Compass Points - Diamond in Danger
The Marine Corps is Protected and Directed by Congress
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Every day in the United States nearly 6,000 engagement rings are offered and accepted. The average size of the diamond is one carat, at an average cost of more than $5,000 dollars. Each diamond is held in place by a special setting that protects the diamond.
The Marine Corps, like a diamond, is strong, hard, and valuable. The Marine Corps is protected, not by a setting, but by Congress.
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The 82nd Congress gave clear direction about the Marine Corps,
The nation’s shock troops must be the most ready when the nation is least ready...to provide a balanced force in readiness for a naval campaign and, at the same time, a ground and air striking force ready to suppress or contain international disturbances short of large-scale war.
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The U.S. Code Title 10 requires the Marine Corps to be:
. . . so organized as to include not less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other land combat, aviation, and other services as may be organic therein. The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components . . .
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The Marine Corps has no authority to ignore or change what Congress has directed.
In their timely article in the Marine Corps Times, "How the Corps' New Training Document Ignores US Law" Lieutenant General Van Riper and Brigadier General McAbee, raise the alarm about one of the Force Design 2030’s related documents, Training & Education 2030. While applauding some of the document’s fresh ideas, the authors also expose Training & Education 2030’s three ugly truths:
1. It formalizes the dissolution of an integrated Marine Corps Combat Development Process.
2. It is a tacit admission that the Marine Corps is no longer a combined arms force.
3. It signals a clean break from service and functional componentcy and return to a FMF construct.
The authors make clear, it is not so much what is said on the surface of Training & Education 2030 that should concern Congress, the Department of Defense, the combatant commanders, and the American people, it is what is beneath the surface.
. . . let’s not be fooled by what’s on the surface. What lies beneath is destructive and comes dangerously close to violating U.S. law.
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What is beneath the surface is a threat to our national security and needs forceful review by Congress. Compass Points salutes Generals Van Riper and McAbee for their fine article. Compass Points also salutes the United States Congress for always watching over the Marine Corps, and keeping it the strong, hard, and valuable diamond, it has always been.
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Marine Corps Times (marinecorpstimes.com) 03/23/2023
How the Corps' New Training Document Ignores US Law
By Lieutenant General Van Riper and Brigadier General McAbee
Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper is a career infantry officer. His previous assignments include commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
Brig. Gen. Jerry McAbee is a career artillery officer. His previous assignments include chief-of-staff, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
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