QUANTICO, Va. — Only hours after being “clapped out” of the Pentagon, outgoing Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger, announced his staunch opposition to the Marine Corps’ controversial Force Design 2030 during a reception held at the Globe and Laurel Restaurant,
As the Marine Corps Band played Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird,” Berger raised a glass of wine provided by BAE Systems, brandished his DD-214, and said, “As a now-retired Marine Corps General and former Commandant, I feel ethically bound to oppose this short-sighted plan that fails to ensure the Marine Corps remains suspended in the state established in 1983.”