I think it was unfair to characterize this as it was characterized.

I don't want that to be any part of this subcommittee.

General Chiarelli, General Schoomaker used to talk a lot about restoring the strategic depth of the Army.

General Amos and General Chiarelli, given the current operating environment and focus of training on preparing for ongoing operations, how does the Army and Marine Corps plan to maintain the full spectrum of combat skills that could be…

Are the amounts requested by the Army and Marine Corps sufficient and executable by the depots and logistics bases or do you require additional resources?

The development of a robust and licit agriculture sector is essential to the long-term success of our efforts in Regional Command-South.

It is unconscionable that the nearest acute inpatient care facility is almost 6 hours away.

Unfortunately, the world has a way of determining the demand. It's somewhat beyond our control.

General, thank you for your devotion to both your soldiers and to our country.

I assume that you're both doing a great job of making sure the soldiers on the front line are getting what they need, but that's at the expense of our preparedness to meet some future unexpected contingency.

It's like being on a treadmill. We're running faster and faster, but we're staying in place.

If they were called upon today to deploy, just what would your response be?

That is, and that creates some real challenges for us.

You can't meet an increased demand with a constant supply.

That would be at the top of your priority list?

I want this to be a very cooperative relationship.

I took that in layman's terms to be some tough choices we're going to have to make.

Just how unready are the nondeployed forces?