The Navy’s newly published maritime strategy -- officially A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower -- calls for the return of Marine Corps detachments on a “wider variety” of Navy ships and Coast Guard cutters. When the strategy was unveiled at the Naval War College in mid-October it was announced that “Marines will continue to be employed as air-ground task forces operating from amphibious ships to conduct variety of missions, such as power projection... But they will also be employed as detachments aboard a wider variety of ships and cutters for maritime security missions.”

Marines are not normally embarked in U.S. Navy warships or Coast Guard cutters. Of course, amphibious ships, some of which have small Marine detachments as part of their ship’s company, normally embark Marines for assault operations.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003806.html


The more things change....the more they stay the same? MarDets left the scene during my career. By the time I retired they were a vague memory on all but the Carriers.

It sounds like a good plan to keep all the Naval Forces together. But, it will impact the Navy and Marines the most. This plan will end up helping the Navy and hurting the Marines.

This sort of thing might happen with the Air Force getting rolled back into the Army.

Navy-Marine Corps-Coast Guard
Army-Air Force

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only when you mix your medications......