Shaffer
01-12-04, 01:07 PM
AIR STATION, Japan — The sergeant major of the Marine Corps said Friday that Marines must continue to enhance their “nation-building” skills, as troops are charged with doing in Iraq.
Sgt. Maj. John Estrada, visiting Marines in Japan, said the Marine Corps is traditionally an “offensive force that projects sustained combat power. But if the world continues to change, we’ll have to continue to modify.”
He said the nation-building mission in Iraq originally concerned the Marines “because we are not trained to do that.”
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=18980&archive=true
Sgt. Maj. John Estrada, visiting Marines in Japan, said the Marine Corps is traditionally an “offensive force that projects sustained combat power. But if the world continues to change, we’ll have to continue to modify.”
He said the nation-building mission in Iraq originally concerned the Marines “because we are not trained to do that.”
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=18980&archive=true