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Why NECC replaced the USMC
In October, 2005, the U.S. Navy officially established its “Naval Expeditionary Combat Command” (NECC). This organization will eventually grow to contain 40,000 sailors, all of whom will be trained to work, and fight, on land. The U.S. Marine Corps has mixed feelings about this, for the marines have long been the navy’s ground combat troops. The navy says that the USMC mission will remain.

But in the meantime, there are plenty of sailors (about 7,000) already working ashore in Iraq and Afghanistan. These include construction troops (Seabees), medical and other support personnel, plus advisors to the revived Iraqi navy. [...]
So, having lost control of the USMC, the navy has created NECC. The navy still considers the marines its primary “infantry force”, but the NECC will contain sailors trained and equipped for land operations the navy believes it should be involved in. [...]