Without accurate data, we have no way of assessing and reducing radiation exposure health risks, including acute radiation sickness and cancer.

It is critical that we provide our men and women with not only the information related to these exposures, but the opportunity to mitigate those and deal with issues for their entire families.

Funding and fielding the items in fiscal year 2018 improves Army readiness, stabilizes the industrial base, and most importantly, protects the safety and welfare of our Nation's soldiers.

The new system meets the Department of Defense standards and includes a personal dosimeter, which resembles a wristwatch.

This program is critical to the security, safety, and well-being of American servicemembers who are exposed to radioactive weapons systems, devices, and materials on a daily basis.

I think those are all very important investments.

Unfortunately this spans across exposure at Pacific island nuclear test sites in the 1950s, in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, around the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and via depleted Uranium use in current operations.

Proactive conflict prevention strategies are far less expensive in terms of resources and lives expended than reactive use of our Armed Forces.

The current DCGS-SOF strategy is Government As Integrator (GAI) to integrate best of breed commercial and existing government technologies through an open architecture.

When will all elements of the DCGS-SOF program reach fully operating capability (FOC)?

Since fiscal year 2010, SOCOM has spent $367 million to develop, procure, operate, and maintain its DCGS-SOF program.

These capabilities are proving to be just as politically disruptive both in our elections and day-to-day business.

I would just urge you to look really closely at test ranges generally.

Do you still view Russia as a significant threat to the United States?

I have to say I think that is a very insightful comment, and I would encourage all of my colleagues to make the effort to see our deterrent up close and personal.

the recent rise in nuclear threats from countries like North Korea and Iran and non-state actors such as ISIS... puts our service men and woman at increased risk

I think when they look at them, they get an assessment of the readiness of our force and the ability to provide a deterrent.

It is my understanding that this program is still not fully fielded and is said to have performed poorly during its most recent user testing event.