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New Strategy Puts Marines On Aggressive Modernization Path, General Says

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

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New Strategy Puts Marines On Aggressive Modernization Path, General Says

Lt Gen Robert Walsh Chief of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

A top Marine Corps official on Tuesday said the service is embarking on an aggressive modernization path bolstered by a recent budget increase.Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, chief of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, said the service's seven percent increase in total obligation authority has resulted in a 32 percent spike in its modernization accounts. “So that ought to show you that that’s where our focus now is when a new national defense…

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