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Smith Previews Marine Corps FY ‘24 Budget And Progress In Force Design

Monday, September 12th, 2022

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Smith Previews Marine Corps FY ‘24 Budget And Progress In Force Design

Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith was nominated to become Commandant of the Marine Corps in May 2023. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

A top Marine Corps officer recently said the service’s next budget will focus on logistics, transferring data securely, and organic mobility while also illustrating the service has had the most progress on force design changes in long-range precision fires. The fiscal year 2024 budget request will highlight logistics and transport layers, Gen. Eric Smith, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, said during the Defense News Conference on Sept. 7. “Those are two of the things that I would leave you…

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