The Pentagon will shrink the Marine Corps "well below" the service's desired level of 186,800 troops, but the service will remain capable of handling its missions, Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos said today. The Marine Corps' plan of record, based on its 2010 force-structure review, calls for reducing the force of 202,000 Marines to 186,800 after the U.S. military withdraws from Afghanistan. Inside the Pentagon reported last month that the Defense Department's ongoing effort to slash security spending by...
