Originally Posted by
Slater
Way out of my lane, but is this reorganization seen as a good thing?
The change from 18-Marine scout sniper platoons to 26-Marine scout platoons comes as the Marine Corps is restructuring the force in preparation for potential conflict with a powerful, high-tech adversary like the Chinese military. One of the service’s top priorities in this overhaul, called Force Design 2030, is to improve the Marines’ reconnaissance capabilities."
They've been talking about doing this for years, or since I was with the MEU 12 years ago. I don't think it means an end to Scout Sniper School at all, more that they want to augment the capabilities to a battalion level because they don't foresee the large formations of Marines like they had in the invasion of Iraq instead small formations that can fight smaller engagements with more electronic and technological edge. While this is a good thing or bad thing remains to be seen but it's clear that the Marine Corps wants to become much more of America's 911 who is much more adaptive and highly specialized. I worry more about the indoctrination into these left wing ideologies and the lack of actual training more then a rework of specific units and how they operate.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.”
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