This is a link to an online debate and discussion about FD 2030 sponsored by CSIS. General Zinni and Lt. Gen. Van Riper debated Dov Zackheim and Bob Work on Force Design 2030.
On the Future of the Marine Corps: Assessing Force Design 2030
Monday, May 16, 2022
Please join the CSIS International Security Program for a panel discussion of the Marine Corps’ force restructure initiative “Force Design 2030.” This initiative, described in a series of documents, emphasizes disaggregated forces operating inside an adversary’s weapon engagement zone, working closely with the Navy, and adding extensive reconnaissance/counter-reconnaissance capabilities. These “stand-in forces” would be light, mobile, and armed with long-range precision strike weapons. Some of the changes―such as the elimination of tanks, reduction in the number of tube artillery units, and cuts to rotary-wing aviation― have raised concerns that the Marine Corps is backing away from its traditional focus on combined arms and global engagement.
Moderating the panel is CSIS Senior Advisor Mark Cancian. Members of the panel include the Honorable Robert Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Dov Zakheim, former Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller), Gen Anthony Zinni (Ret), former commander, Central Command (CENTCOM), and LtGen Paul Van Riper, former commander, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
https://www.csis.org/events/future-marine-corps-assessing-force-design-2030
Very unbalanced. Still waiting for CP to publish FD 2030 advocacy articles.