Force Design 2030, Task Force 61/2, and the 2d Marine Division - MajGen Frank Donovan and CMC Scottie Cox

Hot on the heels of our talent management discussion with Gen Eric Smith, we were excited to welcome guests to the #BruteCast who not only have front row seats to Force Design 2030 but are helping to drive the bus. We talked with Major General Frank Donovan, commanding general of the 2d Marine Division, and Command Master Chief Scottie Cox, who serves as the senior enlisted Navy advisor to the division. For those who’ve been tracking Force Design 2030, you’ll know that the 2d Marine Division recently returned from their mission under Task Force 61/2 in the 6th Fleet Area of Operations, and working with the US Navy and partners and allies from the Mediterranean to the Baltic Sea. The Task Force also conducted real-world experimentation on several of the concepts highlighted in Force Design 2030, such as the Stand-In Force and multi-domain reconnaissance and counter reconnaissance (RXR). General Donovan and Command Master Chief Cox covered this and more in our conversation.

MajGen Donovan's biography can be found here (https://www.2ndmardiv.marines.mil/Leaders/Biography/Article/516073/major-general-francis-l-donovan/) and CMC Cox's biography can be found here (https://www.2ndmardiv.marines.mil/Leaders/Biography/Article/516102/command-master-chief-scwexw-scottie-l-cox/).

Task Force 61/2 operations are also discussed in this article in Defense News (https://www.defensenews.com/interviews/2022/08/03/how-us-marines-put-force-design-2030-to-work-in-europe-against-russian-naval-forces/#:~:text=%2C%E2%80%9D%20said%20Maj.-,Gen.,to%20an%20array%20of%20crises.) and a recent podcast episode with Ryan Evans at War on the Rocks (https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/the-task-force-at-the-bleeding-edge-of-the-marine-corps/)

Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com)

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