USMC Considering Shuttering Parris Island Recruit Training; Reorganizing & Because Of Global Warming

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Marine bases at Parris Island and in San Diego have long needed updates, but Beaufort County learned Friday that part of the Marine Corps’ plan to revitalize itself could mean losing the local base altogether. Although the news sent shock waves around the county, closing Parris Island is only one of several options the Corps is considering to adhere to a Congressional mandate that requires the bases to support co-ed training within five years.

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As national leaders classify climate change as a national security threat, Parris Island’s coastal location makes it susceptible to hurricanes, coastal flooding and sea level rise. Friday’s news comes as Beaufort County has topped the list of high climate change risks, according to an analysis released last week by ProPublica and the New York Times Magazine.

Neighboring Colleton and Jasper counties also made the list, which ranks counties across the country on how susceptible their residents are to “compounding calamities” due to climate change.

Parris Island, already remembered by recruits for its scorching temperatures and humid conditions, will have to consider climate change just as the rest of Beaufort County does - on a long term scale that weighs the risks of investing millions when climate change is set to impact the land where its storied history began.

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https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/bg-military/article246003835.html#storylink=cpy

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1. Are the Marines unpatriotic for going against CIC Trump who says climate change is a hoax?

Are the Marines unpatriotic for going against CIC Trump who says climate change is a hoax?

Sarcasm?