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High-ranking House lawmakers press to restore funds to Marine Corps long-range fires efforts
December 15, 2020
A Landing Craft Air Cushion with the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), carrying High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, approaches the beach off of Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 31, 2020. The 31st MEU’s ability to conduct HIMARS amphibious landings provides a lethal capability in support of amphibious operations. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser/U.S. Marine Corps)
WASHINGTON A group of high-ranking House lawmakers are pressing to restore funds cut in the proposed fiscal 2021 defense spending bills for Marine Corps efforts to develop long-range precision fires capabilities. ....

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