This should really help the USMC/Army rivalry.


LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday played down a newspaper report that the U.S. Marine Corps was pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and switch to a leading role in Afghanistan.

"I have heard that they were beginning to think about that and that's all that I've heard. I've seen no plan, no one's come to me with any proposals about it," Gates told reporters in London after meeting his British counterpart, Des Browne.


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That must not be doing much for troop moral.

Marines are saying that Afghanistan is their type of war, smaller units fighting. I would rethink this or it will be used to start a lot of bar fights.