{"id":71972,"date":"2022-04-14T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T05:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=71972"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T05:58:57","slug":"usmc-chief-says-marines-operating-concepts-a-natural-fit-for-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/usmc-chief-says-marines-operating-concepts-a-natural-fit-for-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"USMC chief says marines operating concepts a natural fit for Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A more agile and capable US Marine Corps will be well placed to work closely with the Australian Defence Force to protect sensitive areas such as maritime choke points in the region, says its commandant, General David Berger.<\/p>\n

Berger is overseeing sweeping changes to the marines under the \u2018Force Design 2030\u2019 program to prepare the corps for a rapidly changing strategic environment. He is in Australia for talks with Australian commanders.<\/p>\n

Speaking at ASPI on Thursday<\/a>, he said that for almost 20 years the marines invested heavily for operations in the Middle East. \u2018That\u2019s what our country needed us to do. And we\u2019re very good at that. And because the Marine Corps has all of the air and ground and logistics\u2014the whole package\u2014 it\u2019s a natural fit for that.\u2019<\/p>\n