I want to shift a little bit in terms of modernization to one of the key challenges in my view, although it may not involve hardware in the most direct sense, and that is the downsizing of our force and how we develop and retain the key skills that are necessary to operate the new machinery that we are discussing here.
Blumenthal discusses the challenges of downsizing the Marine Corps and retaining skilled personnel.
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