Long before the new posture was announced last year, the Marine Corps was working closely with the Navy to assemble a force that could successfully wage amphibious warfare against well-equipped enemies.

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Again, we've got one of the best in the business right now on the ground and have been -- has been for a long time in Karl Eikenberry, who is working through obviously a delicate but extremely important situation as it relates to our posture in Afghanistan.

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