Hmmm... I would remind everyone that while the Marines may be pighea... obstrefe... fanat.... I mean, dedicated and single-minded when it comes to what the Commandant of the day defines as True Religion, they can be quite flexible and innovative when it comes to execution.
Add to this the fact that the Marines would rather go to war in Fairey Battles than Super Hornets, which He Who Abides At Eighth & Eye has deemed anathema.
Then if someone could come up with a way that the GR9 could be used in CAS/FAC-A and become a bridge between the clapped-out Classics and the WondaJet, people might be interested.
There is no mention of it
here. Rather, it looks as if the Navy will transfer some more F/A-18Cs to the Marines. But then, that was before the three-year slip to IOC.