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The Marine Corps has settled the debate over the size of a rifle squad
The Marines are adding a precision fires specialist to rifle squads based on lessons learned in Ukraine about the use of ...
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Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
The Marine Corps first unveiled the 15-Marine configuration in 2018. Prior to that, the service had used the 13-Marine squad ...
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Top Marine Says Service Has Finally Settled on 13-Grunt Rifle Squads
where military and defense industry leaders are gathering this week to discuss national security aims and challenges. The service had used a 13-Marine rifle squad for decades. But in 2018 ...
Marine Corps Times13d
Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
an article published in the professional journal Marine Corps Gazette recommended a 15-Marine squad. Iran uses an even larger formation — a 16-soldier squad with a squad leader, sniper ...
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Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Bolin, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, posts security during a squad competition at Marine Corps Air-Ground ...