why did the U.S. Marines (an amphibious force) fight in Afghanistan (a landlocked country)?
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Marine here:
Marines are an amphibious fighting force but more importantly we are a force that fights on the land, air, and sea. So wherever the war is at the Marines will adjust for it accordingly and be used where they can best perform, and that’s usually as shock troops where they can focus on rapid assaults before the bull of the rest of military arrives. There’s not much water in Afghanistan but there’s a shit load of land and air, so the Marines focused less on amphibious operations while over there.
This was a temporary adjustment though, as we can see that the Marine Corps is now going back to focusing on amphibious operations to focus on combatting future threats around the South China Sea.
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