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Project Athena is a Total Army analysis, assessment of an individual soldier all the way from the beginning of service until they end service.

You know, I spent 20 years as a problem solver for the--as a judge, so listening to that recruitment thing, I have got an idea here I want to think--want to run by you.

Thank you for your efforts on behalf of our servicemembers in the United States Army. I am an Army veteran, and I just say hooah.

Do you think food insecurity is an issue for soldiers and their families, and are you assisting DOD in compiling the report?

Thank you very much, Madam Chair.

Thank you also for your support.

We have got to get that fixed.

I want the exact same thing, that all those motor pools look the same.

Motor pools are critical to readiness of our Army.

But that's the thing I wanted to--those guys working on that hot engine out there in the sun at Fort Hood, it is criminal.

We have got to make the highest priorities about these workplaces.

If we are going to be military construction, we ought to be doing this where we have oversight over it and can do it.

And we are all about making the Army still the most lethal force on the face of the globe and a place where our families--Army families can be comfortable and feel that they are not forgotten by our country.

There is no Nation that can defeat our combined joint land forces, and together, they proactively and ably defend our Nation's interests in liberty.

However, as with other services, I am once again concerned with what has now become a tradition--an unfortunate one--of the budget request looking to reduce the funding of military construction compared to the previous years' enacted…

I was also happy to see the fiscal year 2023 request is larger than what we saw as an inadequate request last year.

Facilities and infrastructure makes soldiers better fighters, also supporting their families and their happiness back home.

That is an unacceptable 39-percent cut--39-percent cut.