I would like to ask you how are you incorporating the shift to the Asia-Pacific as you consider expanding the fleet to deploy the number of ships you need?

We owe it to these men and women to ensure that resources are available for training and readiness activities and to ensure that they have fully functional equipment to get the job done.

when Congress agrees to support an administration request for multi-year procurement authority, it is a serious matter

So the ultimately goal is 5,500 JLTVs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Funding for critical programs, both defense and non-defense, is not an either/or proposition.

The mindless cuts to defense and non-defense programs brought by sequestration were meant to be so bad that Congress would move forward or would be forced to find an alternative way forward.

I am not sure I understand. There are three submarines right now that should be deployable except that they are needing to be repaired. That is not accurate. Is it?

When you are talking about infrastructure, you are talking about the movement of a number of our troops from Futenma to Guam and recycling through Australia and eventually to Hawaii.

These threats require us to consider how best to get the Navy and Marine Corps the resources that you need.

Unless Congress can achieve a broad and bipartisan agreement to repeal or modify the BCA, any approval of the $12 billion increase for the Navy and Marine Corps will trigger sequestration of a similar amount in domestic programs.

I would say the C-9s are not only hard down but we've transitioned them out of the Marine Corps inventory.