Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: USMC must transform to compete with China
The US Marine Corps has a long and storied history in the Pacific, but the rise of China’s military is forcing the corps to either react dramatically or risk irrelevancy in the Asia-Pacific region.
In World War II, the USMC fought bitter engagements across numerous atolls and islands as ...
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