The service hardest hit over the past decade by program terminations and cutbacks has been the Marine Corps. First there was the decision to truncate the Navy’s DDG 1000 program — the future fire support platform for amphibious operations — at three ships. Then there was the decision to terminate the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. Most recently, questions have been raised within the Navy itself about the value of continuing to invest in the Marine variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35B. Even the V-22 Osprey, performing so well in Afghanistan, has been targeted for cuts in many of the deficit reduction plans bouncing around Washington.