Richard Burr actually said...

"General Amos and General Chiarelli, what do your Services gain from this increase in terms of skills and capabilities, units, and increased dwell time between deployments?"

"In order to provide the maximum protection for our forces, the Marine Corps requested and Congress provided extensive funding for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles."

"General Amos, Marine Corps unit readiness has normally been rated in terms of the ability of units to perform full-spectrum combat operations in a high intensity conflict."

"the increase in ground forces in Afghanistan announced last month by President Obama falls heavily on the Marine Corps."