Where does the Marine Corps go from here? This critical question has pitted retired Marines and the existing senior leadership for the last four years.Force Design (FD) 2030, the brainchild of the former commandant General David Berger, has been loudly and persistently challenged by many senior retired general officers, former defense officials, and friends of the Corps.Congress somewhat belatedly woke up to this intellectual civil war with this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which mandates a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) independently...…Where does the Marine Corps go from here? This critical question has pitted retired Marines and the existing senior leadership for the last four years.Force Design (FD) 2030, the brainchild of the former commandant General David Berger, has been loudly and persistently challenged by many senior retired general officers, former defense officials, and friends of the Corps.Congress somewhat belatedly woke up to this intellectual civil war with this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which mandates a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) independently...WW…

TRENDING:AdvertisementFollow UsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQuestion of the DayAdvertisementOPINION:Recently, some progressives — most notably New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo —suggested giving the COVID-19 vaccine to people of color first. The immediate response from many African-Americans was that this was a conspiracy to use them as guinea pigs to ensure that the vaccine is safe before giving it to White folks.We immediately had a perfect storm between the well-meaning and the mean-spirited. The delicious irony is that almost everyone involved was a Democrat. We can...…TRENDING:AdvertisementFollow UsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQuestion of the DayAdvertisementOPINION:Recently, some progressives — most notably New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo —suggested giving the COVID-19 vaccine to people of color first. The immediate response from many African-Americans was that this was a conspiracy to use them as guinea pigs to ensure that the vaccine is safe before giving it to White folks.We immediately had a perfect storm between the well-meaning and the mean-spirited. The delicious irony is that almost everyone involved was a Democrat. We can...WW…