Adapting for Strategic Competition

Update shared on Sept. 16: This event has been canceled due to a change in the availability of the presenter. We will share a new date if the event is rescheduled.

Adapting for Strategic Competition: Innovation, Adaptation, and the Changing Nature of Conflict With Gen. David H. Berger
Join James Madison College on Sept. 16, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for an engaging presentation and discussion with Retired Gen. David H. Berger, who led one of the most significant modernization efforts in Marine Corps history to face emerging threats and who has remained a proponent of adaptation and innovation in U.S. defense. Gen. Berger, 38th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has served around the globe in times of peace and war. From Iraq to Haiti, and from Kosovo to Afghanistan, he has experienced the changing character of conflict.

Drawing on his decades of leadership experience at the highest levels of the U.S. military, Gen. Berger will explore the evolving global security environment and the strategic challenges facing the United States. The discussion will examine military modernization and the difficult choices leaders must make to prepare institutions for an increasingly complex and uncertain world.

Event is co-sponsored by James Madison College and the Office of Research and Innovation’s National Security Initiative. 

About the Speaker: Gen. David H. Berger
David H. Berger is a retired four-star general who served as the 38th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 2019 to 2023. During his 42 years of military service, he commanded at every level and served multiple combat tours to include Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He also participated in numerous peacekeeping and humanitarian relief efforts. The Force Design effort he initiated as Commandant continues today as the essential framework for modernization and innovation within the Marine Corps.