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Re:A whole age of warfare sank with the Moskva by ranger207 on Monday May 23, 2022 @10:55AM (#31479813)
The USMC has long been fighting for relevance. Fighting in Afghanistan was simply them doing literally anything just to do something
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Re:A whole age of warfare sank with the Moskva by balletto on Monday May 23, 2022 @01:57PM (#31482556)
The Marine Corps proposed to take over most of the fighting in Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/washington/11military.htm...

Agree that it was playing the game to justify its existence. Personally I think "the nation's ready response force" is a good and necessary mission.

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