If the Marine Corps’ force design plan is going to succeed, it needs more money and more Navy support
By Dan Sullivan
Jun 13, 10:30 AM
The Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 effort has come under considerable scrutiny. Supporters and detractors have waged a public debate on the merits of Commandant David Berger’s 10-year modernization effort to adapt the Marine Corps to current and future national security threats.
I commend my Marine veteran colleagues in the House and Senate for their recent Wall Street Journal op-ed focusing on the bold, innovative effort Gen. Berger is leading, and I agree with most of their points. But the actual success of Force Design — scheduled for completion by 2030 — depends on addressing three key areas my congressional colleagues did not mention.
First, the Marine Corps must carefully manage the gap between divestment of current combat capability and future combat capability development — and the significant risk that entails. This is critical so as to not leave the Marine Corps less combat capable at a time when such capabilities are needed most, for example, around the second half of this decade when many see a heightened risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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