{"id":44193,"date":"2020-02-27T21:09:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T21:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/27\/larger-manpower-cuts-coming-to-the-future-corps-marine-commandant-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:55:26","slug":"larger-manpower-cuts-coming-to-the-future-corps-marine-commandant-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2020\/02\/27\/larger-manpower-cuts-coming-to-the-future-corps-marine-commandant-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Larger manpower cuts coming to the future Corps, Marine commandant says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps is set to make large manpower cuts throughout the next decade, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. 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Any future cuts could make the Corps smaller than the Obama-era Corps, which was left with 183,604 active-duty Marines in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commandant said that while he\u2019d love to increase the size of the Marine Corps, the reality of the money spent on the Corps and the resources necessary to develop for a faceoff against China in the Pacific makes manpower cuts necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berger testified that he knows what size the Marine Corps should be in 10 years, but said that that specific number would constantly be adjusted based on the changing threat and needs of the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have an advisory that\u2019s moving,\u201d Berger said. \u201cWe have to maintain an overmatch\u201d with China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cuts will come by reducing retention, Navy Rear Admiral Randy B. 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