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USMC To Optimize MEBs As Stand-Alone Forces For Rapid Deployment

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

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As the Pentagon works to complete its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) due to Congress is February, military leaders may inadvertently end up answering a fundamental question: can the Defense Department continue carrying out the current military strategy--with a rebalance to the Pacific while maintaining a strong presence in the Middle East at the heart of the strategy--given the department’s fiscal constraints, or do officials need to consider altering the strategy to better reflect DoD’s expected level of resources? Maj. Gen.…

Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

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