United States Marine Corps

===Reshaped for China threat===
{{see also|Force Design 2030}}
In the 2020s, as the U.S. national strategy shifted from the war on terrorism to [[United States foreign policy toward the People's Republic of China|competition with China]], the Marine Corps abandoned its previous plan to focus on land operations and strengthened its firepower configuration in the [[Indo-Pacific]] region to defeat the [[Chinese People's Liberation Army]] in possible island operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915 |date=31 January 2023 |website=BBC |access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref> As part of this shift the USMC has established a [[Marine Rotational Force – Darwin|joint deployment]] with the Australian military in Darwin starting with 200 Marines in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-05 |title=Since soldiers moved to this former cattle station, a deeply respectful relationship has unfolded |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-06/back-roads-timber-creek-unlikely-friendship-adf-us-marines/103185138 |first1=Kristy |last1=O'Brien |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210003821/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-06/back-roads-timber-creek-unlikely-friendship-adf-us-marines/103185138 |archive-date= Feb 10, 2024 }}</ref>