{"id":14748,"date":"2020-12-11T17:40:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/11\/defense-compromise-bill-calls-for-corps-to-shrink-by-5000-marines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:15:24","slug":"defense-compromise-bill-calls-for-corps-to-shrink-by-5000-marines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2020\/12\/11\/defense-compromise-bill-calls-for-corps-to-shrink-by-5000-marines\/","title":{"rendered":"Corps to shrink by 5,000 Marines under defense compromise bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/12\/03\/compromise-defense-bill-confronts-a-rising-china\/\" target=_blank>compromise defense bill<\/a> calls for reduction in the size of the Corps by 5,000 Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps currently has roughly 186,200 Marines in its rank. But the $740.5 billion 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, released Dec. 4, would reduce the authorized active-duty size of the Corps to 181,200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise bill faces<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/12\/04\/trumps-new-defense-bill-veto-threat-aims-at-sasc-chairman-inhofe\/\" target=_blank> a threatened veto threat<\/a> from President Donald Trump, over language that would require bases named after Confederate generals to be renamed and the bill\u2019s lack of a repeal of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/07\/trump-veto-will-hurt-troops-and-families-republican-and-democratic-leaders-warn\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Smith_Thornberry.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump veto will hurt troops and families, Republican and Democratic leaders warn<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The House and Senate are set to vote on the massive annual defense authorization bill this week.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the bill turns into law, it would reduce the Marine Corps to its smallest size since 2006, when it was made up of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/11\/18\/senate-committee-calls-for-large-cuts-in-marine-corps-end-strength\/\" target=_blank>178,477 Marines<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmcu.edu\/Research\/Marine-Corps-History-Division\/Research-Tools-Facts-and-Figures\/End-Strengths\/\" target=_blank>Marine Corps History Division.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the large decrease in manpower, no Marine Corps-wide early release programs are expected, Maj. Jordan Cochran a spokesman for Manpower and Reserve Affairs told Marine Corps Times in a phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though a forcewide early release program is not planned, the Corps is allowing tankers, who saw their military occupational specialty disappear in the force design change, to get out of their contracts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2020\/12\/07\/corps-to-release-marine-tankers-from-contracts-a-year-early\/\" target=_blank>a year early. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The massive cut comes as The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/11\/24\/marine-corps-short-6-infantry-battalions-navy-short-100-ships-this-new-strength-index-says\/\" target=_blank>Heritage Foundation<\/a> conservative think tank ranked the Corps as only marginally able to fulfill its mission, in a large part because of the small size of the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/03\/12\/marine-corps-has-to-get-smaller-to-get-better-commandant-says\/\" target=_blank>manpower cuts<\/a> are coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps expects to reduce the size of the force by about 12,000 Marines over the next decade as part of Force Design 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 174,000 future force size would line up with the size of the Corps in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The troop cutbacks come as the Corps is looking to create a more mobile force, capable of facing off against a near-peer opponent in the littorals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The design calls for small units of <a 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