"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."
"do you foresee any risk or the possibility of an inability of the Army to provide adequate body armor to deploying forces?"
"much attention has been given to the current readiness of our combat units."
"General Chiarelli, can you describe what steps the Army is taking to address this shortfall through the Captain's Incentive Program, as well as any other relevant efforts?"
"What is being done to ensure that Guam has adequate resources to make the necessary infrastructure improvements to its port and roads to support the buildup of marines and other U.S. forces?"
"What is the status of crucial decisions, such as the environmental assessment needed to build an airfield for the marines to replace the existing runway at MCAS Futenma on Okinawa, and funding by Japa..."
"Secretary Gates strongly endorsed increasing the Army and Marine Corps end strength during his discussion of priorities for the fiscal year 2010 budget."
"The risk is significant. We have not had sufficient time, equipment, and continuity of personnel to fully train to some of our critical Marine Corps core competencies."