{"id":17983,"date":"2020-09-18T04:05:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T04:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/18\/passive-defenders-or-steely-eyed-killers-what-will-the-corps-culture-look-like-under-new-force-design\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:10:43","slug":"passive-defenders-or-steely-eyed-killers-what-will-the-corps-culture-look-like-under-new-force-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/09\/18\/passive-defenders-or-steely-eyed-killers-what-will-the-corps-culture-look-like-under-new-force-design\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Steely eyed killers’ no more: What will the Corps\u2019 culture look like under a new force design?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Throughout the past 244 years, an aggressive arrogance has become as much a part of a Marine\u2019s uniform as the Eagle, Globe and Anchor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That aggression has led Marines to success in battles from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, to Fallujah, Iraq, and Marjah, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one expert and retired Marine now fears that the aggressive warrior ethos of the Marine Corps has been put at risk by the new force design proposed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The force design plan has led to the Corps eliminating tanks<\/a>, a future reduction in traditional tube artillery, along with a restructure of Marine Corps infantry to make it smaller, lighter and more mobile.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you look at this new structure the focus is on the aviation and the artillery, not the infantry,\u201d Mark Cancian, a retired Marine officer who now works as a senior adviser for the Center for Strategic & International Studies, said this summer. \u201cThe focus of the infantry now, is to protect the artillery a very defensive orientation and I think over time that will become part of the culture.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t