"The SWO community is screaming for change."
"I think that is incredibly important. I think there are a whole litany of issues that need to be addressed--career path, retention, very specifically female SWO officer retention."
"not only will we be I think damaging the workforce as Mr. Golden pointed out, but also we will be suffering a penalty, a monetary penalty, where those dollars could be used, I think, in a much, much b..."
"The debate has always been should it be built to a military standard, should it be built to a commercial ship standard?"
"As Yogi Berra once said, when you get to the fork in the road, take it."
"Thank you again for all the work that you're doing with Force Design 2030 for the Marine Corps."
"In order to get where you need to be with Force Design 2030, you would not only need the resources that you get from retiring older systems but also some additional resources to make sure we're on tra..."
"A bad contract leads to perverse incentives. And unfortunately, I think that we are working with a bad contract with the KC-46A tanker."
"I believe that we need to revamp our acquisition processes to ensure desirable outcomes."
"I think the members of the bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force... concluded China represents the most significant economic and national security threat to the United States over the next 20 or 30 ..."
"Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your perspective and your leadership there. There are a lot of challenges in this NDAA coming up that this subcommittee will address, and I am confident wit..."
"I think this is a very deficient effort, by any measure."