Larger manpower cuts coming to the future Corps, Marine commandant says

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Marine Corps Manpower Narrative
Introduction

Marine Corps Manpower Narrative
Introduction
The Marine Corps is the Nation’s expeditionary force-in-readiness and remains committed to
building the most ready force the Nation can afford. Partnered with the Navy, the Marine Corps
provides a fundamental pillar of the Nation’s power and security: forward-deployed naval
expeditionary forces that can compete, deter, and provide lethal “inside” forces capable of creating
mutually contested spaces as part of our integrated naval defense-in-depth.

The Marine Corps is the Nation’s expeditionary force-in-readiness and remains committed to
building the most ready force the Nation can afford. Partnered with the Navy, the Marine Corps
provides a fundamental pillar of the Nation’s power and security: forward-deployed naval
expeditionary forces that can compete, deter, and provide lethal “inside” forces capable of creating
mutually contested spaces as part of our integrated naval defense-in-depth.
The Marine Corps is comprised of 186,200 Active Component Marines, 38,500 Reserve
Component Marines, and 21,974 FTE civilian Marines. Marines serve forward to shape events,
engage with partners, manage instability, project influence, respond to crises, and deter potential
adversaries. As a force, the Marine Corps must remain ready to fight and win across the range of
military operations and in all five domains—maritime, land, air, cyber, and space. The Marine
Corps provides our Nation’s maritime combined arms air-ground “force in readiness.” It drives how
we prioritize and allocate the resources we are provided by Congress. It is this idea of total
readiness—a constant preparedness, expeditionary mindset, and aggressive warfighting
philosophy—that remains the driving force behind your Marines today, ensuring we continue to
meet the high expectations of the Department of Navy, Congress, and the Nation. A balanced
Marine Corps is a force that has a sustainable operational tempo and is able to train with the right
equipment for all assigned missions.

Civilian Manpower
The Department of the Navy (DON) mission to recruit, train, equip and organize requires Total
Force Management—a mix of Sailors, Marines, civilians, and industry partners necessary to
provide “the Navy the Nation Needs.” As we add lethality and capability, we must maintain a
balanced approach and recognize that adding maritime, aviation, and unmanned platforms
requires an increase in the civilian workforce. Implementing this approach requires increasing
people to maintain the equipment, from shipyard workers to aviation mechanics; engineers to
develop and test enhancements to communications, radar, and weapons; and scientists to design
the weapons and platforms of the future.
Civilian personnel levels from our FY19 President's Budget have been increased at our warfare
centers to provide for new weapons technologies. The FY20 President's Budget maintains our
commitment to increasing readiness through sustained and targeted growth. Growth in civilians at
our maintenance depots increases our capacity to fight on many fronts by keeping our ships and
aircraft battle ready. Additional personnel supporting acquisition and human resources reflects our
dedication to developing the workforce necessary to meet the future demands. Additionally, we
have enhanced our intelligence and fleet operations workforce in the Indo-Pacific region to confront
the growing threat of adversaries.

Navy Manpower Narrative
Introduction
This narrative details the requirements needed for the Navy to adequately perform its mission of
conducting prompt and sustained combat incidents to operations at sea. Navy's Active Component
personnel requirements are driven by the growth necessary to continue investments in “the Navy
the Nation Needs.” The FY20 budget request fully funds growth in Navy's end strength by an
additional 5,100 Sailors over FY19's end strength control. In addition to funding increases in fleet
manpower and training, the Navy has made investments in special and incentive pays, critical to
recruiting and retaining the very best people our Nation has to offer. The Navy's FY20 end strength
and budget growth are essential to increasing fleet lethality and sustaining force growth.
The Navy's strength comes from the efforts of its 340,500 Active, 59,000 Reserve Sailors,
195,255 Navy civilians (FTEs) and their families. This request reflects increase in both military
and civilian personnel driven by Navy's force structure (ships/aircraft/submarines) along with
enabling and support capabilities.

Not sure this is good news. Right off I see slower promotions, longer deployments, fewer opportunities for training and those are just what I can think of at first thought.