The US Army has 100 landing ships in its fleet. Force Design 2030 is asking for 35 & they're coming in late/over budget..

 

Marines Corps’ landing ship taking longer, costing more than planned https://t.co/A7MwxN9pNg

— Solomon (@SnafuBlogspot) June 19, 2024

I despise Force Design 2030.

I think it unnecessarily wrecked the Marine Corps and the only reason why it even was put into place was for legacy building and a chance for the New Marine Corps to be different.

Having said that, it only makes sense for the Marine Corps to simply use what the Army is using.  

Why?  

Because it don't make sense to reinvent the wheel.

But are you seeing the bigger issue here?  The US Army is waiting in the wings to pick up the amphibious assault mission that the Marine Corps is throwing away.

They can already conduct assaults from the sea via rotary winged aircraft (looking at the 101st but the Army has so many aviation assets that damn near any Light Infantry Division can do it).  They're moving toward having their own real deal Mobile Gun System designed specifically to support their light infantry.

They already have landing ships.

They're ready to take over the entire spectrum of forcible entry...all because a few Marine Corps leaders decided that it was "too hard".