Pete Hegseth: “This name change is not just about renaming. It’s about restoring.”

Training right now and training in the future that would have to be curtailed if we do not get our budget needs met, and met urgently.

There is a cost to doing very difficult things, to going out and defending your country, and ensuring radical Islamist crazies don’t get a nuclear weapon.

Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls that threaten our ability to also simply pay our service members, rapidly replenish equipment and munitions, and sustain vital operations without disruption.

This request is an urgent, necessary injection of resources to address the immediate needs of our department.