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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021: Marine Corps

Defense Outlook Series

— Mark Cancian

This is part of the CSIS series U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021. The Marine Corps begins a major restructuring to develop capabilities for great power conflict after two decades of conducting counterinsurgency ashore. The budget cuts units and personnel to pay for these new capabilities. However, many commentators worry that the restructuring will make the Marine Corps too narrowly focused.

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Mark Cancian, "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021: Marine Corps," Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 16, 2020, last modified November 16, 2020, https://defense360.csis.org/u-s-military-forces-in-fy-2021-marine-corps/.

Mark Cancian is a senior adviser with the CSIS International Security Program. He joined CSIS in April 2015 from the Office of Management and Budget, where he spent more than seven years as chief of the Force Structure and Investment Division. Previously, he worked on force structure and acquisition issues in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and spent over three decades in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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