Marines Cut, Kill Programs in Bid To Improve Irregular Warfare Capabilities

By Jason Sherman / August 23, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The Marine Corps is planning steep cuts to one of its largest modernization programs -- the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle -- as part of a wider effort to recalibrate its forces to better fight irregular combatants, according to internal Pentagon budget documents. The cuts are spelled out in a summary of the Marine Corps' new six-year spending plan obtained by InsideDefense.com. The plan also includes "significant changes" to tactical aviation, including purchases of 25 fewer MV-22 tiltrotor Osprey aircraft and 35...

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