The Demise of the Marines?

[popeyespappy]

Fire all non-combat arms, non intel (civilian contractors do their jobs anyway). The we'd have a smaller force....and we wouldn't be sending cooks and accountants out on armed patrols.

You might be surprised. I'm in Okinawa right now doing some network upgrades for the army at multiple bases scattered all over the island. There is a small group of contractors working the tech control and a handful of of DoD civilians performing various functions, but all the technicians are soldiers, sailors or airmen. There are a lot more of them than there are civilian government employees and contractors.