01/27/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"A return to sequestration in fiscal year 2016 with a 175,000 force would equate to high risk."
"Those three types--the large deck, the landing platform dock and the landing ship dock--are the Swiss Army knives of the naval force for American diplomacy there."
"The Asia-Pacific area is 62 percent of the world's surface area. It's huge."
"The Marine Corps is going to be required to reduce its end strength from 182,000 to 175,000."