Amos: 30 To 100 Marines Could Fit On LCS; No Replacement For Amphibs

摘要

A Marine Corps mission package on the Littoral Combat Ship would carry between 30 and 100 troops and perform low-end missions, but would be too small to take the load off of the fleet's amphibious ships, top service officials said last week. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos told reporters on April 15 at an Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis and Tufts Fletcher School conference that such a small number of Marines would not approach the capabilities of an amphibious ship.