Mahoney: Navy and Marine Corps need a bigger budget for significant force-structure changes

By Nick Wilson / December 7, 2023 at 3:44 PM
The Navy and Marine Corps will require a larger budget and significant changes in force structure to counter China in a quickly evolving security environment, according to Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Gen. Christopher Mahoney, who is performing the duties of the service’s top two positions. “The demands of great power competition and an increasingly shaky international security environment, to use a technical term, have simply altered the calculus for our force structure and its requirements. We need more naval and...

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