Monday 5 December 2011

Postwar Marines: smaller, less focused on land war (AP)

FILE - In this March 30, 2009 file photo, U.S. marines from 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment prepare for a mission in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad. With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift — a return to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift — a return to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars.



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