04/16/2013
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"when you have the Commandant of the Marine Corps yesterday saying that with the President's direction to take our military strategy from two major contingency operations down to one..."
"In your statement you describe a decreased fighter force structure of 1,900 total fighter aircraft as 'an increased risk' to carry out the National Military Strategy."
"Your written testimony notes that the Marine Corps may experience elevated operational risk in the 2020s if the predicted strike fighter shortfall comes to fruition."
"Like the Air Force, Naval air forces require inventories of precision air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions."