ACV is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed to fully replace the USMC's ageing fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The USMC budget request includes a boost for ACV procurement in FY 2024. (USMC)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is asking for USD705 million more in discretionary spending for its Force Design 2030 priorities in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than enacted in FY 2023, according to budget documents.

The USMC topline request for the modernisation experimentation campaign, which calls for a more agile force, was USD17.1 billion in FY 2023 and could be bumped up to USD17.8 billion for FY 2024, according to documents released on 13 March. The additional funding would go toward programmes the service has already invested in, USMC Commandant General David Berger said on 16 March.

While Force Design is a campaign of modernisation and experimentation, the plan also laid out guidelines for divesting from less mobile, expeditionary capabilities, such as main battle tanks (MBTs). Gen Berger said the time for divesting is over.

ACV is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed to fully replace the USMC's ageing fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The USMC budget request includes a boost for ACV procurement in FY 2024. (USMC)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is asking for USD705 million more in discretionary spending for its Force Design 2030 priorities in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than enacted in FY 2023, according to budget documents.

The USMC topline request for the modernisation experimentation campaign, which calls for a more agile force, was USD17.1 billion in FY 2023 and could be bumped up to USD17.8 billion for FY 2024, according to documents released on 13 March. The additional funding would go toward programmes the service has already invested in, USMC Commandant General David Berger said on 16 March.

While Force Design is a campaign of modernisation and experimentation, the plan also laid out guidelines for divesting from less mobile, expeditionary capabilities, such as main battle tanks (MBTs). Gen Berger said the time for divesting is over.

ACV is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed to fully replace the USMC's ageing fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The USMC budget request includes a boost for ACV procurement in FY 2024. (USMC)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is asking for USD705 million more in discretionary spending for its Force Design 2030 priorities in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than enacted in FY 2023, according to budget documents.

The USMC topline request for the modernisation experimentation campaign, which calls for a more agile force, was USD17.1 billion in FY 2023 and could be bumped up to USD17.8 billion for FY 2024, according to documents released on 13 March. The additional funding would go toward programmes the service has already invested in, USMC Commandant General David Berger said on 16 March.

While Force Design is a campaign of modernisation and experimentation, the plan also laid out guidelines for divesting from less mobile, expeditionary capabilities, such as main battle tanks (MBTs). Gen Berger said the time for divesting is over.

ACV is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed to fully replace the USMC's ageing fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The USMC budget request includes a boost for ACV procurement in FY 2024. (USMC)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is asking for USD705 million more in discretionary spending for its Force Design 2030 priorities in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than enacted in FY 2023, according to budget documents.

The USMC topline request for the modernisation experimentation campaign, which calls for a more agile force, was USD17.1 billion in FY 2023 and could be bumped up to USD17.8 billion for FY 2024, according to documents released on 13 March. The additional funding would go toward programmes the service has already invested in, USMC Commandant General David Berger said on 16 March.

While Force Design is a campaign of modernisation and experimentation, the plan also laid out guidelines for divesting from less mobile, expeditionary capabilities, such as main battle tanks (MBTs). Gen Berger said the time for divesting is over.

ACV is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed to fully replace the USMC's ageing fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The USMC budget request includes a boost for ACV procurement in FY 2024. (USMC)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is asking for USD705 million more in discretionary spending for its Force Design 2030 priorities in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than enacted in FY 2023, according to budget documents.

The USMC topline request for the modernisation experimentation campaign, which calls for a more agile force, was USD17.1 billion in FY 2023 and could be bumped up to USD17.8 billion for FY 2024, according to documents released on 13 March. The additional funding would go toward programmes the service has already invested in, USMC Commandant General David Berger said on 16 March.

While Force Design is a campaign of modernisation and experimentation, the plan also laid out guidelines for divesting from less mobile, expeditionary capabilities, such as main battle tanks (MBTs). Gen Berger said the time for divesting is over.

ACV is an eight-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed to fully replace the USMC's ageing fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The USMC budget request includes a boost for ACV procurement in FY 2024. (USMC)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is asking for USD705 million more in discretionary spending for its Force Design 2030 priorities in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than enacted in FY 2023, according to budget documents.

The USMC topline request for the modernisation experimentation campaign, which calls for a more agile force, was USD17.1 billion in FY 2023 and could be bumped up to USD17.8 billion for FY 2024, according to documents released on 13 March. The additional funding would go toward programmes the service has already invested in, USMC Commandant General David Berger said on 16 March.

While Force Design is a campaign of modernisation and experimentation, the plan also laid out guidelines for divesting from less mobile, expeditionary capabilities, such as main battle tanks (MBTs). Gen Berger said the time for divesting is over.