APC Development and related topics.

[shahadi]

Originally Posted by Suhiir

The whole point of the Corps is a mobile reaction force. Why everything possible is air transportable by MV-22/CH-53/C-130s and standard assault transport shipping (vice cargo ships). The USMC is not intended or equipped for sustained heavy combat, that's what the US Army is for.

What were the rotation times in Afghanistan and Iraq for the two services: USA and USMC. It would seem both services required the same time in-country, if the Marines were deployed to forward areas such as Afghanistan, but was that so, or did the Marines hold to the customary six to nine month deployment?