“Our Institutional DNA”: The U.S. Marine Corps Surges to the Asia-Pacific
The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, gives his thoughts in a wide ranging interview.
By: Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe
December 07, 2012
As the process of rebalancing its forces to the Asia-Pacific begins to gain further traction, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) sees itself returning to a familiar region of the world. In this context, the Commandant of the USMC, General James F. Amos, spoke to Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe about the Corps’ transformation and modernization, the impact of successive deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the status of Marine Corps activities in Africa and South America, the strategic realignment to the Asia-Pacific, the likely future battlefield, and defense budget cuts.