Kirsten Gillibrand

If you need any support for that program in this NDAA, let me know and we will write it

I would recommend to all the Services, to the extent we have assets anywhere around the world, that ability to be off the grid is vital, in terms of protecting infrastructure and protecting abilities to respond.

Do you think the Services need additional resources for this training, for this additional capacity? And, if you do, I hope you request it.

We would welcome your support

You've worked a lot on in the past, and been helpful in getting new authority for us

We consider it an investment for the country, and we'll restock the pipeline.

We're going to be doing some recruiting for Guard and Reserve in Silicon Valley

The cyber threat is growing so much, we see that we'll need more resources down the line

We have a role in Yemen that we have to have much greater accountability for.

So, if you're going to create a longer-term, more resilient strategy for getting the personnel that you need and the expertise that you need and the retention that you need--because we talked about how these guys, you know, are offered…

I think it's vital that you have a very active conversation with this committee so that we can support you.

So, we don't yet--we haven't developed a built-in surge strategy yet, so we don't have the backup we would need, given a crisis, yet.

Cyberattacks against the homeland are growing as a threat to U.S. infrastructure, business, and defense.

Those partnerships that we can share capability and capacity... cannot be overstated.

What do you expect to learn from the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task-Force experiment?

Do you have the training capacity you require?

January 2016 is the deadline for the implementation of combat integration in the military.

Are Marine Corps and Navy commanders using the full military justice toolkit provided by the Uniform Code of Military Conduct to reduce retaliation and maintain good order and discipline?

62 percent of victims who reported unwanted sexual contact indicated they had been retaliated against, socially and professionally.

The Navy continues to pursue a deliberate strategy in combatting sexual assault.

The Special Victims' Counsel (SVC)/ Victims Legal Counsel Program... is an important step to increasing everyone's confidence in the system.

It is my understanding training for building a cyber warrior can be up to 2 years.

Are you able to fill your cyber positions as well as meet Cyber Command's needs?

What can you tell us about how the Navy is working with Special Operations Command to make the determination about how to open these positions?

Integrating women across the force remains a priority.