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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Commandant Says He Must Do ‘Better Job’ Of Securing Long-Range Fires Funds

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, February 4th, 2021

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Marine Corps Commandant Says He Must Do ‘Better Job’ Of Securing Long-Range Fires Funds

Gen. David H. Berger, who retired as Commandant of the Marine Corps on July 10, 2023, while at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on July 29, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Warrant Officer Bobby J. Yarbrough)

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…

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