Maintain USMC divestment of M1 Abrams tanks

Research notes

A “preserve” or “continue” ask is done while the thing continues, and reversed if it stops. The evidence is of two kinds - CRS’s positive account of the continuing transfer, and the absence of any Marine Corps tank line in the enacted FY2026 authorization, which was read line by line.

• Public argument about reintroducing Marine armor continued through the window (CRS devotes a section to critics who say the Corps is no longer an effective combined-arms force), but no allowlisted source records a decision to reverse the divestment.
• The closest dated in-window Primary instrument on the object, read in full on 2026-09-03. A continuation ask satisfied by pure inaction is evidenced by exactly that, with the note saying what the instrument is and what it is not. marines.mil answers a normal browser request; the Commandant’s October 2025 Force Design Update (created 2025-10-21) is a complete statement of where the Corps’s ground combat vehicles are going — ACV, ARV, JLTV, ULTV, the Mobile Reconnaissance Battalions — and “Abrams” and “tank” each return zero hits across its 667-line text. A document that would announce a reversal, on the object, announcing none. Weak evidence taken alone, which is why it sits alongside CRS and the enacted funding table rather than replacing them.