Discussion with Lt. Gen. David Bellon, USMC
March 30, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
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Please join BENS for a luncheon conversation with Lt. Gen. David Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, on Thursday, March 30th. We will discuss the U.S. Marine Corps’ dramatic modernization under the Commandant’s Force Design 2030.
As part of Force Design, Gen. David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, called for sweeping changes “to meet the principal challenges facing the institution: effectively playing our role as the nation’s naval expeditionary force-in-readiness, while simultaneously modernizing.”
Lt. Gen. Bellon will discuss the integral support provided by Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South in this effort, such as heavy investments in innovation and talent management and competing against our nation’s adversaries in our own hemisphere.
Cost: $75 – 500
Organizer:
shiggins@bens.org
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