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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen ,

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thank you for joining us today to

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discuss the army's fy 23 budget request

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the honorable Gabe camarillo

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undersecretary of the army and Major

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General Mark Bennett , the director of

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the Army budget , will provide you an

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in depth overview and take a few

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questions . I'll be alternating between

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reporters in the room and phone line .

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If we have it on the phone line . Um ,

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we'll also hold a media roundtable

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tomorrow morning . You'll have more

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opportunity than to ask additional

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questions today . We have uh , 40

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minutes for this . Gentlemen , the

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floor is yours . Good afternoon ladies

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and gentlemen , it's a pleasure to be

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here with all of you . And what I'd

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like to do is maybe begin by opening up

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by highlighting some of the key

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investments in the army's Fy 23 budget

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submission . And then I'll turn it over

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to Major General Mark Bennett to my

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left to give you more detailed rundown

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of our our PB submission . So I think

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I'd like to begin by just noting that

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the FY23 budget is a positive one for

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the army because it really lets us do

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two things simultaneously . First , we

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maintain a high level of readiness with

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robust funding for our CTC rotations

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are flying hours and this is really

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important because it allows us , uh ,

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you know , to kind of continue building

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upon the just the record of tremendous

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performance across varied missions over

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the last year . You look back and

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there's the COVID response where over

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50,000 soldiers mobilized in support of

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nationwide response efforts . Disaster

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response at home where the National

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Guard mobilized to respond to flooding

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and wildfires and then operation Allies

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welcome support where we responded to

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support over 40,000 displaced afghans

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at six army installations . And then of

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course I would be remiss if I didn't

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highlight our most recent example of

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that readiness in our response to

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Ukraine , Supporting the NATO

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deterrence mission in Europe with over

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45,000 soldiers deployed to Germany and

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Poland . But the second reason that

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this budget is positive for us is that

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it enables a continued transformation

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to the army of 2030 as we strategically

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pivot from two decades of a focus on

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counterterrorism to an army adapted to

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meet our top pacing challenge in China

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and the acute threat of Russian

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aggression . The armies continued

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transformation is done by maintaining

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momentum in this budget on our

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modernization programs were including

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the fielding of our mobile protected

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firepower and the next generation squad

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weapon and continuing our investment in

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people in talent management and

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building a positive command climate at

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scale as well as cutting edge

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formations . So as part of that ongoing

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transformation , I'd like to just

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highlight a few of the ways that our

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budget invests in capabilities that

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will enable the army to meet the

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objectives of the national defense

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strategy and our joint warfighting

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needs . So the department well , as

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you've heard today achieve its

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strategic objectives through integrated

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deterrence active campaigning and

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building an enduring advantage . We use

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this framework to illustrate how our

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investments are aligned to the NDS . So

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I'll start with enabling integrated

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deterrence , which as you've heard

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already , this is work working really

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across warfighting domains , across

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theaters and spectrums of conflict as

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part of the joint force and as we look

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at this , investing in some of our

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capabilities . Just a few of our

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examples include delivering the long

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range hypersonic weapon prototype , the

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ultra fast maneuverable long range

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missiles that provide a powerful

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deterrent to adversaries and the next

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generation capability in combat

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operations , a mid range capability

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missile prototype that integrates

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another next generation deterrence

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platform in support of the Army's long

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range precision fires and fielding our

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precision strike missiles with extended

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range lethality and survivability using

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current launcher platforms and with

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investments in this budget to further

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upgrade capability into the future .

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This also includes transforming our

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force structure as part of integrated

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deterrence and that includes fielding ,

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for example , are the army's third

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multi domain task force which

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integrates fires cyber E W and info

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warfare As well as project convergence

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22 , which is our continued effort to

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combine experimentation and exercises

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with our partners and allies to promote

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that interoperability that's so

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critical as part of the joint force ,

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improve situational awareness and

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accelerated decision making timelines .

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I'd also note here , an issue on the

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armies and strength . So for the army

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to keep momentum on our modernization

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programs And to transform to the Army

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of 2030 . It's absolutely important

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that we maintain our emphasis on high

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quality talent that we need for our

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cutting edge formations and as we feel

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new capabilities , just as I said that

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we would use in our MTD F . We did not

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want to lower our standards in Fy 23 to

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address any gaps in our recruiting

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projections . So we proactively made a

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decision to temporarily reduce our end

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strength from 485,000 soldiers to

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476,000 in fy 22

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And 473,000 in Fy 23 . And I

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would just want to emphasize that this

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is not a budget driven decision . It's

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about maintaining high quality of our

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talent and of our recruiting and we

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will look to build back up our end

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strength over the course of the

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fighting . Next , I'd like to talk

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about the second pillar which is

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executing our global campaigning where

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as part of the joint force , the army

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enhances deterrence and gains military

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advantage over time by campaigning And

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here I'd like to note that our budget

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includes investments for R . S . Fabs

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are rotations in you , calm and indo

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pay calm that enhance interoperability

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and combined arms training at the

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tactical level . Our continued funding

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for pacific pathway exercises and

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defender europe , which obviously

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continue to build on the great work

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being done there in those two theaters

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implementing the army's arctic strategy

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to build capacity and improved

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capabilities to our army units in

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Alaska and further investments in army

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preposition stock . Next slide please .

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The third pillar is building an

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enduring advantage and as we've heard

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today it's it's all about uh you know

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building the reforms putting into place

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the investments that are needed to make

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our capabilities enduring as part of a

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defense ecosystem and maintaining that

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joint force advantage . And first I

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would have to emphasize our investment

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in people within this budget . People

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are by far our greatest asset and

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talent is our greatest advantage . So

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we have investments to build positive

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command climate at scale to include

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funding for cohesion assessment teams ,

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continued implementation of the

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Independent Review Commission and Fort

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Hood Independent Review Commission and

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that includes funding of prevention ,

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workforce , our ongoing C . I . D .

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Criminal investigation , division

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transformation and various talent

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management initiatives to include the B

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cap and see cap programs to help us get

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the right people with the right skills

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in the right job quality of life ,

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investments in soldier barracks ,

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housing and child development centers

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are all really important to make sure

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that we are investing in our people and

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their resiliency . Next I'd like to

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point here is tackling climate change

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to ensure operational effectiveness .

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The army led the way in issuing the

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first climate strategy within the

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Department of Defense among the

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services and that includes funding and

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investments in this budget for

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installation resilience to include

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renewable energy generation , improved

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warfighting capability through hybrid

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electric tactical vehicles . That will

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reduce signatures on the battlefield

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and ultimately reduce the logistical

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burdens of fuel and adaptive training

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in extreme weather environments . And

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then lastly , I note that there is

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funding in this budget will support

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further innovation in the industrial

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base as evidenced by our continued

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investments in hypersonic weapons to

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support that growing industrial base

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and modernization of our army

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ammunition plants , which are a key

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part of building readiness for our war

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fighters . So now with that said , I'd

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like to turn over to Major General

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Bennett who will provide you with

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additional details regarding the budget

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request . Thank you . Honorable camera .

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Today . I will present an overview of

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the United States Army's fiscal year .

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2023 budget request , which is fully

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funded , supports army readiness ,

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maintains the momentum of the army's

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transformation to a more capable force

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and upholds our people first focus

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before we dive into the Fy 23 request ,

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I do want to express the army's thanks

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to Congress for providing the funding

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for this 2000 and 22 fiscal year and

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thank them for their continued support .

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In the aggregate , you can see the

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army's Fy 23 budget request is 177.5

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billion which rounds up to roughly 100

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and 78 billion .

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This is about 2.8 billion more than the

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22 enacted levels . You will also note

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that this request for the second year

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in a row is all in base program funding .

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The light blue annotations near the top

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of the columns for Fy 22 Fy 23 are

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still based program funding but support

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our overseas operations in the central

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and european commands . It is also

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important to note that D . O . D . In

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the army did receive additional

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supplemental funding and several of the

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continuing resolution measures in

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support of humanitarian assistance for

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Operation Allies . Welcome and

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supplemental funding . In the fy 22

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omnibus of preparation for support to

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Ukraine . That is not represented in

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the Fy 22 columns . I will now address

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additional details of how our request

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takes care of our people , maintains

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our near term readiness and continues

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our modernization efforts as we review

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each of the armies of preparations .

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The army's base budget request an

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increase of roughly 2.8 billion above

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the 22 enacted appropriation . This

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funding level total reflects the

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combined resource requirements for all

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three components , the Active U . S .

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Army Reserve and Army National Guard to

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include r overseas operations costs Our

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military personnel a Crown Screw 3.2

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billion . These funds enabled the army

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to recruit , train and promote and

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retain quality soldiers . These funds

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also pay reserve components . Soldiers

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on active duty needed to support

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operational missions . The military pay

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accounts also provide recruiting and

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retention bonuses necessary to maintain

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the all volunteer force . The

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operations and maintenance funding

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requests increased 3.6 billion from the

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22 enacted levels . This funding

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provides readiness and also enhances

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our sharp suicide prevention and

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criminal investigation , division

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restructuring efforts . O and M also

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resources improvements for the civilian

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workforce such as the pay raise and

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continues to invest in the quality of

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life of soldiers through increased

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funding for the improvement of barracks

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and facilities . The procurement and

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research , development , test and

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evaluation request of $35 billion

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dollars allows the army to maintain

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momentum of our modernization efforts

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as we continue our transition from

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irregular warfare to strategic

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competition . The army also continues

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to emphasize our six signature priority

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efforts that are critical to

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maintaining the competitive edge . The

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military construction request of 1.9

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billion supports a total of 29 projects

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across the total army . The priorities

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for facility investments remain as

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quality of life readiness and

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modernization . Lastly , you will note

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on our other accounts , the elimination

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of the roughly $3.3 billion in the

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Afghan security forces fund from our Fy

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22 enactment and the Fy 23 presidents

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budget request . I will now begin a

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more in depth look at the budget

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request . Beginning with the armies and

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strength As previously addressed by

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honorable Camarillo . We did not want

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to lower our recruiting standards so we

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proactively made a decision to

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temporarily reduce end strength from

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485,000 soldiers . 2 473,000 soldiers

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in Fy 23 Army National Guard and Army

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Reserve and strength remains unchanged .

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This was not a budget driven decision .

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It's about quality and we will look to

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build and strength over the future

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years . Defense program For the army to

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keep momentum on modernization and to

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transform to the army of 2030 . We must

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maintain emphasis on high quality

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talent needed for cutting edge

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formations and new capabilities like we

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use in our multi domain task forces

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funding that would have been used for

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the previously higher end strength was

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placed against reserve component

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mobilization requirements funded

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through the active military personnel

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appropriation . The requested and

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strength enables the army to fill units

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and provide new capabilities designed

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to face emerging threats and supports

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the old domain fight . Military

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personnel accounts are the second

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largest portion of the army's based

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budget . The FY 23 request of 69.1

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billion is an increase of 3.2 billion

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from the FY 22 enacted levels . The

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request compensate soldiers with a 4.6%

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pay raise , the largest in 20 years and

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provides the recruiting and retention ,

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incentives increases allowances for

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housing by 3.9% And also an increase in

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food subsistence allowance by 3.4% .

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The National Guard and Army Reserve

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components . Military personnel

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accounts fund their statutory training

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days , exercise participation ,

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recruiting and retention incentives and

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education benefits and full time

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support . Now let's take a look at

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operations and maintenance . The army's

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operation and maintenance accounts

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represent the largest of preparation

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category within the army and provide

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funds to recruit , organized , train

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and sustain active Army component

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forces worldwide . The Fy 23 Active

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Army request to $58.3 billion reflects

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an increase of approximately $3 billion

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from fy 22 Or roughly 5.4% above the 22

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inactive level . The operations and

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maintenance , Army account resources ,

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home station training and that required

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directed readiness table levels for

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active brigade combat teams and our

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combat aviation brigades , armies O and

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M focused also funds further

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implementation of the regionally

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aligned modern Reading this

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modernization model or rearm to

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increase readiness for joint all domain

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operations . There is also an increase

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for two for a total of 22 Combat

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Training center rotations eight at the

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National Training Center , eight at the

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Joint Readiness Training Center , four

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at the Joint multinational Readiness

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Center and two exportable rotations . I

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want to eat one each in Alaska and

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Hawaii . Two of these rotations are

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Army National Guard bCT rotations at J .

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R . T . C . The Joint Readiness

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Training Center emphasizing total army

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readiness and our interoperability

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operations and maintenance funding

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supports numerous multilateral

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exercises around the globe and

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supportive allies and in partnership

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activities and partnership building to

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include our pacific pathways , theater

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exercise activities . It also allows

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for the continuation of the army's

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multiyear campaign for project

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convergence , which the next event is

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scheduled to begin this september In Fy

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23 , the army will implement 28 of the

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Independent Review Commission

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recommendations to include further

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implementation of the army prevention

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workforce across all components of the

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army , continuing the restructure of

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the army , sexual harassment assault

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response and prevention program and

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implementing criminal justice reforms

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to include the establishment of the

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centralized Office of Special Trial

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Counsel . The army will also focus its

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efforts on installation resiliency

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where we will see energy improvements

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and efficiency to include plan design

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and execution of energy and utility

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projects . We will use engineering

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solutions and partnerships to increase

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installation , energy resilience

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through energy savings , performance

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contracts and utility Energy Service

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contracts . In Fy 23 , the active army

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addresses several critical installation

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and facility readiness programs by

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increasing funding for the restoration

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and modernization of our facilities by

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$420 million . Increasing funding for

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facility sustainment from 80 to 85% of

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the requirement And increasing funding

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for based operations and support to 93%

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of the requirements . We'll now take a

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look at the A . And M . For the Army

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National Guard and Army Reserve . The

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Army's 23 budget request supports a

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combined $11.4 billion om requirement

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for the Army National Guard and the US

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Army Reserve . The operation and

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maintenance . National Guard request of

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8.2 billion represents an increase of

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$500 million 22 enacted amount and

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resources . The National Guard to

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enhance warfighter readiness and

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increased lethality while

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simultaneously investing in sustainment

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restoration and modernization of

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facilities . The budget funds Army

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National Guard , B . C . T . S .

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Brigade combat teams to a platoon level

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of proficiency and provides a force

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that can support combatant commander

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requirements , defend against threats

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to the homeland and remain responsive

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to governors for natural disasters and

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emergencies . The operation and

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maintenance , Army Reserve request of

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$3.2 billion $200 million Fy 22

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enacted level . The Army reserves 23 0

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and M . Budget focuses on the core

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competency of units supporting a

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responsive , flexible enduring Army

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Reserve capable of providing essential

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combat enablers who are trained ,

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equipped and lethal . The budget also

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provides sufficient funding to train

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the Army Reserve to a platoon level

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proficiency . It provides resources to

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increase the Army reserves , home

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station flying our program to support

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the rotational requirements of reserve

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aviation units , increasing aviation

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units training to a company level

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proficiency . Now that I've discussed

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the Army , Army's personnel and

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operations and maintenance readiness

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accounts . I'll present the Army's 23

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budget request aimed towards our

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modernization strategy and our research ,

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development and acquisition accounts .

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The 23 budget request for research ,

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development and acquisition is $35

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billion . The army's modernization

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efforts are critical to maintaining our

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competitive edge as we transition our

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focus from irregular warfare to

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strategic power competition . We

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continue to emphasize the six signature

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priority efforts of long range fires .

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Next generation combat vehicles ,

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future vertical lift , the network air

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and missile defense and soldier

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lethality . The army is focusing its

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signature efforts to focusing on its

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signature efforts to enable a holistic

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approach to our modernization efforts

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to provide the joint force with

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relevant , credible and modernized

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forces and capabilities to meet future

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challenges . Over the next few slides .

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I will highlight how our budget request

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supports army modernization priorities

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as seen through our R . D . T . Any and

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procurement appropriation requests .

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The army is $13.7 billion dollar

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research development test and

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evaluation request accelerates

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incremental upgrades to existing

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systems , delivering greater

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capabilities to our soldiers sooner and

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advances cutting edge technologies that

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will generate the decision dominance

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and overmatch required to win the next

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fight . Accounting for one time funding

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received in Fy 22 . The Fy 23 RD TNT

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request is 1.6 billion higher than the

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remaining Fy 22 enacted amount which

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facilitates the army's momentum and its

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modernization efforts . The Fy 23

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request includes $2.7 billion for

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science and technology efforts to

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continue to seek out and mature

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technologies that address army

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modernization along with enabling

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technologies including project

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convergence and artificial intelligence

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that support the transformation towards

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a data centric army . With integration

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across our modernization priorities .

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In Fy 23 we plan to deliver prototypes

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with continued investments in the long

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range hypersonic weapon for one battery ,

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mid range capability , missile and

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flight testing and the precision strike

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munitions . The Fy 23 presidents budget

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request also includes $90.8 million in

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fy 23 funding for project convergence .

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This is a combination of O and M and R

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D . T and E . This funding will enable

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the joint force to continue to focus on

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joint experimentation that incorporates

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our closest allies and partners .

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Project convergence will continue to

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experiment with emerging technologies

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and joint concepts that will result in

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the combined Joyce's ability to

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demonstrate offensive and defensive

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capabilities that can deter a peer

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adversaries and if necessary , defeat

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them in large scale combat operations .

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Army R . D . T . Nd investments support

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the army's modernization priorities

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through early integration of concepts ,

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prototyping and testing to ensure

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future generations of soldiers continue

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to be the most lethal fighting force in

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the world . Next we'll move to

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procurement . The Army's 23 procurement

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request of 21.3 billion supports

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enduring equipment as well as the

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transition to procuring are modernized

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capabilities . I will continue through

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each of the procurement appropriations .

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Army aircraft procurement , continues

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investment in operational enduring

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aviation platforms and systems While

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modernization efforts , progress on the

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research and development phase

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discussed earlier . The reduction of

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roughly $500 million is due largely to

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the reductions for one time funding in

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the Gray Eagle , you H 60 and CH 47

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aircraft programs . The 23 air and

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missile defense munitions portfolio

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provides critical munitions to

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accommodate the change in the current

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operational environment . The funding

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request supports critical munitions for

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combatant commanders with the increased

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purchase of the joint air to ground

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missile and the missile segment and

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Hansel missile programs . We are also

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replenishing wartime stockpiles of

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preferred and advanced munitions and

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weapons and tracked combat vehicles .

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The army has transitioned to

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modernization efforts for the armored

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multi purpose vehicle , mobile

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protected firepower and the next

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generation squad weapon while slowing

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enduring systems , enhancements for

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Abrams , Bradley striker and the

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paladin integrated management programs .

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The army continues to invest in

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maintaining and upgrading the

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organizational industrial base

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production facilities with investments

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at the Holston ammunition plant and

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Watervliet arsenal to meet the

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requirements of upcoming next

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generation ammunition and equipment ,

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environmental standards and workplace

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safety . The army's other procurement

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account account decreases by just under

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$1 billion dollars due to one time

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increases in other reductions including

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for all terrain cranes and explosive

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ordinance . Render safe sets notably

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increases in our request include

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counter small U . S . Division sets in

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service retrofit kits for Humvees and

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the tactical intelligence target access

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node , which is a critical intel system

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in support of our number one

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modernization priority of long range

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fires . Now let's take a look at a

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select set of quantity comparisons from

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Fy 22 to 23 . This

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chart provides a snapshot of select

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procurement program quantities . The

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armored multi purpose vehicle schedule

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was re baselined due to production

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startup issues and pandemic impacts ,

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which is why there were none in fy 22

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now 72 requested in 23 Our next

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generation squad weapon purchased

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supports fielding to over six combat

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brigades . I will pause a few moments

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to allow you to review further .

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We can now move on to facilities . The

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army's facility infrastructure is a

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critical aspect of army readiness .

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Army senior leaders recognize our

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soldiers , civilians and their families

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should be provided a quality of life

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commensurate to their selfless service

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and commitment to our nation ,

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Accounting for roughly one billion and

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one time increased funding received in

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Fy 22 . Our FY 23 military construction

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and family housing request Is roughly

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200 million below the FY 22 enacted

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levels . The request addresses

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requirements to recapitalization needs

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including $153 million for two barracks

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projects , one at joint base Lewis

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mcchord and the other at Germany $32

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million for one child development

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center at Fort Polk Louisiana , $69

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million dollars for a medical clinic

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clinic at Kwajalein Atoll . $229

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million for 11 readiness centers , nine

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in the National Guard and two in the

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Army Reserve . 135 million for minor

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construction for active guard and

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reserve components . $202 million

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dollars for planning design across all

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components and 100 and 52 million for

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two overseas family housing

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construction projects , One in

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bondholder Germany and the other in

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Vicenza Italy , There is 185.4 million

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in support of our European deterrence

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initiative efforts , including for two

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battalion training complexes for

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operations and vehicle maintenance at

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Grafenwoehr Germany . The army's brack

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funding request supports environmental

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cleanup restoration and conveyance of

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excess properties and locations

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designated under previous BRAC rounds .

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Fy 23 requested funds keep the army's

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planned cleanup efforts on track .

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Next up is the army's other accounts

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and the army's other accounts are

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request includes other basic

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requirements that are funded outside

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our main appropriations , including

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that one of our most important sites .

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This year's request includes $156

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million for the Arlington National

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Cemetery to fund day to day operations

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of the final resting place for our

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fallen heroes . The army is also

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requesting over $1 billion dollars for

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the chemical demilitarization program .

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And lastly , the Fy 23 armies working

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capital fund request is $29.9 million

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which due to rounding only displays a

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zero on the chart . The last funding

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type I will discuss is overseas

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operations costs . The army has

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managed large overseas operations

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caught budget since 2001 . The funding

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required for these operations changes

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from year to year and starting in Fy 22

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funding formerly known as Oco is now

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referred to as overseas operations .

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With all the funds in the base budget .

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The army is requesting over 14.6

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billion in overseas operation costs

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primarily for our operations and

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support here in the Continental United

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States and in the central european and

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Horn of Africa area of operations . The

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military personnel request supports

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roughly 25,000 mobilized RC soldiers

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that will serve overseas as well as in

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the continental United States .

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Operations and maintenance costs of 9.7

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billion are requested to support direct

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and enduring costs for operation

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inherent resolve , operation enduring

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sentinel and Operation Spartan shield

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as well as counterterrorism support

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Operations , Guantanamo and the Horn of

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Africa . Our european deterrence

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initiative . Funding grows an

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additional 464 million to 2.8 billion

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request that includes $942 million for

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increased presence through the rotation

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of a division headquarters , armored

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brigade combat team and other enabler

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units supported with additional active

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and mobilized reserve component units

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and soldiers . $305 million

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Europe

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operation , Atlantic resolve and

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Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo And

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$41 million dollars is being requested

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to enhance a sustained a mission

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partner environment network . As a

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reminder , The Afghan Security Forces

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Fund was neither enacted in 22 nor

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requested in Fy 23 . As shown in the

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table , the army still manages funding

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for the counter Islamic State of Iraq

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and Syria trying to train and equip

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fund or CTF . The CTF is a pass through

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account for the military support of

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partner nations in combating terrorism .

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And while it is called a pass through

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account , the army exercises fiscal

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stewardship and oversight in accordance

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with the D . O . D . Financial

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management regulations . Thank you for

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your time and attention . This

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afternoon . I will now turn it back

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over to honorable camarillo for his

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summary closing comments . Ladies and

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gentlemen , I'll be very brief and just

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say that this budget puts us on a

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sustainable strategic path to get to

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the army of 2030 are three priorities

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of readiness . People and modernization

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are all addressed . It enables our

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ability to maintain that high level of

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readiness that I mentioned at the

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outset invests in key capabilities to

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uh support soldiers and their families

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and then of course maintains continuity

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on the modernization of our warfighting

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capabilities . So we look forward to

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hearing your questions and thank you

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all for being here today . As many as

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possible here . Start out with Tony

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over two questions . One , when in a

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fit of do you start building back up to

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12,000 ? You both mentioned a couple

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times temporarily . What year is 26 27 ?

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And for General Bennett three bill

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about $3 billion increase over enacted .

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Is that negative real growth or what is

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the real growth that the army

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experience ? Secretary McCord earlier

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said the D . O . D . Experience A 1.5%

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real growth over the enacted once

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inflation is factored in . I don't get

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it . So I think first I'll address the

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the gets the answering questions and um

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the army will continually assess as as

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honorable McCord mentioned kind of our

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our posture on towards that and and T .

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V . That and take a look at that in

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strength there . So I think that will

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be an ongoing assessment as we continue

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forward into the future now for your

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inflation question . The as an

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honorable core did mention we did take

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a look , we paid a lot of attention to

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it . Um The 1.5% real growth

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above the 22 . They already inflated

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position there . So the army's

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perspective we did receive roughly a

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billion dollars to cover their pay

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raises that supported that as well as

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we got roughly $3 billion non-fuel

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price growth to help answer your

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question there . What is it what

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percentage of real growth of the army

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experience ? You know 1% or negative

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growth or what I just I'll have to get

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back to you on the percent of real

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growth question to address the problem

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is that it's more complicated than it

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sounds . Okay . Thank you gen defense

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news . Um I just have a quick question .

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I think we're all asking um which is

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the acquisition programs by weapons

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system book that the D . O . D . Put

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out . Um Does it match or trifled for

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specific programs in our DEA there's

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only some of them that are listed ? Um

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So what number should we trust ? The

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numbers and the little trifled or the

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numbers in the D . O . D . Wide book ?

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Do you have a specific example I might

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be able to address or I think

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that one is confusing .

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The The little trifled says 260

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million for prism and then the Dogg

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weapons cost says 472.7

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million .

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Okay ,

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we can look together . We're going to

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have to get that answer because I'm not ,

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what I would just say is obviously

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there's different increments of the

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precision strike missile program that

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are happening simultaneously . So there

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is obviously increment the current

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increment were on and then the next

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increment which will do the multi mode

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seeker . So to the extent that those

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are overlapping in any of those

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characterizations , I think that might

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be it . But we'll double check and

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verify . Um and then just the question

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that I actually had was you had

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mentioned that you're slowing Abrams ,

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Bradley striker and Pim . Um I think I

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had a little fidelity on Abrams and

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striker already . So how much is

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Bradley and pim slowed based on what

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you were were planning in fy 22 for fy

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23 . Um how has that changed ? Um And

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then for the MPV numbers you're

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procuring 72 I believe or your funding ?

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The procurement of 72 ? So is that what

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be a , is capable of delivering in a

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year or could they go faster And is

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this a budget based decision ? So I'll

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start obviously when we balance the

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overall portfolio for our D a

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particularly in our procurement

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programs . It it is a careful fine

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tuning of systems that we are

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developing with R and D R D T any

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funding . And then of course what we're

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procuring as we're transitioning from

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the enduring systems to the new . So it

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is a careful balance every single year

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and that always is the case . The

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quantities as far as a MPB are

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concerned . We'll have to double check

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whether that's just a carry over from

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the prior year as they were obviously

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experiencing the supply chain issues

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but we can get back to you on that one

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and then I believe your other question

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was with respect to , was it pin . Okay .

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And I'll turn to General Bennett for

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that . Now . Again , we're slowing .

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It's slowing down . It's roughly 181

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million for Bradley And 170 170 million

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in pim . And that's just the different

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last year to this year . What does that ,

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what does that not get you ? That you

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were planning in Fy 22 though . Do you

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have like a sense like I know that for

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instance , the Abrams and striker .

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Abrams , I think the original attention

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in Fy 22 for Fy 23 was that you were

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gonna , I may have this rock three

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quarters of an abc T . But now it's

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half of an Abc T . Do you have

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something like that for Bradley and Pim

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laid out that you could help us get

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that information to the dollar amount

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is hard for me to understand . Hi

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Ashley , rookie with James , you've

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mentioned some of the procurement

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slowdowns . Could you talk about any R .

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D . T . Any um programs that you might

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have slowed down um to help fund other

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modernization priorities and then also

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going through the P one's . I didn't

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see anything for infantry squad vehicle

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or I've asked so I'm not sure if

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they're just listed somewhere else or

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something is missing or if you could

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just update us . Let me just answer the

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question generally . And alternative .

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General Bennett . So obviously there

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are a fact of life changes every year

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with programs that are in the

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developmental phase . So if it is a

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test event that gets delayed as we've

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seen with IV's , there could be

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adjustments obviously to the funding

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profile that are associated with those .

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Uh , so you know , were the sources

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where the programs in the developmental

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phase sources for wholesale changes in

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the portfolio . That certainly was not

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our approach but again , if there are

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kind of puts and takes it would just

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reflect the realities of where the

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programs are executing . So as far as

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um the specific programs you mentioned

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alternative General Bennett to answer

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your questions . We did a maybe 2% of

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our R . D . T . and E . budget at our

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top six priorities . So a lot of effort

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focusing would be aimed towards that .

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And I'll have to provide you some

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specific examples of R . D . T . ND

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accounts . They were being reduced

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and temperature squad vehicle . There's

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like nothing in the budget . Both

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programs are moving forward forward .

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You are not sure on , I guess we're

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just moving forward to the IOT that was

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obviously slightly delayed and then I

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continued , we are continuing on the I .

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S . P . Program . So as far as whatever

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numbers did or didn't show up in the

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justification documents or any of the

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materials you have , we'll get that to

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you . I'm gonna go to the phone line

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real quick steve Bannon . Hi , can you

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guys hear me ? Hello ,

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you got me ?

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No . Okay . Alright . We'll come back

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to steve Haley . Thank you to task and

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purpose . Um I noticed are you

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mentioned CTC rotations 22 funded .

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That seems to be pretty in line with

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years past but um in 2020 I know the

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army said you know , we're looking to

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reduce some of that to reduce the up

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tempo and stress on families and

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soldiers . I mean are we seeing a

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reduction in that ? Is that no longer

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really an option given what's happening

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in europe . That is being set aside .

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Um and then also with the constraint

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numbers and you've mentioned , it's

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about quality of recruits , not like a

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budget issue . What issue with the

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quality of the recruiting pool ? Now ,

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are you expecting to no longer be an

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issue in a few years to build up those

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numbers again ? Yeah , let me answer

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your second question first and then

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I'll take your first . Uh , so

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certainly I think unlike every other

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employer in the economy , we're facing

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obviously some challenging conditions

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in terms of our ability to recruit and

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attract talent . Uh , it's no different .

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All of us in the Department of Defense

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are all in a war for talent every

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single year . And what we're just

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seeing is given the particular

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conditions of a very tight labor market .

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Our ability to meet all of our

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projected recruiting goals were a

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little bit challenged in Fy 22 and 23 .

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And so we made the assessment that we

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would not want to adjust our , you know ,

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specific criteria uh , for quality .

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And so we want the highest quality

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caliber recruits that we can bring into

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the army . And so we made the decision

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to just temporarily reduced in strength

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as opposed to lowering our standards .

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So we don't anticipate that it is a

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lasting change as we talked about

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earlier . It is something that we hope

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to bring back up over the course of the

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fight up and it is something that we

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certainly think is reflective of what

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we hope to be transient conditions in

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the labor market as to your second

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point , Your first question on the CTC

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rotations , you know , certainly we

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feel that maintaining that high level

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of readiness is consistent with the ,

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you know , consistent demand for what

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the army does year in and year out . We

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have seen in all three compose that

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they have been asked to do quite a bit .

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So we are always conscious uh and

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concerned about the stresses on the

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force , particularly our families as

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well . So we are looking at ways that

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we can perhaps mitigate some of those

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burdens on , on our soldiers that are

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have deployed quite a bit over the last

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couple of years to perform pretty ,

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pretty extraordinary missions . Is that

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2020 decision , has that just not been

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enacted to reduce some of that or has

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that , is that something that will

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happen slowly over the next several

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years ? I was wondering where we are in

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that compared to what the funding is

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now . Yeah , and I'll let general

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benefit chime in because that predates

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me . So to be honest with you , that

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decision was not made when I was here .

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Um but certainly I know we are looking

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at across the spectrum of different

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ways that we can try to address kind of ,

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that that churn and that those impacts

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on , on military families . So um but

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again , we , we are , we are doing what

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we need to do to make sure that we

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maintain our readiness levels at where

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we need them , given what the army's

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requirements are . Thanks for you and I

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think I can add to that , that the like

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honorable camarillo said um we are

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taking a look at obviously the impact

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on our families but I'll also add that

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one of the best ways to take care of

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soldiers is to train them okay and they

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like training and they like to focus on

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it , being ready to do their job and

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readiness being one of the things that

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the army has demonstrated this year

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that is able to bring to the table to

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for our combatant commanders , both

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here with the allies welcome mission as

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well as we've just demonstrated here

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recently in europe . So , but that's ,

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that's how I would say it's getting

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them ready and ready , makes them makes

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them happy and makes them ready to go .

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Alright brian Epstein of Aviation week ,

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I was hoping to drill down a little bit

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more on the FBL funding . Does this

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support the regular schedule ? The

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schedule for IOC in 2030 for source

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selection coming up and can you drill

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down anymore on the breakdown for Flora

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Flora Flora I tep within that amount ,

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I am going to have to get back to you

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on that level of detail . I'm not the

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expert on FTL and foreign . Let me let

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me jump in if I could just for a little

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bit , so we have not adjusted the

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schedule for kind of the two FBL

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programs were hoping to make that make

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the milestones that we had set in place

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given the current competition . I know

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that particular in the case of Farrah ,

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I think we had to realign some of the

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funding dollars just to align them to

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the I tech program . But you'll see

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kind of those kind of puts and takes .

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As I said earlier , a fact of life

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changes within the current budget

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submission . Um , I think your third

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question was just on it or was there

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another platform break ? Is there any

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breakdown for the going to get you the

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full breakdown between the three

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programs ? All right . We'll try steve

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on line one more time . I

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appreciate it . Um , I see we're

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getting a lot more next generation

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squad weapons . Can we just get an

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update on where we are at and who is

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testing those weapons this year ? And

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uh , can we also get a few more details

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on the arctic strategy of what money is

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going there ? Thank you . Let me start

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with the question with regard to the

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arctic strategy . Uh , you know ,

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certainly as we begin to operationalize

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that there are some investments in this

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budget . I believe it's just south of

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$100 million . I want to say it's about

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90 $91 million if I'm correct . And

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General Bennett can correct me and that

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funds a variety of efforts to include

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additional training efforts . Uh , some

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of the cold weather equipment that we

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have certainly prioritized as part of

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the strategy for our soldiers that are

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stationed in Alaska and some of the

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other things that we can do to kind of

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help operationalize it um , with regard

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to the next generation squad weapon ,

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we can get back to you with regard to

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specific production quantities that we

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are funding in this budget unless

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General Bennett has it . I've got some

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details to when you were very close on

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the , on the arctic strategy , We've

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got just over $101.101.8 million

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first we're going to purchase 13

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cold all weather all terrain vehicles

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or the cat vis . We've got

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winterization of equipment . We're also

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including the exportable CTC that I

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previously mentioned and we're also

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continuing to purchase Winter O . C . I .

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E to your next generation squad weapon

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question , the planned replacement for

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the saw . Um , the plan um ,

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we're purchasing

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17,164 N . G . S . W

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fire control modules as well as

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purchasing

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1704

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Automatic Rifles and 1 16348 Rifles in

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23 . All right , ladies and gentlemen

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concludes the time we have for today as

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a reminder , we have a media roundtable

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tomorrow . You should have the

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information in your email if you do not

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please see me after the brief . Thank

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you