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Plus: Where is the mandated report?
April 10, 2023
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General Charles Krulak was interviewed by Bloomberg news last week. While General Krulak, has been a champion of Marine Corps innovation, he is not a champion of Force Design 2030. As concerns about Force Design 2030 have spread beyond the Marine Corps and out to the broader national security community, and now to Congress, national media have become interested in the Force Design 2030 controversy.
Bloomberg wanted to interview General Krulak about his concerns with Force Design 2030. As it turned out, only some of the interview was about those concerns. The bulk of the interview became a discussion about China due to the meeting of President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan with the US House Speaker.
Of course, Force Design 2030 and China are inter-connected. Force Design 2030 proposes that the best way for the Marine Corps to help deter China is with a narrow, regional approach. The growing number of those with doubts about Force Design 2030, believe the better approach for the Marine Corps is the global amphibious force of the Marine MAGTF.
General Krulak and many others still have substantial questions about Force Design 2030 -- those with doubts include Congress. It has been reported to Compass Points that Congress is still waiting on the Marine Corps to submit a mandated report on Force Design 2030. The mandated report was due 1 April 2023. The Marine Corps missed the deadline to submit the report. Congress is still waiting for answers.
Along with saluting General Charles Krulak for his Bloomberg interview, Compass Points is left wondering, where is the mandated report?
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Bloomberg Interview with General Charles C. Krulak (ret) (04/06/23)
"China is a Global Threat": General Charles Krulak - Bloomberg
General Charles Krulak discusses China's potential reaction to President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan meeting with the US House Speaker and also discusses the current state of the Marine Corps.
Gen. Charles C. Krulak served as 31st commandant of the Marine Corps.
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Military Times (militarytimes.com) 05/27/2022
Whose Marine Corps? Why a Force Design battle is losing sight of the basics
By Gen. Charles C. Krulak (retired)
We must never denigrate or marginalize those who want to help shape its future. We must encourage, rather than suppress, different perspectives and life experiences. Open, inclusive stress-testing of hypotheses about our Corps make for both a stronger, more relevant Corps and a more cohesive and unified Corps.
Let’s revitalize “Gung Ho”— working together.
Retried Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak served as 31st commandant of the Marine Corps. He is father of the Crucible, the three block war, the strategic corporal and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab.
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Modern War Institute (mwi.usma.edu) 02/03/20
Krulak Revisited: The Three-Block War, Strategic Corporals, and the Future Battlefield
By Franklin Annis
In the 1990s, Commandant of the US Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak advanced the idea of what he called a "three-block war" to explain battlefield realities in an era of failed and failing nation-states. Not only was the Marine Corps operating in complex environments and executing a range of missions—including humanitarian aid and peacekeeping, alongside mid-intensity conflict—it was also operating in an atmosphere of pervasive media coverage. With the rise of the internet and cheap video equipment, the actions—or mis-actions—of Marines could spread quickly around the world. Krulak perceived the need to invest heavily in the human dimension of warfare. This was done to ensure that even the lowest-level Marine leaders were fully developed and prepared to operate effectively to contribute to the achievement of strategic objectives in this environment of ever-increasing scrutiny.
Dr. Franklin C. Annis is a National Guard officer and veteran of the Iraq War. He holds a doctorate in education in curriculum and teaching from Northcentral University. Dr. Annis hosts the Evolving Warfighter YouTube channel where he shares his research on military self-development.
https://mwi.usma.edu/krulak-revisited-three-block-war-strategic-corporals-future-battlefield/