{"id":19926,"date":"2021-02-04T00:31:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/04\/marine-corps-looks-at-building-3-new-pacific-regiments-to-counter-china\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:47:30","slug":"marine-corps-looks-at-building-3-new-pacific-regiments-to-counter-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2021\/02\/04\/marine-corps-looks-at-building-3-new-pacific-regiments-to-counter-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps looks at building 3 new Pacific regiments to counter China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Throughout the next decade the Marine Corps may create as many as three Marine littoral regiments<\/a>, all based in the Pacific to keep a continued presence to deter China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine Corps Times first reported<\/a> news of the Marine littoral regiment in January 2020. Through experimentation and wargaming, top Corps leaders are looking to the new formation specifically to support the dispersed expeditionary advanced base operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Corps announced in May 2020 that the first Marine littoral regiment would be based out of Hawaii. The Marines expect to experiment with the formation\u2019s components and employment during the next three years before finalizing the unit\u2019s structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Corps could build as many as three Marine littoral regiments in the Pacific between now and 2030, Brig. Gen. Ben Watson, head of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab<\/a>, said at the National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference on Wednesday<\/p>\n\n\n\t