While busy dramatically reshaping his service, Marine Corps Commandant General Berger managed to stop by the Sea Control virtual studio (the first podcast program to make it on his Commandant's reading list.) In a wide-ranging interview, we discussed force design, expeditionary logistics, the Light Amphibious Warship, anti-submarine warfare, Navy-Marine Corps command and control arrangements and more.
1. The 38th Commandant's Planning Guidance, by Gen. David H. Berger, July 2019
2. General David H. Berger official biography.
3. The Courage to Change: Modernizing U.S. Marine Corps Human Capital Investment and Retention, by Eric Reid, The Brookings Institution, June 2021.
4.Force Design 2030, by Gen. David H. Berger, March 26, 2020.
5. "Bring Back the Seaplane," by David Alman, War on the Rocks, July 1, 2020.
6. "Extend Air Wing Range with Seaplane Tankers," by Second Lieutenant David Alman, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, May 2021.
7. "Marines Will Help Fight Submarines," by Gen. David H. Berger, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, November 2020.
8. "EABO Needs a New Naval Command and Control Structure," by Captain Nick Oltman, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, May 2019.
9. "Marines Break Ground on New War Game Center," by Todd South, Marine Corps Times, May 15, 2021.
10. "Redefine Readiness or Lose," by Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. and Gen. David H. Berger, War on the Rocks, March 15, 2021.
11. Commandant of the Marine Corps Professional Reading Program 2020.