The Navy and Marine Corps will complete by December an integrated force-structure assessment, according to a new memo. The memo , signed Sept. 6 by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, says the services will work on a "comprehensive naval force architecture" that will advise an integrated FSA. The assessment is meant to bolster the Pentagon's National Defense Strategy, which emphasizes great power competition. "The initial Integrated Naval Force Structure Assessment will...
