Richard Shelby: “Taxpayers simply should not be subjected to possible losses from private risk.”

And let's not forget China as it continues to build military capability and capacity at an unprecedented pace.

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

The Department of Navy has played and will continue to play a critical role in the defense of our Nation.

Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine has made some of the Army's capabilities into household names, like the Javelin, the Stinger, and so forth.