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Daily Brief

29 April 2021

The Marine Corps Is Known as a Force of Young Warriors. That's About to Change

Small units -- including infantry squads -- need to be led by a staff sergeant, Commandant Gen. David Berger wrote in an update to his 10-year force design plan.

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Basketball player David Robinson -- who served in the U.S. Navy before his Hall of Fame career with the San Antonio Spurs -- was known by what nickname?