Analysis / Forces

U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Marine Corps

— Mark Cancian

This paper is part of U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022. The Marine Corps continues a major restructuring to develop capabilities for great power conflict in the Pacific after two decades of conducting counterinsurgency operations ashore. The budget cuts units and personnel to pay for these new capabilities. The restructuring remains controversial and a work in progress.

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Mark Cancian, "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Marine Corps," Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 16, 2021, last modified November 16, 2021, https://defense360.csis.org/u-s-military-forces-in-fy-2022-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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