Postwar Marines: smaller, less focused on land war

Monday, December 5, 2011

WASHINGTON -- With the Iraq War ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift, returning to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars.

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