re: Military Parent Check-In

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You think so?

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I do.

Force Design 2030 under Commandant Berger:

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Further, the Marine Corps has reorganized some traditional Marine units into what are called “stand-in forces,” whose mission is “to operate across the competition continuum within a contested area as the leading edge of a maritime defense-in-depth.” These small units, armed with anti-ship missiles, are to occupy positions on islands from which they hopefully can sink enemy ships that come in range.

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Marine Times

It has come under a lot of criticism. But small, virtually undetectable groups of Marines on small islands can take out shipping for a long way around. Without sea lift, China cannot take Taiwan.