Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 61
Rebuild the Marine Corps to 36 battalions
Never delivered“[paraphrase] We will rebuild the Marine Corps to 36 battalions.”
- Promised
- , Military readiness speech, Philadelphia
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Foreign policy
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
The Marine Corps did not expand to 36 battalions. Its 2020 Force Design 2030 plan instead cut infantry battalions and eliminated all tank units. PolitiFact rated the promise broken.