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We Need a Marine Corps, Part II: A Corps Confounded
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of three articles on the U.S. Marine Corps. The first article was published on June 16, 2025.In just over 20 years, the Marine Corps has gone from being America’s reliable middleweight force in readiness to more of a secondary, general purpose backup force. Today, marines are more likely to find themselves assisting special operations teams and U.S. Army crisis response task forces than spearheading operations. Without meaningful change, a dangerous question resurfaces: “Why do we need a Marine Corps?”In the first article in this series, I argued that there is an The post We Need a Marine Corps, Part II: A Corps Confounded appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of three articles on the U.S. Marine Corps. The first article was published on June 16, 2025.In just over 20 years, the Marine Corps has gone from being America’s reliable middleweight force in readiness to more of a secondary, general purpose backup force. Today, marines are more likely to find themselves assisting special operations teams and U.S. Army crisis response task forces than spearheading operations. Without meaningful change, a dangerous question resurfaces: “Why do we need a Marine Corps?”In the first article in this series, I argued that there is an
The post We Need a Marine Corps, Part II: A Corps Confounded appeared first on War on the Rocks.
