GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Gates Accepts Marines' Future Plan

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Aviation Week

28February2011 9:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Marine Corps Force Structure Review Group reported to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday of last week, and Gates endorsed its conclusions, according to Corps assistant commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford.

The review supports the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and the need for a new amphibious vehicle, Dunford said, and a request for information on the latter will be issued this week.

The questions raised last summer by deputy Navy Secretary Robert Work and by Gates himself about the Marines' future "created not a little bit of angst," in the Corps, Dunford said.

"Paranoia is one of our core competencies," he added, "but rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated."

The FSRG aims at restructuring the Marines as a high-readiness force aimed at  irregular and hybrid warfare. (read full report)

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