Recommendations for a nimbler unit organization with fewer grunts and more tech will go to the commandant next year.
Commandant wants to keep young Marines longer, bring in older ones with skills.
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The amphibious assault vehicle associated with the deadly 2020 sinking will no longer be used for deployments or offshore training.
The Corps' shift to a lighter, distributed force requires skills and judgment that may be easier to recruit than build, training chief says.
As a backup, Berger says, troops must learn to "forage" for some supplies.
Commandant's decision may end Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi's career.
Top Marines tell Congress that after deadly AAV accident and years in Middle East, the Corps and its vehicles are unprepared for waterborne operations.
Meanwhile, the Army is trying to get inside perpetrators' OODA loops.
10 Marines among the dead; they were securing one of the last gates open for Afghans, Americans to escape.
"While it's relatively fresh in our minds, we need the honest, open critique," Gen. Berger says.