Marine Corps Shifting Focus From High Turnover Force To Retaining Experienced Marines - USNI News
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The Marine Corps will undertake a multi-year shift from its signature high turnover and young force approach to new ways to recruit more seasoned talent and retain Marines. For the past 35 years, the Marine Corps took an industrial approach to the force, with the idea of having more young, fit Marines serving for a short period of time. That approach worked for the Marines in the past, said Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger. It will not work going forward. Instead, the Marines Corps will look at the ability to recruit from an older, more seasoned population through
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Marine Corps Shifting Focus From High Turnover Force To Retaining Experienced Marines - USNI News
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Marine Corps Shifting Focus From High Turnover Force To Retaining Experienced Marines - USNI News