Lin Yu-fang, former head of the Institute of Strategic Studies at Tamkang University and now a legislator, argues that the military objectives of the elite Marine force should be revised. It should no longer focus on seizing beachheads as the vanguard of an invasion force. Its main missions should be reinforcing the offshore islands and protecting Taiwan's coastline.
曾任淡江大學國際暨戰略研究所所長、現任立法委員的林郁方主張，向有訓練精良傳統的海軍陸戰隊作戰目標應予調整，不宜再以灘頭登陸為主要的演練項目，應以增援外島及防守台灣海岸為主要任務。