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The US Marine Corps in the Pivot to the Pacific

East AsiaSecurity

By Robbin F. Laird

The centerpiece of the U.S. Pivot to the Pacific, the Marines are moving forward.

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  1. Analysis is self-evident--It is not a cliche to say people are policy-consequently to introduce an article quoting my friend Chuck Hagel, now SecDef, who received two Purple Hearts fig...
    Ed Timperlake
  2. Kim's Uncle wrote "One of the most formidable forces in the World, I am Glad they are on our side". Sir, they were not so long ago. Today, China's Marines are as po...
    admiral Cheng

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