I appreciate everyone's interest in being identified as-- with their branch in the military, but it seems to me, when we're talking about combat uniforms, since, before 2002, everybody wore the same combat uniforms, that it's--we should…

I think I heard you say that these are critical to us as well as our European allies.

I want to also add my voice to the support for the waiver of those joint travel regulations.

Does it break out how the differences by ship, by shipyard, by year, by project in a way that provides some insight on what could be done to improve operations with respect to completing projects?

I think it is very appropriate that you have waived those requirements, and hopefully we can get that fixed for the long term.

For us, energy independence is directly tied to our warfighting effectiveness.

Perhaps you should share that information with the vehicle fleets that the government maintains, because--the rest of government--because I think that's--we have a--awful lot of idling vehicles out front.

I think it's more about our combat effectiveness and how we address our vulnerabilities because of our dependence on energy.

hopefully we will--and I know this subcommittee and the entire Senate Armed Services Committee is committed to trying to roll back those cuts from sequestration because we appreciate the impact that it is having.

Speed is life. If you're static, that's when you're most likely to be a target.

When I have people say to me that, on the per diem that they get under the new regulations, that they can't afford to go out for dinner.

One of the things that I have been very impressed by is the Navy's diversifying its energy resources and the ability to use efficiencies both on base and in terms of the fleet.