Marines: Rightsizing into "middleweight" force
By Jeanette Steele
Originally published March 3, 2011 at 7:24 p.m., updated March 4, 2011 at 4:08 p.m.
After 10 years of acting as America’s second land army, the U.S. Marine Corps will be slimmed down to “middleweight” fighter status, its leader says.