Congress abolishing the United States Marine Corps

The prompt is as follows:

“8 Feb 2040: Congress passed a bill abolishing the United States Marine Corps.
Personnel and assets will merge into the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
What events and rationale influenced this decision?”

Stick to the prompt. The paper should be 3 pages long not including the reference page.  This should be a “post-mortem” essay.

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