Marine Corps suffers downsizing

Remember the Marrine Corps' now-defunded Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle?



In development, it was canceled in 2011, although prototype vehicles may still be found at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Marines decided (translation: were ordered) to continue using their present, 1950s-vintage Amphibious Assault Vehicles for the foreseeable future. The far foreseeable future. Because there is nothing Marines have learned to do better than fight the next war with three-wars-ago equipment.

So what better idea would there be than to buy one Watercar for every four Marines and let 'em rip?