Marine Corps looks at building 3 new Pacific regiments to counter China
February 3
U.S. Marines rehearse a beach landing July 8, 2015, as part of Talisman Sabre 15 at Dundee Beach in Fog Bay, Northern Territory, Australia. (Lance Cpl. Samantha Villarreal/Marine Corps)
Throughout the next decade the Marine Corps may create as many as three Marine littoral regiments, all based in the Pacific to keep a continued presence to deter China.
Marine Corps Times first reported news of the Marine littoral regiment in January 2020. Through experimentation and wargaming, top Corps leaders are looking to the new formation specifically to support the dispersed expeditionary advanced base operations.