Madeleine Bordallo

I'm concerned that this will lead to an inflated perception about the readiness of our Air Force since a total count of wings won't be able to denote which aircraft are in depots or training.

The Army appreciates the continued commitment and support of the U.S. Congress in all that we do.

With your support for this plan, the Army will meet near-term BOG: Dwell goals of 1:2 AC and 1:4 RC starting in FY 12.

I believe it improves readiness as well as morale and welfare when a soldier can deploy and demob from home station.

The United States seeks to develop additional opportunities for joint and combined training in the Western Pacific that respond to the need for constant readiness of U.S. forces to carry out joint operations.

So, in other words, no definite decisions have been made, and as you said it is a work in progress.

I have long expressed my concern about the preferred alternative location for the firing ranges on Guam.

I believe that more can be done to better posture us against current and emerging threats in this region.

I remain concerned that even while our Services move to expanded ISR platforms, we still--we still--do not have sufficient coverage in the Pacific.

I feel that if we do not pass a defense appropriations bill with the requested fiscal year 2011 funding levels, that we will end up with even further significant shortfalls in 2012 that will negatively affect readiness without truly…

I remain concerned that, given the size and the scope of the operation and maintenance budget, these accounts are prime targets for budget cuts.

I stressed that assuming risk is expected in any budget, especially in our operation and maintenance budgets.

A continuing resolution for the Department of Defense will only cost us more money and will certainly be very serious to our security in the future.

I hope that our witnesses today can contextualize their remarks with these strategic documents as guides.

Congress should exercise stringent oversight of this practice to ensure that no good deeds are being inadvertently punished.

I do have a couple of questions, but I will enter them into the record, and hopefully the witnesses will be able to answer them.

How has the long-term use of sailors and airmen to meet ground force requirements impacted the readiness of the Navy and Air Force?

The fiscal year 2012 budget request reflects shortfalls in depot maintenance requirements across the Department.

We have become heavily reliant on the Navy and Air Force to provide individual augmentees to meet ground force requirements in CENTCOM.

Thank you for your leadership of this very important subcommittee.

The QDR report identified force structure requirements and capabilities to deal with challenges and threat to U.S. interests.

The military services have adopted a rotational readiness construct which enables deployed and deploying forces to obtain the highest level of readiness.

It is indeed difficult to measure military readiness without knowing what the measure of effectiveness may be to declare 'strategic readiness.'

In your opinion, are we ready? Will we be ready? If not, what should we be doing?

The military buildup on Guam will not be successful without improvements to our infrastructure.