US Marines to Integrate Tech, Amphibious Power Against China
The U.S. Marine Corps is doubling down on integrating advanced technologies into its warfighting concepts to better counter power rivals like China, according to the highest-ranking Marine officer.
As a result, the Marine Corps will need to take on more risk to ensure greater battlefield rewards, said Gen. David Berger, the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
“It’s not necessarily the embracing of new ideas that’s hard. It’s letting go of the old,” Berger said during a June 13 talk with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
“We have to accept risk in certain areas and move very quickly if we’re going to stay in front.”…