{"id":23165,"date":"2021-05-18T19:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/18\/competition-not-war-with-china-is-the-future-top-marine-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:56:06","slug":"competition-not-war-with-china-is-the-future-top-marine-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/05\/18\/competition-not-war-with-china-is-the-future-top-marine-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition, not war, with China is the future, top Marine says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

War with China is not inevitable, but it will take an all-of-government approach to deter it, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps is currently going through a massive period of experimentation<\/a> and reorganization with a focus on keeping up with the \u201cpacing threat\u201d China poses and ultimately winning a war if one comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commandant said he has spent the past decade studying China as it was adopting increasingly aggressive foreign policy goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can look at a map from 10 years ago and a map from today you can see what they are trying to do,\u201d Berger said at an online event about the future of Marine Corps warfare held by the Brookings Institution in Washington. \u201cWe need to be in a position to hold the freedom both the seas and the airs and really all the domains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t