"We must maintain our capability to project power--and that includes projecting power in the face of armed opposition."
"The requirement has not changed. As stated by the Secretary of Defense, we are firm in the requirement for a Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle."
"The case for termination was made by citing the affordability of the EFV, not whether the EFV would be reliable and capable of meeting mission requirements."
"is the historical cost of legacy programs relevant to the requirements needed to execute the mission today?"
"the concept of ship-to-shore maneuver supporting the EFV considered anti-ship threats from land-based mobile cruise missiles, air-to-surface weapons, and mines sufficiently serious that amphibious ass..."
"Vice Admiral Blake, if a 25 knot water speed is no longer required to launch from about 25 miles from the shore, what range of speed and distance from shore are being considered for the EFV's replacem..."
"The intent of the requirement is to deliver combat ready marines ashore regardless of the distance traveled."
"The Marine Corps proposes responding to the EFV termination through a three-phased acquisition policy."
"Lieutenant General Flynn, how much money will actually be saved by cancelation of the EFV if the Marine Corps must extend the life of the AAVs, and design and build two new vehicles, the ACV and the M..."
"Lieutenant General Flynn, what is the timeline for designing and building the MPC?"
"Lieutenant General Flynn, won't an improved AAV that will be in service for a long time together with the new ACV leave the Marine Corps with two different sets of amphibious vehicles and the associat..."
"Lieutenant General Flynn, how will the MPC get ashore if it doesn't swim as the EFV and APC would?"