Trump's plan to grow Marine Corps to 36 battalions equates to 210k force

By Lee Hudson / November 15, 2016 at 8:30 AM
President-elect Donald Trump's plan to grow the Marine Corps to 36 battalions equates to force of about 210,000 and could be accomplished in three or four years, according to a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel who is a fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Dakota Wood, a senior research fellow for defense programs at Heritage, told Inside the Navy Nov. 10 this would give the service a 1:3 deployment to dwell ratio. The Marine Corps is currently operating at a 1:2...

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