Below is a list of articles that we have found interesting relative to the Force Design 2030 debate:
- General Jack Sheehan, USMC (Ret) opinion piece — March 10, 2022: Wasteful Spending, a Shrinking Force and the Marine Corps’s Big Bet
- LtGen Paul K. Van Riper, USMC (Ret) opinion piece — March 21, 2022: Jeopardizing national security: What is happening to our Marips?
- Col Matt Jones, USMC (Ret) opinion piece — March 2022: Modernizing the Corps: a response to LtGen P.K. Van Riper’s criticism of Force Design 2030
- James Webb, former Marine, Secretary of the Navy and U.S. Senator from Virginia — March 25, 2022: Momentous Changes in the U.S. Marine Corps’ Force Organization Deserve Debate
- James Webb — May 8, 2020: The Future of the U.S. Marine Corps
- James Joyner — March 27, 2022: Marine Force Design Has Been Debated
- May 03, 2022: THE SIX ARTICLES:
- Maj John F. Schmitt, USMC (Ret.): The Marines Are Marching toward Irrelevance
- Gen. Anthony Zinni (Ret.): What is the role of the Marine Corps in today’s global security environment?
- Lt. Gen. Paul K. Van Riper (Ret.): The Marine Corps’ plan to redesign the force will only end up breaking it
- Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold (Ret.): The Marine Corps’ new talent management plan forgets what makes the service unique
- Gen. Terry Dake (Ret.): The Marine Corps’ reorganization plan will cripple its aviation capabilities
- Charles Krulak, Jack Sheehan and Anthony Zinni: Opinion War is a dirty business. Will the Marine Corps be ready for the next one?