Roger Wicker
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Roger Wicker is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, Wicker previously served as a United States Representative from 1995 to 2008. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as national defense, economic development, and healthcare. Wicker has been involved in various legislative efforts and has held significant positions on committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee.
May 17, 2011
Secretary Stackley, the first LCS has experienced hull cracking. Please discuss the Navy's actions to address this problem, and whether it has any implications for follow-on ships in the program.
May 17, 2011
If last year's authority to implement the dual sole-source award strategy for the LCS program were amended to give the Navy the explicit authority to use EOQ purchases as part of the block-buy contracts that it awarded to the two LCS…
May 17, 2011
Secretary Stackley, of our currently serving amphibious ships, how many are already beyond their planned service lives?
May 17, 2011
If the San Antonio-class of ships had remained on schedule for delivery would we be experiencing this amphibious ship gap that raises so many concerns today?
May 17, 2011
Secretary Stackley, were those service life extensions through planned SLEPs or through an ad-hoc process?
May 17, 2011
Secretary Stackley, how many of those ships had their service lives extended beyond what was intended when they were built?
May 17, 2011
We are decommissioning amphibious ships too early in their lives and at a rate that cannot be sustained
May 17, 2011
What, if anything, is the Navy doing, or will it do, to support the shipbuilding industrial base?
May 17, 2011
Does CBO approach it with three windows of 10 years each also? If so, are they closer in the first 10 years?
May 17, 2011
I want to thank the panel for being willing to go in depth with us on this issue.
May 17, 2011
Let me just observe that the chairman, with neither an Annapolis education or a fine Reserve Officers' Training Corps education, seems to have been able to drill down on some very good points here.
May 17, 2011
I'm concerned about the amount of funding needed for ship construction going forward.
May 17, 2011
I know our esteemed witnesses as well as the tens of thousands of dedicated naval shipyard workers throughout our country share a joint commitment to providing our sailors and marines with the finest ships in the world on time and on…
May 17, 2011
I'm sure I speak for all subcommittee members when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with all our deployed sailors at sea and ashore.
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, won't protection from improvised explosive devices and other threats necessarily be different in the two vehicles?
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, does this mean that the Marine Corps will be operating two different combat vehicles during the land phase of the amphibious assault, the ACV, and the MPC?
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, what is the timeline for designing and building the MPC?
May 17, 2011
The Marine Corps proposes responding to the EFV termination through a three-phased acquisition policy.
May 17, 2011
The intent of the requirement is to deliver combat ready marines ashore regardless of the distance traveled.
May 17, 2011
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 replacement?
May 17, 2011
Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for holding this very important hearing today.
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