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MARINE CORPS
2012-2013 E D ITION
Return to the Sea
The Marine Corps is reclaiming
its role as the nation’s premier
expeditionary force.
Special Section
PEO Land Systems
Plus
Marine Corps 2030
A Few Good “Bots”
Marine Air: Modernizing Before the Storm
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MARINE CORPS OUTLOOK 2012-2013
MARINE CORPS
2012-2013 E D ITION
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MARINE CORPS OUTLOOK 2012-2013
Editors’
Foreword
After a decade of warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, today the Marine Corps is dedicated
to getting back to its amphibious roots, lightening its load, and reclaiming its role as
the nation’s premier middleweight expeditionary force, as J.R. Wilson writes in “Marine
Corps 2030.” Obstacles include looming defense budget cuts and shrinking manpower
as its force structure is cut, but the Marine Corps has traditionally done more with less
than any of the other armed services.
The Corps’ transition to an all-STOVL force now seems assured, and the service’s faith
in the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Lightning II well placed. Likewise, its H-1 helicopter
program to upgrade existing Hueys and SeaCobras with new engines, rotors, and other
systems with high commonality between the two instead of embarking on acquisition
of new platforms, seems to have been a wise choice, Frank Colucci writes in “Marine
Air: Modernizing Before the Storm.”
While PEO Land Systems saw the cancellation of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
program last year, it has bounced back with a three-pronged strategy moving forward
and has undergone a reorganization in order to take on the many more programs that
have been transferred to it, as described in our special section by Scott R. Gourley.
The Marine Corps has also worked to make Sea Basing a reality, with real-world expe-
rience validating the concept, the keel laid for the first Mobile Landing Platform, the
SSC LCAC replacement in development, the newest big-deck amphibious assault ship
nearing completion, and a new generation of “gators” building or joining the fleet, as
detailed in Otto Kreisher’s “Return to the Sea.”
Other articles in this edition include commemorations of 100 years of Marine Corps
aviation and the 70th anniversary of the Marine Raiders, plus an exclusive interview
with Gen. Mark A. Clark, the new commander of MARSOC.
We hope you enjoy it.
The Editors
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