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November 10th 1775, the Marine Corp was founded. Following their role in the American Revolution, the Marines were abolished following the Treaty of Paris in April 1783. Then, on July 11, 1798, Congress ordered the creation of the Marine Corps under the Secretary of the Navy.
What advocates of FD 2030 propose will ultimately result in an increasingly irrelevant Marine Corps, not its transformation into a force that is adequately prepared to act and serve in the twenty-first century.
On Jan. 31, 1942, in a letter to the Pittsburgh Courier, James Thompson proposed that “colored Americans” adopt a double V sign: “The first V for victory over our enemies
At some point, the Senate will have to start deliberations on the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. Part of that debate will determine the way forward for the Marine Corps.
If the Corps does not veer from its current course, it will lose the things that differentiate it from the Army and the special operations community.