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Illustration on saving the Marine Corps by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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In this Feb. 21, 2013, photo, female recruits stand at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) **FILE**
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In this photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps, recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on Sept. 12, 2018 prepare to evacuate following an evacuation order directed by Brig. Gen. James Glynn, the depot's commanding general ahead of hurricane Florence. (Sgt. Dana Beesley/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
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The Marine Corps is on a path toward sweeping changes. Proposals to remake the Corps into a leaner, more efficient fighting force include giving up all of its tanks, dramatically remaking its artillery batteries and reducing the number of active-duty service members. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph)
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Reiss, light armored reconnaissance driver, and Cpl. Zachary Hughes, anti-tank missileman, with Co. B, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, gear up to conduct area reconnaissance during exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 5, 2020. Exercise SK/DB 21 provides effective and intense training in an expeditionary environment to ensure 1st Marine Division remains lethal, combat-ready, interoperable, and deployable on short notice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stephanie Cervantes)
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Illustration on a bad appointment for the Marine Corps' future by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, wait to pass through the silver hatches at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 24, 2019. The silver hatches symbolize the transformation from a civilian to a recruit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samuel C. Fletcher)
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Individual Training Course students with Marine Special Operations School at Stone Bay participate in the field training exercise Raider Spirit at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Raider Spirit is an eight-day culminating event for the first phase of ITC training, where students run light infantry scenarios as a field team. Throughout the exercise, student teams face many challenges as a result of an operationally restrictive scenario and numerous long distance foot movements with little sleep. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Donovan Lee/Released)
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A Marine with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, takes aim during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost/Released)
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A Multi-Purpose Canine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), prepares for Zodiac boat training inserts on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 9, 2016. MARSOC specializes in direct action, special reconnaissance and foreign internal defense and has also been directed to conduct counter-terrorism, and information operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Maricela M. Bryant, MCIWEST-MCB CamPen Combat Camera/Released)
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Marine special operations officers graduating from Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command's Individual Training Course will be assigned a new primary Military Occupational Specialty. Previously, only enlisted Marines designated as Critical Skills Operators were awarded a PMOS of 0372, while SOOs were awarded an additional Military Occupational Specialty of 0370. The decision now allows SOOs to hold 0370 as a PMOS, and be managed with a development strategy that facilitates talent management of Special Operations Forces skills, standardized training, retention, promotions, command, professional military education and career progression, according to Maj. Gen Mark Clark, the MARSOC commander."Approval of the PMOS allows the Marine Corps the ability to develop Marine Special Operations Officers (SOOs), over a course of a career, as both fully proficient special operations professionals and well-rounded Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force officers," said Clark.
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Two Marines with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, low crawl through tall grass during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost/Released)
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Marines with Marine Corps Special Operations Command conduct a Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction excercise on a CH-53E aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 13, 2013. This training has helped the MARSOC MPC program in developing what will become the standard operating procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anthony Carter/Released)
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A Marine with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, patrols through a forest during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost/Released)
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Marines with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, slowly work through tall grass during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost/Released)
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Marines with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, looks through his sights while providing cover during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost/Released)
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F-18 HORNET Maj. Eric Geyer, an F-18 Hornet instructor with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, and Capt. Kyle Haire, also an F-18 Hornet instructor with MAWTS-1, top left, and Maj. Clint Webber, the tactical aviation department head for MAWTS-1, bottom right, train in their aircraft during the spring Weapons and Tactics Instructors' Course hosted by MAWTS-1 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. WTI is hosted twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Waterstreet)
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KC-130J HERCULES Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 and VMGR-252, conduct division tactical navigation training as part of unit-level training Evergreen at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, Aug. 14, 2017.
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Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the last time the Prowler squadrons will be flying together before the official retirement of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1 at the end of Fiscal Year 16 and the eventual transition to "MAGTF EW". MAGTF EW is a more distributed strategy where every platform contributes to the EW mission, enabling relevant tactical information to move throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and across the battlefield faster than ever before. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)
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EA-6B PROWLER Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the last time the Prowler squadrons will be flying together before the official retirement of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1 at the end of Fiscal Year 16 and the eventual transition to "MAGTF EW". MAGTF EW is a more distributed strategy where every platform contributes to the EW mission, enabling relevant tactical information to move throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and across the battlefield faster than ever before. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/Released)
