Mike Turner

I appeal to their patriotism. I said, you know, bottom line, the leadership and, frankly, this body here has been working hard to get us the resources to do readiness recovery.

Continuing down this path of budget-driven defense strategies rather than capacity-driven defense strategies, places too great a burden on our men and women in uniform.

I think that we have to remember that he is a KGB [Committee for State Security] agent and somebody that knows how to use propaganda.

This hearing will now come to order. The subcommittee meets today to continue the ongoing process of informing our members and the public about the current readiness crisis that all of our military services find themselves in.

I have stood in front of a bunch of F-18s that were disassembled.

Currently, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Increment 1.1 (ACV 1.1) is in the preliminary stages of Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) testing...

Staying in line with the specific focus of this hearing, what are your top three ground force modernization priorities, and are they currently fully funded?

During this period of reduced funding, but not reduced missions or operational tempo, what types of investments has the Marine Corps sacrificed to sustain the deployable readiness levels of the operating forces?

How would additional resources in FY17 and FY18 help in accelerating ground combat vehicle modernization?

The readiness that we desire for aviation is about 75 percent of our fleet.

We need additional funds above the PB 2017 request.

No one--no one--should feel as if they are in a compromising position in serving their Nation.

To pursue peace through strength, it shall be the policy of the United States to rebuild the United States Armed Forces

The lack of existence of a long-range standoff munition means we have to dedicate more force to that same problem set.

In order for a bomber to deliver gravity--to deliver a gravity bomb it must fly over or approximate to the target.

Part of the advantage in the LRSO--and it is one of the requirements--is that it be shot from some distance.

The BCA's devastating budget cuts have allowed our military's capabilities to atrophy, our force size to shrink, and as a result we are assuming too much risk in our military preparedness to fight and win against near-peer and peer…

The proposed $603 billion only represents a mere 3.2 percent increase compared to the Fiscal Year 2018 funding levels projected in President Obama's last budget request.

Fixing the wildfire budget is the critical first step in making our forests healthier and, ultimately, reducing the cost of wildfires in the future.

And one aspect of deterrence is leadership, and that aspect of leadership is resolve.

Right now, when Mr. Putin looks across his border at the Baltic States, he potentially sees the opportunity to launch--to impose a crushing strategic defeat on what he identifies as the number one threat to the Russian Federation, which is…

The hearing will now come to order. Today we will receive testimony on the operational and strategic challenges facing the United States and NATO forces in deterring, as well as responding to, Russian aggression on the North Atlantic…

The Senate Armed Services Committee and others have called for the Air Force to ramp up F-35A procurement faster.

Recently, there was a significant developmental test conducted flying the F-35C onboard a carrier.

How confident are you in the Navy's plan and current status of integrating the F-35 into the fleet?