The Corps now plans to buy 280 F-35Bs and 140 F-35Cs, more than doubling the number of F-35Cs included in the 2022 plan, which called for 353 F-35Bs and 67 F-35Cs.

In the past, the process of reenlisting included various hurdles for Marines. The monitors who oversaw where a Marine went, when and why often seemed out of reach or at a distance.