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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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Military and veteran issues
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Military and veteran issues.
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Includes index. |
Summary |
The Marine Corps characterizes itself as a crisis response expeditionary force which is task organized and able to conduct operations across the entire spectrum of military operations. The Corps is a ""middleweight force"" that is designed to fill the void in our Nation's defense structure between light Special Operations Forces (SOF) and heavier conventional units. A number of decisions pertaining to national security strategy, force structure, and declining defense budgets have resulted in a drawdown of the active Marine Corps. This book examines the drawdown of the Marine Corps, as well as. |
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FORCE REDUCTION: MARINE AND ARMY DRAWDOWNS EXAMINED, IN BRIEF; FORCE REDUCTION: MARINE AND ARMY DRAWDOWNS EXAMINED, IN BRIEF; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MARINE CORPS DRAWDOWN, FORCE STRUCTURE INITIATIVES, AND ROLES AND MISSIONS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; SUMMARY; IMPORTANCE TO CONGRESS; BACKGROUND; FORCE REDUCTION AND SHAPING PROGRAMS; FORCE STRUCTURE INITIATIVES; SELECTED EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVES: MARINE CORPS ROLES, MISSIONS, AND FORCE STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR CONGRESS |
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Chapter 2: ARMY DRAWDOWN AND RESTRUCTURING: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESSSUMMARY; IMPORTANCE TO CONGRESS; THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO DRAWDOWN AND RESTRUCTURE THE ARMY; BACKGROUND; JANUARY 2012 DRAWDOWN AND RESTRUCTURING PROPOSALS; RECENT FORCE STRUCTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS; FORCE REDUCTION AND FORCE-SHAPING PROGRAMS; POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; APPENDIX A. TITLE 10 DRAWDOWN AUTHORITIES; APPENDIX B. BRIEF HISTORY OF PAST ARMY DRAWDOWNS; Chapter 3: OP-ED: DOWNSIZING THE ARMY PROFESSION; INDEX |
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United States -- Armed Forces.
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United States. |
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Armed Forces. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Hopkins, Geoffrey, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hopkins, Geoffrey Force Reduction : Marine and Army Drawdowns Examined, In Brief Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,c1900 9781631175862 |
ISBN |
9781631175879 (electronic book) |
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1631175874 (electronic book) |
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