
The Marine Corps commandant said this week he must do a better job of convincing lawmakers on the importance of developing the force’s long-range fires capability after Congress cut funding in its latest budget. Gen. David Berger said the cut led the Marine Corps to fall behind on its research and development timeline for the Ground-Based Anti-Ship Missile (GBASM), which he called a critical component of the plan to redesign the force by 2030. “We lost time in development and…