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Marine Colonel Makes Case For Land-Based Crisis Response Units

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Marine Colonel Makes Case For Land-Based Crisis Response Units
Finding a replacement for older amphibious dock transport ships such as the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49), above, is among the issues the Marine Corps, Navy and industry are working through right now regarding the amphibious ship fleet. Photo courtesy U.S. Marine Corps.

When the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack in 2012, the Marine Corps was unable to dispatch a quick-response force before the facility was overrun and four Americans were killed.The Marines were unable to respond because there were no amphibious ships in the Mediterranean at the time. With fewer amphibs available than needed, the service has been forced to cut the number of forward deployed Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU), Col. Jason Bohm said May 19 during a speech…

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