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The Marine Corps recently announced the Marine Rifle Squad will bere-organized. The new squad design reflects changes that better equip thesmall-unit leader with increased lethality and enhanced situationalawareness. This new rifle squad will be organized into three fire teams ofthree Marines each, with two new positions added to account for an assistantsquad leader and a squad systems operator. Additional riflemen - one perfire team- will remain on the books as an unmanned requirement allowingthe Corps to quickly add depth to the squad if needed. While the mission ofthe Marine rifle squad remains the same, this new 12-Marine squad will beimplemented across Marine Infantry battalions during the next three-to-fiveyears. In addition to the new squad structure, there are numerous changesthroughout the infantry battalions aimed at improving an already lethalforce.
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