WFM – July 13, 2023
An opinion article in Military Times, Friday July 7, 2023 authored By Gen James Conway (USMC – Ret) 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps. and Gen Anthony Zinni (USMC Ret) former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command posed that following question:
How capable is today’s Marine Corps to answer a 9-1-1 call, their answer, not very.
The American people and a growing number of elected representatives are beginning to suspect something some Marine Corps leaders have been unwilling to admit: United States Marines are no longer capable of responding to global crises and contingencies quickly and effectively, and in some cases, at all.
During February 2022, the Marine Corps was unable to meet a U.S. European Command request to surge a Marine expeditionary unit — a force of about 2,200 specially trained Marines and sailors embarked on amphibious ships — to the Mediterranean in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, told the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee. A month would pass before a Marine expeditionary unit could sail from North Carolina….
To continue reading the rest of the article go to Military Times website – July 7, 2023
USMC MEU’S UNABLE TO DEPLOY
WFM – July 13, 2023
An opinion article in Military Times, Friday July 7, 2023 authored By Gen James Conway (USMC – Ret) 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps. and Gen Anthony Zinni (USMC Ret) former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command posed that following question:
How capable is today’s Marine Corps to answer a 9-1-1 call, their answer, not very.
The American people and a growing number of elected representatives are beginning to suspect something some Marine Corps leaders have been unwilling to admit: United States Marines are no longer capable of responding to global crises and contingencies quickly and effectively, and in some cases, at all.
During February 2022, the Marine Corps was unable to meet a U.S. European Command request to surge a Marine expeditionary unit — a force of about 2,200 specially trained Marines and sailors embarked on amphibious ships — to the Mediterranean in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, the deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, told the Senate Armed Services seapower subcommittee. A month would pass before a Marine expeditionary unit could sail from North Carolina….
To continue reading the rest of the article go to Military Times website – July 7, 2023