Marines take fight to the sea, targeting China dollars
This isn’t about seizing islands on the other side of the globe, but keeping territory in the Pentagon bureaucracy.
Jeff Groom is a former Marine officer and the author of American Cobra Pilot: A Marine Remembers a Dog and Pony Show (2018). He is also a regular contributor to The American Conservative magazine. Follow him on Twitter @BigsbyGroom.
This isn’t about seizing islands on the other side of the globe, but keeping territory in the Pentagon bureaucracy.
The defense secretary is being hailed for his reforms, but what we got is standard budget fare dressed up to look like a new menu.