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CORPS I _ & = 2. EXPOSUI VA BENEFIT CHANGES COMING MODERN DAY MARINE THE TECH, TRAINING AND OTHER CHANGES HEADING YOUR WAY NEW PLAN FOR MARINE AVIATION Sw KRULAK: WHOSE CORPS IS IT? JUNE 2022 VOL. NO. 24 ISSUE NO. 6 NOT A USMC PUBLICATION CELEBRATING usaa.com/100 100 YEARS OF SERVICE *““” Membership eligibility and pro: duct restrictions apply and are subject to change. USAA means Unites Services Automot bile Association and its affiliates. No Department of f Defense or government agency endorsement. ©2022 USAA. 285645: -0422 MEMBERS AND GROWING . Pan 100 YEARS — AND GOING STRONG eT IMISSION THROUGH IT ALL As long as there are those who serve, USAA will be there to serve them. CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE usaa.com/100 | #usaa100 Membership eligibility and product restrictions apply and are subject to change. USAA means Unites Services Automobile Association and its affiliates. 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Customer Service: (800) 408-0030 (Domestic) or (847) 559-7351 (International), Email [email protected], or write to Marine Corps Times, Subscriber Service, PO Box 950 Lincolnshire, IL 60069. For change of address, attach address label from a recent issue. * i =f AERIAL COMBAT A LOOK INSIDE THE MARINE CORPS’ 2022 AVIATION PLAN. MODERN DAY MARINE THE BIG CHANGES THAT MAY SOON BE HEADING YOUR WAY. — +. aay AN EXTRA CASH NEW ALLOWANCE FOR THOSE TROOPS ORDERED TO MOVE OUT OF THE BARRACKS. WHOSE MARINE CORPS IS IT? RETIRED GEN. CHARLES C. KRULAK SAYS IT BELONGS TO ALL MARINES. THE CORPS’ REAL PROBLEM THE CURRENT DEBATE IS AMUSING BUT DANGEROUS, SAYS RESIGNED LT. COL. STUART SCHELLER. Top left: Cpl. Ryan Schmid/Marine Corps Cover photo: Sgt. Matthew Teutsch/Marine Corps Cover design: Jared Morgan/Staff ON THE RADAR FBI SEIZES GENERAL'S DATA The FBI has seized the electronic data of retired four-star Marine Gen. John R. Allen who authorities say made false statements and withheld “incriminating” documents about his role in an illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. An accidental discharge of a weapon MARINE put Marine Corps Air Ground Combat sain Center located at Twentynine Palms, BASE y CKDOWN hours in Inte May, owns’ NEW UNIT JOINS PHILIPPINE EXERCISE For nearly 40 years, Marines have joined counterparts in the Philippine-led bilateral exercise known as Balikatan. But the late-March to early April exercise Saw a new development when it included the inaugural deployment of the new Marine littoral regiment. The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment is the Corps’ purpose-built unit to 4 MARINECORPSTIMES.COM June 2022 develop its new way of war-fighting. That’s a plan to counter adversaries such as China in the close-to-shore littoral space, leveraging allies such as the Philippine military. Nearly two months after three children died at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in two separate incidents, investigators have not released any additional details, including cause of the deaths. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the deaths of the children who died April 16, but no information has been available about whether foul play is suspected. “We have no updates to provide at this time as the investi- gations remain ongoing,” said Jeff Houston, NCIS spokesman, when asked if there have been any charges filed, or arrests or cause of death determinations. Officials have said no shooting was involved in either inci- dent, and there is no threat to the community. Two of the children were sisters, ages 4 and 6, according to WITN.com, and the third child was a 4-month-old boy. The deaths occurred in the parents’ homes in two separate incidents the outlet said. _ THE ACTIONS IN THE FACE OF DANGER SGT. MAJ. CANLEY TOOK ARE INCREDIBLE AND REMARKABLE. — —SGT. MAJ. 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Visit umgc.edu/milsavings for details. y 4 tah he LN One of two teachers killed in a May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, was the mother of a U.S. Marine. Irma Garcia, 48, died attempting to use her own body to protect students in her fourth grade classroom, her son, Pfc. Cristian Garcia, told NBC News. Nineteen children were massacred by a lone gunman — barricaded in the classroom 23-year veteran teacher Irma Garcia shared with co-teacher Eva Mireles, 44, who also was killed. Lz HERO TEACHER KILLED IN TEXAS SHOOTING WAS A MARINE MOM A friend in law enforcement reportedly told the Marine his mother was seen heroically shielding her students. Two days later, the Marine’s father, Joe Garcia — Irma Garcia’s grieving high school sweetheart and husband of more than 24 years — dropped flowers off at her memorial. It wasn’t long after that he himself died, perhaps of a broken heart. He “pretty much just fell over” and had a heart attack after returning home, nephew John Martinez told The New York Times. The Marine Corps community must rally around Pfc. Cristian Garcia amid these over- whelming losses, said Uvalde, Texas, resident and Marine veteran Layla Martinez. “This is a Marine Corps brother, yet his family is in total shambles right now,” she told Marine Corps Times in a phone call. “We’ve had a tragic loss in our Marine Corps family. ... | want him to know that we are here for him. We're not abandoning him.” Reserve Marine Pfc. Cristian Garcia, 23, is an admin clerk with 4th Recon Battalion out of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, the Corps said. He just graduated boot camp in October 2021, according to his mother’s Facebook page. Pfc. Cristian Garcia did not have a comment at this time. The rampage was the nation’s deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 students and six adults were shot and killed in 2012. In Uvalde, Texas — a largely Hispanic town of 15,000 some residents about 75 miles from the Mexican border — alleged 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos was inside the elementary school classroom for more than an hour before he was killed in a shootout, authorities said. The motive for the rampage remains under investigation. — Rachel Nostrant and Andrea Scott MARINES CLOSING DOWN KUWAIT GEAR STOCKPILE TO FOCUS ON PACIFIC The Corps is shuttering its combat gear storage program in the Middle East as it shifts attention to Europe and the Pacific. The fiscal 2023 defense budget request called for divestment of Marine Expeditionary Unit Augmentation Program—Kuwait (MAP-K) for a savings of nearly $31 million. This closure, which follows the August 2021 conclusion of the war in Afghanistan, “supports the reduction of forces in [the] U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,” a budget justi- fication document states. This notice, hidden inside budget documents, announces the end of a gear stockpile that was 6 MARINECORPSTIMES.COM June 2022 heavily used over the last 12 years, and further emphasizes the Marine Corps’ aggressive pursuit of the Force Design 2030 strategy, which focus- es on fighting in the Pacific and littoral regions. The planned divestment also follows the Marine Corps’ conclusion of its crisis response task force deployments to the Middle East, begun following the deadly 2012 attack ona U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Established in 2010, MAP-K is based at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, an Army base that also houses other logistics and sustainment elements. It’s the Corps’ only land-based prepositioning ocation in the Middle East and has existed to issue heavy equipment to the ground combat elements of deployed MEUs for exercises, raining and assignments in the region. As of late 2019, MAP-K had issued more than 1,500 equipment items since its establishment. It had equipped a tank platoon attached to the Nth MEU with vehicles difficult to transport via ship: four M1A1 Abrams tanks, a M88A2 Hercules armored recovery vehicle, a Cougar H-variant mine-resistant ambush protected 6-by-6 infantry vehicle, a 7-ton truck and a forklift. —Hope Hodge Seck ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SGT. EMMANUEL RAMOS/MARINE CORPS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. On any given night, up to 1,300 service members, veterans, and their families can call Fisher House home. These comfort homes are free of charge while a loved one is receiving care. FREE LODGING | HERO MILES | HOTEL FOR HEROES VISIT FISHERHOUSE.ORG MARINE AIR POWER HERE’S HOW IT WILL SHIFT WITH THE CORPS’ 2022 AVIATION PLAN By Todd South [email protected] New aviation platforms and gear that link Marines across the sea-air-land are shifting how Marine aviation heads into the next fight. Top leaders in Marine Corps aviation have laid out an ambitious new plan for the Corps as the air side reorients itself to complement the service’s overhaul through Force Design 2030. Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, deputy commandant of aviation, along with top Marine aviation leaders, shared details of the Corps’ first publicly released aviation plan since 2019. “It is our way to articulate to everybody this is the direction we think Marine aviation is going and we encourage questions as it happens because if something changes, why did it change?” Wise said. “Because there should be a good reason for it.” The plan shows that a host of war games and experi- ments over the past year and more in 2022 are being used by Marines to figure out how air assets link across a wide spectrum to allow leathernecks to detect enemy threats, strike nearly unseen and fade away for the next round in a future fight. But it also gives them tools to compete daily, long before the first rocket fires. While Wise and other senior aviators are optimistic, the plan didn’t hedge on the challenges they face. “Multiple communities will be stressed over the coming years, resulting from either divestment or transition,” according to the 2022 aviation plan. “This is a critical period for the Marine Corps and for Marine Aviation.” Some of those stressed communities will continue to be F/A-18 pilots and maintainers. That’s in part because those jets provide more than half of the tactical air capability across the entire 8 MARINECORPSTIMES.COM June 2022 force. At the same time, those older jets are seeing a transition as the Corps procures and fields more F-35 squadrons. Those jets have an average age of between 27 years to 35 years — older than most of their pilots. The pilot numbers for those aircraft will decrease as the Corps increases numbers of trained F-35 pilots. F-35 LIGHTNING II Data from the aviation plan show that while the Corps produced 36 F/A-18 pilots each year in 2020 and 2021, it only planned to train 26 new F/A-18 pilots in 2022. That number will drop to as few as eight new pilots in 2027. At the same time, the F-35B and F-35C classes have gone from 28 total new pilots in 2020 and will rise steadily to produce 75 pilots annually by 2027, according to the plan. Many of those new F-35 pilots will be heading to sunny California as the Corps has balanced modern- ization across the East and West Coast. Those pilots and Marines on their ships will have the new jet, but still will be working with older model CH-53E. CH-53K KING STALLION While on the East Coast, Marines will see shiny new CH-53Ks, but will still work with AV-8 Harriers. “On any type, model, series you're going to prior- itize one coast,” Wise said. That has to do with supply chain management, personnel and training. The Navy also has to modify the L-class ships that will carry the F-35 to withstand the heat it generates on takeoff. The experienced staff who perform that work can then transition to refitting the ships on the other coast once completed, he said. “We're standing up about a squadron and a half'a year,” Wise said about the F-35 fielding. The first East Coast squadron will be stood up at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, in the next two years, he said. The CH-53K is expected to be fully operational by 2029. “The CH-53K will be the only fully-marinized, heavy-lift helicopter capable of transporting one hun- dred percent of the vertical (Marine Air Ground Task Force),” according to the aviation plan. KC-130J SUPER HERCULES Another big item that the Corps looks to base much of its moving and scooting in wide ranges is the KC-130J. This upgraded transport plane is seen as a mainstay for how newly formed Marine littoral regiments will bring in heavy gear to deliver a littoral punch. The Marines expect to eventually procure 86 of the aircraft, the last of which to arrive in the inventory by 2027, according to the aviation plan. Some delayed delivery of backup aircraft until after fiscal year 2024 and “excessive turnaround times for schedule depot events” is hitting the air wing’s ability to support operations with the new plane, according to the plan. “The biggest factor in readiness and the KC-130 availability is lack of aircraft on the flight line,” according to the aviation plan. MV-22 OSPREY The MV-22 Osprey, in service for nearly two decades now, continues to grow its role in the fleet. The Corps expects to procure a “program record” 360 MV-22B Ospreys to fill out 14 active squadrons with a dozen aircraft each along with two reserve squadrons at the same level. They'll also build one fleet replacement squadron with 27 aircraft, according to the aviation plan. CPL. CAMERON HERMANET/MARINE CORPS Master Your Move with Exchange PCS Headquarters The Exchange’s PCS Headquarters helps service members and their families make a smooth transition from one mission to the next. Visit ShopMyExchange.com to learn more. ¢ Products you'll need ¢ Free moving checklist ¢ TV, phone and internet setup VISIT THE EXCHANGE ¢ Packing and storage PCS HEADQUARTERS EXCHANGE THE EXCHANGE IS A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION MODERN DAY MARINE The Marine Corps brought out the big guns in May, taking its annual Modern Day Marine exposition from a tent in Quantico, Virginia, to a confer- ence center in downtown Washington. Force Design, training, new gear and updated policies all were discussed. Here’s what Marine experts had to say. MARINES TO FIELD MULTIBARREL RIFLE arine snipers are about to trim their sniper rifle inventory by combining two in one with a new multibarrel weapon that will give shooters three caliber options and replace wo existing rifles — one of which jarheads have been carrying since Vietnam. Marine Corps Systems Command — all hings gear for Marines — announced that he Mk22 Mod 0 advanced sniper rifle has nearly completed testing as it approaches ielding in 2023. |: if ys 10 MARINECORPSTIMES.COM June 2022 Stories by Todd South and Hope Hodge Seck REVAMPED IED TRAINING Marines may be learning new ways to fight against adversaries like China, but an old foe still lurks: improvised explosive devices. While the knowledge and training to counter IEDs didn’t completely disappear, it did fade from prominence for future battle prep and widespread practice. But the threat continues to evolve. Maj. Gen. Julian D. Alford, head of Training Command, was asked what lessons, if any, 77 Itis a bolt action, precision rifle system. y The system part is important. That desig- ; nation includes a bipod, sound and muzzle flash suppressor and a caliber agnostic 7-by-35 power Precision day optic. The rifle will replace both the k13 Mod 7 and the M40A6 sniper rifles currently in use. The Army previously announced that it also would replace its M107 sniper rifle and M2010 enhanced sniper rifle with the k22 Mod 0. The M40A6 is a heavily modified version of the original M40, which first fielded during the Vietnam War and fires a 7.62 mm round. = Wass) UKRAINE FIGHT LEADS T0 had been learned from the ongoing fight against the Russian invasion of Ukraine that could be applied to training now. “No. 1is we have to have counter-IED programs stood back up, period,” Alford said. “It’s criminal if we don’t train our Marines on counter-IED before they deploy.” “We’ve been preaching this for a long time — that the IED works,” Alford said. “So, China’s going to use the IED, Russia’s using the IED, Iran, North Korea and, of course, extremists.” The Marine Corps is working to stand back up that training in 2022, Alford said. 3 « i? MARINE TECH IDEAS HEAD TO THE FIELD ideas to a Navy research office, which has produced items such as field-ready hydrogen fuel production and a “chatbot” that can filter relevant items in digital reams of (chat data for information operations. 3 ~=©The Office of Naval Research shared these prototypes, generated from ideas sent from Marines in operating units. The program is known as TechSolutions. It can in need of a solution. Marines across the force are feeding “fix it” be accessed by any Marine with a problem The staff aims to have a prototype back to the Marine and their unit within a year of taking on the request. The proliferation of hydrogen fuel cell-powered devices, such as drones, power generators and unmanned ground vehicles and watercraft have Marines in the field looking for better ways to get fuel where they are. Other tools include small unit planning applications, air traffic control simulators, field masks created in the field using 3D printers, an inflatable, temporary pier for amphibious operations and an energy training exercise game to help Marines better plan operational energy usage. Sec MODERN DAY MARINE page 12 MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS TYLER THOMPSON/NAVY; MARINE CORPS; DAVID TAYLOR/NAVY