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handle is hein.crs/govehja0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S Congressional ____ ~ Research Service New U.S. Marine Corps Force Design Initiative: Force Design 2030 Updated March 7, 2022 Background On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced a major force design initiative planned to occur over the next 10 years referred to as Force Design 2030. In this initiative, the Marine Corps aims to redesign the force for naval expeditionary warfare and to better align itself with the National Defense Strategy, in particular, its focus on strategically competing with China and Russia. These force design initiatives are informed by two operational concepts: Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO). In support of these concepts, the Marines intend to eliminate or reduce certain types of units and eliminate some military occupational specialties (MOS). The Marines also plan to reorganize higher echelon Marine formations and get smaller-reducing forces by 12,000 personnel by 2030. Major Ground Force Eliminations/Reductions/Realignments Marine ground force eliminations/reductions/realignments included the following: eliminating all Marine Corps Tank Battalions and associated MOSs; eliminating all Law Enforcement Battalions and associated MOSs; eliminating all Bridging Companies and associated MOSs; reducing the number of Infantry Battalions from 24 to 21; reducing the number of Cannon Artillery Batteries from 21 to 5; and reducing the number of Amphibious Vehicle Companies from 6 to 4. Major Aviation Force Deactivations Marine aviation force deactivations included the following: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264; Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462; Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11281 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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