US Army Puts More Tanks in the Pacific Theater to Counter China....The USMC gives up a capability and the Army will assume the role. Is amphibious assault next?

 via Warrior Maven

At first glance, 70-ton Abrams tanks may seem ill-suited for the Pacific theater given its known challenges with mobility, expeditionary operations, mobilization and deployment. The vast ocean areas, island passageways and simple distance between points of interest are such that it might not seem feasible to operate heavy armor, tanks or other mechanized forces with any kind of timeliness or efficiency.

However … Upon a more extensive examination of a handful of key variables of great relevance to the Pacific, the prospect of adding tanks to the region may not be ill-advised at all but rather critical to ensuring long-term stability in the Indo-Pacific.

“I believe that you need the entire inventory of combined arms ground maneuver in order to fight in restricted terrain. Tank and armor capabilities in the Pacific are absolutely necessary for conducting operations out here in restricted terrain. And there is plenty of restricted terrain out here,” General Charles Flynn, Commanding General, US Army Pacific, told reporters recently, according to a transcript provided by the Army.

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If the Marine Corps won't fight, the US Army will.  

If you believe that using Marine Corps ground forces as a recon-counter recon force will ensure the future of the Corps then you're a fucking idiot.

The only thing left to wonder is this.

With the Marine Corps downgrading its forces to act as a data hub for the "joint force", then when will (not if) the US Army do what must be done and accept the amphibious assault mission.