Call to Action: Stay up-to-date on Force Design 2030, Modernization and the Corps’ Campaign of Learning
Posted on: February 24,2022With so much debate and argument over the Corps’ ongoing modernization efforts, the Gazette provides the following resources so readers and members of the MCA can quickly access the primary source documents and commentary published in multiple journals. Read, research, reflect, reach your own conclusions and join the discussion.
The source documents for your reference can be found below.
- MCDP 1, Warfighting
- MCDP 1-4, Competing
- The Case for Change (MCG, June 2020)
- Tentative Manual for EABO
- Concept for Stand-in Forces
- Force Design 2030
- Force Design 2030 (2021 Update)
- Talent Management 2030 (November 2021)
- Force Design 2030 (2022 Update)
- Training and Education 2030 (January 2023)
New Additions:
- Transforming the Marines for an Uncertain Future by Charles Wilhelm
- What Force Design 2030 Really Does by Lieutenant Colonel J. Noel Williams, USMC (Ret)
- Marines in the Baltics would bring back the power of US deterrence by Dov S. Zakheim
- The Flawed Argument for Change by Gen Anthony C. Zinni
- Read the Marine Corps’ full story of Force Design 2030 including the history of innovation, the threat-based rationale for change, the process of implementation and the specific capabilities and structure involved.
- A Response to Maneuverist #19 by CTR Gary C. Lehman and Maj Brian Kerg
- Modernizing the Corps by Col Matthew Jones (Ret)
- Special Purpose MAGTF KIEV After Action Report by Marinus Sapiens
- Reconnaissance-Strike Tactics and Maneuver Warfare I by Maj B.A. Friedman
- Reconnaissance-Strike Tactics and Maneuver Warfare II by Maj B.A. Friedman
- Reconnaissance-Strike Tactics and Maneuver Warfare III by Maj B.A. Friedman
- Joint Letter from Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Defense.
- Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations reviewed by Maj Skip Crawley, USMCR(Ret)
- Change is Hard, and No Less So in the Marine Corps by LtGen David J. Furness
- What Should We Call It? by LtCol John D. Kuntz, USMC (Ret)
Responses from these other publications:
- Marine Corps Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Politico
- War on the Rocks
- The Marine Corps and the Naval Campaign: The Necessary Context of Debate by Joseph Mozzi
- On Future Wars and the Marine Corps: Asking the Right Questions by Tim Barrick
- A View From the Trenches on the Debate Wracking the Marine Corps by Stephen W. LaRose
- Are the Marines Inventing the Edsel or the Mustang? by Owen West
- On-the-Ground Truth and Force Design 2030 Reconciliation: A Way Forward by Scott Cuomo
- Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC)
- Defense One
Multi-Media Content
- Center for Strategic and International Studies International Security Program panel discussion
- The Assistant Commandant’s remarks at the the MCA Force Design Luncheon
- The Commandant’s remarks at the 2022 Ground Awards Dinner
- The Commandant’s remarks at the MCA’s 2021 Annual Meeting
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