In light of section 832 of the FY12 NDAA (Public Law 112-81), regarding the assessment, management, and control of O&S costs for major weapon systems.

In calculating core, the military services have increasingly placed an emphasis on minimum capabilities; however, the statute also requires efficient operations.

I just hope that Congress can rectify what has happened with the decrease in the budgets.

What happens if sequestration returns in 2016? If you could be specific.

By what percentage does the Army plan to reduce its depot maintenance workforce in FY15? What is the risk?

How was the analytically based workforce-to-workload review conducted that was designed to preserve mission essential skills and capabilities that suggested the proposed reductions in depot maintenance personnel in the Army?

By allowing sequestration to go into effect in 2013, Congress created the largest single challenge and risk to the readiness of our military in many, many decades.

What percentage of reset dollars do you expect to allocate to organic depots? How much of that workload is core?

What realignments are you proposing for depots or the organic industrial base to ensure efficiency of operations?

Our Chief and our Secretary have testified over and over that we cannot go back to a strategic reserve for our National Guard.

I think this indeed presents a grim picture.

I thank Chairman John Fleming and Ranking Member Kilili Sablan for calling this important legislative hearing to order.

I strongly urge this committee to support and advance The Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act (H.R. 69), and The Pirate Fishing Elimination Act as soon as possible.

all right, we have maybe agreement, we have these standards, but nothing is good unless there is an enforcement provision in it.

But I am pretty sure you have heard it from many of our U.S. fishermen who comply, is the fact that the others are engaged in IUU

I am concerned about the impact that a lack of adequate housing may have on the relocation effort.

I just want to go on record to thank Chairman Wittman for leading a few members here from the HASC Committee to a CODEL in Afghanistan and parts of Africa.

We were all so very proud to see our American troops who are training the African security forces and for the very harsh conditions that they are having to endure.

Mr. Chairman, thank you. And thank you for convening this hearing on a very important topic that will have significant impacts on the readiness of our forces as we wind down in Afghanistan.

That kind of money a veteran can't come up with.

I have taken a couple of CODELs [congressional delegations] that have visited Guam out to look over the THAAD operation.

I want to applaud the efforts of the Army working with the Air Force, TRANSCOM, and MDA in deploying the THAAD battery to Guam last year.

It was recently brought to my attention in my office that the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy may be allowing service members to be honorably discharged without fulfilling their Active Duty service commitments [ADSC] in reference to the…

I am concerned that the strategy does not adequately account for the potential of the Army supporting additional missile defense capabilities in the Pacific.

I am pleased to hear that you are committed to maintaining the Reserve Components as an operational force.