of the last 20 years to a fully integrated Naval force capable of rapidly switching from deterrence to “stand-in action.” “Going forward, it’s a different picture. The nation cannot afford for the…

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