The Marine Corps Is Ending The ‘Assaultman’ Infantry MOS. Here’s Why

“There’s no armor in Iraq and Afghanistan, so our original purpose just isn’t there.”

This is dangerous thinking. Our near-peer competitors *do* have significant armor. It's a similar argument that largely killed the F-22 - "why do we need such an advanced jet when we fight guys with AK-47's?" Well, our near-peer threats possess things much nastier than AK-47's and 700 F-22's would likely have gone a long way to deter them from challenging us. Shocking that our defense leaders lacked this foresight.

Seems like a bad move. Maybe we haven't learned all the lessons from draw-downs in the past?

I heard about this, it happened in January 2018.