our Nation's historical experience of pursuing cost savings by cutting military compensation has demonstrated that periods of designed reduction in overall compensation levels resulted in retention problems.

What is the Army doing to improve the regularity of command climate assessments?

The readiness of our Armed Forces is at a tipping point.

the threats more diverse. Yet, due to the planned budget cuts and sequestration, we are poised to cut our defense budget by a trillion dollars over the next 10 years.

Simply put, more cocaine will reach American shores due to this degradation.

A reduction in means will require an honest evaluation of our ability to meet prescribed National Strategy.

Did the Air Force get fully funded for its fiscal year 2013 OCO expenses?

Will DOD's upcoming reprogramming budget request eliminate the OCO funding shortfall?

We are accepting increasingly greater risk to execute our assigned missions.

I think you're doing a great job there.

Their operational effectiveness will be reduced by an estimated 37 percent when compared to fiscal year 2012.

How long, once fully funded, will it take the Army to return to a proper level of maintenance?