WEBVTT 00:07.530 --> 00:10.100 Hi everyone . Good morning . Thank you 00:10.100 --> 00:12.044 for joining us today . Today , the 00:12.044 --> 00:14.340 department is rolling out the fy 2024 00:14.340 --> 00:16.410 defense budget request . Joining us 00:16.410 --> 00:18.660 today is Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr 00:18.660 --> 00:20.716 Hicks and vice chairman of the Joint 00:20.716 --> 00:22.882 Chiefs of Staff , Admiral Grady . They 00:22.882 --> 00:25.104 will each provide remarks and then take 00:25.104 --> 00:27.271 a couple of questions . So with that , 00:27.271 --> 00:29.604 I will turn it over to Dr Hicks . Great , 00:29.604 --> 00:31.660 good morning . Thank you Sabrina and 00:31.660 --> 00:31.590 thank you all for joining us today . I 00:31.590 --> 00:33.590 am pleased to be here with the vice 00:33.590 --> 00:35.812 chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , 00:35.812 --> 00:38.034 Admiral Grady To brief you on President 00:38.034 --> 00:40.090 Biden's fiscal year 2020 for defense 00:40.090 --> 00:43.440 budget request at $842 billion . This 00:43.440 --> 00:45.551 is the largest defense budget request 00:45.551 --> 00:47.773 in nominal terms that the United States 00:47.773 --> 00:49.607 has ever put forward . Thanks to 00:49.607 --> 00:51.551 relentless focus and senior leader 00:51.551 --> 00:53.551 attention over the last year . It's 00:53.551 --> 00:55.662 also the most strategy aligned budget 00:55.662 --> 00:58.340 in history , consistent with the 2022 00:58.340 --> 01:00.229 National Defense Strategy and the 01:00.229 --> 01:02.507 President's National Security Strategy . 01:03.230 --> 01:04.952 Nowhere is that alignment more 01:04.952 --> 01:07.174 pronounced than in the seriousness with 01:07.174 --> 01:09.119 which this budget treats strategic 01:09.119 --> 01:11.286 competition with the People's Republic 01:11.286 --> 01:13.452 of China . This budget delivers combat 01:13.452 --> 01:15.674 credible joint forces that are the most 01:15.674 --> 01:18.470 lethal resilient , survivable agile and 01:18.470 --> 01:21.380 responsive in the world . It is a force 01:21.390 --> 01:23.501 aimed at deterring and if called upon 01:23.501 --> 01:25.760 defeating threats today and tomorrow , 01:26.000 --> 01:28.470 even as the threats themselves advance 01:29.060 --> 01:31.950 our fy 24 budget request is a 01:31.950 --> 01:35.920 3.2% increase over fy 23 enacted and 01:35.920 --> 01:39.770 13.4% more than fy 22 enacted 01:40.100 --> 01:42.540 in all . President Biden is increasing 01:42.540 --> 01:45.510 D O D s top line by about $100 billion 01:45.520 --> 01:48.800 over Fy 22 to implement the NDS with 01:48.810 --> 01:50.900 urgency and build the right mix of 01:50.900 --> 01:54.020 capabilities . Whether for tackling the 01:54.020 --> 01:55.964 pacing challenge from the People's 01:55.964 --> 01:58.020 Republic of China or confronting the 01:58.020 --> 02:00.131 acute threat of Russian aggression in 02:00.131 --> 02:02.298 Europe , deterring threats from Iran , 02:02.298 --> 02:04.131 North Korea and global terrorist 02:04.131 --> 02:06.620 organizations or ensuring joint force 02:06.620 --> 02:08.620 effectiveness in the face of global 02:08.620 --> 02:10.564 challenges like climate change and 02:10.564 --> 02:13.350 biological threats . All of these are 02:13.350 --> 02:15.830 challenges duty confronts every day . 02:15.850 --> 02:18.240 Our goal is to deter because 02:18.240 --> 02:20.240 competition does not mean conflict 02:20.420 --> 02:22.450 still , we must have the combat 02:22.450 --> 02:24.561 credibility to win if we must fight . 02:24.760 --> 02:28.010 So first and foremost , this budget is 02:28.010 --> 02:30.140 a procurement budget . It puts its 02:30.140 --> 02:32.370 thumb on the scale in favor of game 02:32.370 --> 02:34.720 changing capabilities that will deliver 02:34.730 --> 02:36.786 not just in the out years but in the 02:36.786 --> 02:40.060 near term too . Our greatest measure of 02:40.060 --> 02:42.560 success and the one we use around here 02:42.560 --> 02:45.110 most often is to make sure the PCC 02:45.110 --> 02:47.720 leadership wakes up every day considers 02:47.720 --> 02:49.910 the risks of aggression and concludes 02:50.080 --> 02:52.520 today's not the day and for them to 02:52.520 --> 02:55.210 think that today and every day between 02:55.210 --> 02:58.630 now in 2027 , now in 2035 , 02:58.690 --> 03:01.330 now in 2049 and beyond 03:02.420 --> 03:04.680 this budget has many areas of critical 03:04.680 --> 03:06.624 investment which are briefers will 03:06.624 --> 03:08.458 further describe , but I want to 03:08.458 --> 03:10.569 highlight several that are especially 03:10.569 --> 03:12.750 noteworthy . The first is a series of 03:12.750 --> 03:14.417 investments to strengthen our 03:14.417 --> 03:16.720 military's so called kill chains and 03:16.720 --> 03:19.470 disrupt adversary kill chains . Making 03:19.470 --> 03:22.920 it easier for us to see sense and shoot 03:23.040 --> 03:25.262 and making it harder for adversaries to 03:25.262 --> 03:28.160 do that to us . These investments 03:28.160 --> 03:30.730 include a mix of munitions platforms , 03:30.740 --> 03:33.120 communications , data links , and cyber 03:33.120 --> 03:34.953 tools among other capabilities . 03:35.000 --> 03:37.660 Married with novel operational concepts 03:37.660 --> 03:40.690 for how to employ them together . They 03:40.690 --> 03:42.634 not only strengthen how we project 03:42.634 --> 03:44.810 power across long distances and hold 03:44.810 --> 03:47.410 key targets at risk including in highly 03:47.410 --> 03:50.050 contested environments . They also 03:50.050 --> 03:52.060 afford us the ability to disrupt 03:52.070 --> 03:54.181 potential adversaries at the military 03:54.181 --> 03:56.120 systems level . Ensuring that in 03:56.120 --> 03:58.220 conflict , adversary forces will be 03:58.230 --> 04:01.280 less than the sum of their parts in 04:01.280 --> 04:05.000 munitions alone were investing $30.6 04:05.000 --> 04:08.170 billion in Fy 20 for a nearly 12% 04:08.170 --> 04:12.160 increase above fy 23 enacted Compared 04:12.160 --> 04:14.104 to the Defense Department's budget 04:14.104 --> 04:16.049 request from just five years ago . 04:16.049 --> 04:18.780 We're putting nearly 50% more money 04:18.780 --> 04:22.610 into munitions . Almost 1/3 of our 04:22.610 --> 04:25.070 munitions dollars are specifically for 04:25.070 --> 04:27.310 long range fires to increase 04:27.310 --> 04:29.477 procurement and improve the capability 04:29.477 --> 04:31.700 of not only hypersonic missiles but 04:31.700 --> 04:34.210 also our most lethal and survivable 04:34.220 --> 04:36.400 subsonic weapons , including those 04:36.400 --> 04:38.750 we've been buying at or near maximum 04:38.750 --> 04:41.540 capacity for several years . This 04:41.540 --> 04:43.550 latest budget expands production 04:43.550 --> 04:45.930 capacity even more and procures the 04:45.930 --> 04:48.210 maximum amount of munitions that are 04:48.210 --> 04:50.154 most relevant for deterring and if 04:50.154 --> 04:52.321 necessary , prevailing over aggression 04:52.321 --> 04:55.150 in the Indo pacific such as the 04:55.150 --> 04:57.317 Tomahawk cruise missile and its latest 04:57.317 --> 05:00.360 maritime strike variant , the extended 05:00.360 --> 05:02.360 range joint air to surface standoff 05:02.360 --> 05:04.990 missile or the jazz um er the long 05:04.990 --> 05:07.850 range anti ship missile or La Raza and 05:07.850 --> 05:10.120 the anti ship capable sm six missile 05:10.120 --> 05:13.090 among others . For several of these and 05:13.090 --> 05:15.034 more key munitions like air to air 05:15.034 --> 05:17.034 missiles and heavy weight torpedoes 05:17.034 --> 05:19.860 were looking to make unprecedented use 05:19.870 --> 05:21.980 of new multiyear procurement 05:21.980 --> 05:25.600 flexibility provided by Congress . This 05:25.600 --> 05:27.267 will help us lock in critical 05:27.267 --> 05:29.378 investments getting the most bang for 05:29.378 --> 05:31.378 the taxpayer's buck send industry a 05:31.378 --> 05:34.300 clear demand signal and be even better 05:34.300 --> 05:36.411 prepared to respond quickly in future 05:36.411 --> 05:39.010 contingencies when it comes to 05:39.010 --> 05:41.190 munitions , make no mistake . We are 05:41.190 --> 05:43.357 buying to the limits of the industrial 05:43.357 --> 05:45.910 base even as we are expanding those 05:45.910 --> 05:48.260 limits and we're continuing to cut 05:48.260 --> 05:50.038 through red tape and accelerate 05:50.038 --> 05:52.570 timelines now to deliver those 05:52.570 --> 05:55.340 munitions from all domains . We're also 05:55.340 --> 05:57.284 investing in advanced platforms in 05:57.284 --> 06:00.680 every military department at sea from 06:00.690 --> 06:03.610 unscrewed surface and undersea vehicles 06:03.620 --> 06:05.620 to more guided missile destroyers , 06:05.620 --> 06:07.676 Virginia class submarines and guided 06:07.676 --> 06:09.940 missile frigates in the air from buying 06:09.950 --> 06:11.940 more fifth generation tactical and 06:11.940 --> 06:14.010 bomber aircraft augmented by other 06:14.010 --> 06:16.420 planes we fly that can release long 06:16.420 --> 06:19.240 range munitions to I S AR platforms . 06:19.250 --> 06:21.740 Next generation air dominance and new 06:21.750 --> 06:24.570 collaborative combat aircraft And on 06:24.570 --> 06:27.520 land from distributed army ground based 06:27.520 --> 06:29.370 fires to accelerating the Marine 06:29.370 --> 06:32.220 Corps's force designed 2030 fielding 06:32.220 --> 06:34.387 the majority of its novel capabilities 06:34.387 --> 06:36.609 and force structure in the Indo Pacific 06:36.609 --> 06:39.010 by 2027 . And in fact , some are 06:39.010 --> 06:42.720 already there . Munitions platforms and 06:42.720 --> 06:44.880 forces are the most visible parts of 06:44.880 --> 06:47.570 any kill chain . Less visible but no 06:47.570 --> 06:49.348 less important are the enabling 06:49.348 --> 06:51.580 capabilities that link them together , 06:51.640 --> 06:53.760 making the whole greater than the sum 06:53.760 --> 06:56.180 of its parts . And we're investing in 06:56.180 --> 06:59.530 those enablers too with $67.4 billion 06:59.530 --> 07:02.660 dollars for cyber I T and electronic 07:02.660 --> 07:06.390 warfare capabilities , $1.4 billion for 07:06.390 --> 07:08.612 joint all domain command and control or 07:08.612 --> 07:11.270 Jazz C two to maintain our information 07:11.270 --> 07:14.870 and decision advantage . Jad C2 will 07:14.870 --> 07:17.330 make us even better than we already are 07:17.340 --> 07:19.120 at joint operations and combat 07:19.130 --> 07:21.630 integration and deliver proven 07:21.630 --> 07:23.797 enhancements to the war fighter in the 07:23.797 --> 07:27.080 next four years and $33.3 billion 07:27.080 --> 07:28.980 dollars for resilient space , 07:28.990 --> 07:31.770 architecture capabilities and enhanced 07:31.780 --> 07:34.550 space command and control to keep space 07:34.550 --> 07:37.340 safe for military civilian and 07:37.340 --> 07:40.460 commercial operations . This is the 07:40.460 --> 07:43.570 largest D O D space budget ever . It 07:43.570 --> 07:45.990 funds diverse constellations for both 07:45.990 --> 07:48.510 sensing and communications while also 07:48.510 --> 07:50.840 leveraging America's world leading 07:50.850 --> 07:54.570 commercial space sector , even as we're 07:54.570 --> 07:57.370 strengthening how we sense , see and 07:57.370 --> 07:59.620 shoot in contested environments . This 07:59.620 --> 08:01.830 budget also invests in disrupting 08:01.830 --> 08:03.997 advanced adversaries ability to do the 08:03.997 --> 08:07.210 same . This includes more funding for 08:07.210 --> 08:09.266 missile defense and defeat systems , 08:09.266 --> 08:11.320 kinetic and non kinetic including 08:11.320 --> 08:13.264 capabilities to counter hypersonic 08:13.264 --> 08:17.110 weapons . We're continuing to invest in 08:17.110 --> 08:19.320 diversified , distributed and hardened 08:19.320 --> 08:21.900 force posture among many things we're 08:21.900 --> 08:24.140 doing to complicate adversary targeting 08:24.830 --> 08:26.870 and we're investing in additional 08:26.870 --> 08:29.700 capabilities which we will only unveil 08:29.710 --> 08:31.900 at a time place and manner of our 08:31.900 --> 08:35.470 choosing . As Secretary Austin has said 08:35.700 --> 08:37.533 we're laser focused on deterring 08:37.533 --> 08:39.367 aggression in the Indo Pacific , 08:39.367 --> 08:41.900 sustaining a free and open region and 08:41.900 --> 08:44.070 doing so alongside our friends and 08:44.070 --> 08:46.480 allies . Indeed , in the last few 08:46.480 --> 08:48.536 months , we've seen great allied and 08:48.536 --> 08:50.591 partner developments there including 08:50.591 --> 08:52.647 Tokyo's commitment to double defense 08:52.647 --> 08:55.090 spending . The announcement of a new 08:55.100 --> 08:57.660 Marine Littoral Regiment on Okinawa 08:57.670 --> 08:59.726 major Force Posture initiatives with 08:59.726 --> 09:01.950 Australia and our agreement with the 09:01.950 --> 09:04.117 Philippines to nearly double the sites 09:04.120 --> 09:07.120 where we cooperate together to build on 09:07.120 --> 09:09.250 that momentum . This budget requests 09:09.250 --> 09:11.083 the department's largest Pacific 09:11.083 --> 09:14.630 deterrence initiative yet $9.1 billion 09:14.630 --> 09:16.790 for better air basing new missile 09:16.790 --> 09:18.790 warning and tracking architecture , 09:18.790 --> 09:21.270 construction from more resilient force 09:21.270 --> 09:24.390 posture , homeland defense for Hawaii 09:24.390 --> 09:27.010 and Guam and more collaboration with 09:27.010 --> 09:29.650 allies and partners . And the budget 09:29.650 --> 09:31.817 reflects how we're continuing to learn 09:31.817 --> 09:34.039 from the war in Ukraine and apply those 09:34.039 --> 09:36.150 lessons to the Indo Pacific and other 09:36.150 --> 09:39.060 theaters . Another pillar of this 09:39.060 --> 09:41.530 budget is its investments in the people 09:41.540 --> 09:43.690 who make our military , the fiercest 09:43.690 --> 09:46.790 and finest force in the world . Taking 09:46.790 --> 09:49.012 care of our people begins with ensuring 09:49.012 --> 09:51.480 they're trained and equipped and our 09:51.480 --> 09:54.260 readiness is robust . The same is true 09:54.260 --> 09:56.190 for retention with every military 09:56.190 --> 09:58.910 service exceeding its goals . In 2022 , 10:00.000 --> 10:02.570 retention has been outstanding partly 10:02.570 --> 10:04.681 because the secretary , the President 10:04.681 --> 10:06.903 and Congress have in recent budgets put 10:06.903 --> 10:08.792 a premium on raising military and 10:08.792 --> 10:11.130 civilian pay , improving quality of 10:11.130 --> 10:13.241 life for service members and military 10:13.241 --> 10:15.150 families and funding training , 10:15.160 --> 10:16.771 operations , maintenance and 10:16.771 --> 10:19.280 infrastructure improvements . This 10:19.280 --> 10:21.336 budget maintains and builds on those 10:21.336 --> 10:23.620 investments with historic pay raises 10:23.620 --> 10:25.740 that help us compete for top talent , 10:25.750 --> 10:28.750 military and civilian new funding for 10:28.750 --> 10:30.900 universal pre K at dodea schools 10:30.900 --> 10:33.500 worldwide and much more . While 10:33.500 --> 10:35.556 continuing our relentless efforts to 10:35.556 --> 10:37.720 prevent suicide and end sexual 10:37.720 --> 10:41.130 harassment and sexual assault . We can 10:41.130 --> 10:43.420 never be complacent but this is the 10:43.420 --> 10:46.090 world's most combat credible force and 10:46.090 --> 10:48.340 the investments in our people alongside 10:48.340 --> 10:49.951 our training and equipping . 10:49.951 --> 10:52.560 Investments are a big reason why a 10:52.560 --> 10:54.727 third pillar I'll highlight is how the 10:54.727 --> 10:56.504 budget helps us succeed through 10:56.504 --> 10:59.500 teamwork with our network of allies and 10:59.500 --> 11:01.444 partners around the world . One of 11:01.444 --> 11:03.560 America's unbeatable asymmetric 11:03.560 --> 11:05.960 advantages and with the collective 11:05.970 --> 11:07.970 arsenal of democracy and commercial 11:07.970 --> 11:10.010 innovation that's been energized by 11:10.010 --> 11:12.360 Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine . 11:13.540 --> 11:15.630 Here at home . The budget invests 11:15.640 --> 11:17.720 approximately $6 billion in 11:17.720 --> 11:19.776 strengthening the defense industrial 11:19.776 --> 11:21.887 base and supply chains including long 11:21.887 --> 11:24.010 term investments in microelectronic 11:24.020 --> 11:26.660 casting and forging batteries , kinetic 11:26.660 --> 11:29.620 capabilities and critical minerals . As 11:29.620 --> 11:31.564 we re model for the future . We're 11:31.564 --> 11:33.731 paying as much attention to the wiring 11:33.731 --> 11:35.953 and framing as we are to the finishes . 11:35.953 --> 11:39.480 Cyber space I T , shipyards , munitions 11:39.480 --> 11:41.500 plants , munitions components , 11:41.510 --> 11:44.160 barracks and housing in all of these 11:44.160 --> 11:46.250 areas were funding expansions , 11:46.270 --> 11:49.060 upgrades and overhauls . None of which 11:49.060 --> 11:52.590 D O D can do alone . The budget also 11:52.590 --> 11:54.368 continues to build bridges with 11:54.368 --> 11:56.620 America's dynamic innovation ecosystem 11:56.630 --> 11:58.741 with the traditional defense industry 11:58.741 --> 12:01.020 and well beyond it including funding 12:01.020 --> 12:03.610 for key technology areas like AI 12:03.620 --> 12:06.640 quantum sensors and directed energy . 12:06.930 --> 12:08.800 Hastening the pathway from joint 12:08.800 --> 12:11.250 concept to experimentation to fielding 12:11.250 --> 12:13.190 systems through the rapid defense 12:13.190 --> 12:15.910 experimentation reserve and launching D 12:15.910 --> 12:18.580 O D s new Office of Strategic Capital 12:18.590 --> 12:20.830 to help attract and scale private 12:20.830 --> 12:22.750 capital capital in sectors like 12:22.750 --> 12:25.560 semiconductors , advanced materials and 12:25.560 --> 12:28.760 biotech beyond our shores . The 12:28.760 --> 12:30.704 president's budget aligns with new 12:30.704 --> 12:32.816 investments by us allies and partners 12:32.816 --> 12:35.130 to strengthen their own security . One 12:35.130 --> 12:38.230 example is August , as you know today , 12:38.230 --> 12:40.286 President Biden and Secretary Austin 12:40.286 --> 12:42.286 are in San Diego , meeting with the 12:42.286 --> 12:44.286 leaders of Australia and the United 12:44.286 --> 12:46.508 Kingdom to announce the optimal pathway 12:46.508 --> 12:48.390 for Australia's acquisition of 12:48.390 --> 12:50.690 conventionally armed nuclear powered 12:50.690 --> 12:53.740 submarines . Our collaboration through 12:53.740 --> 12:56.080 Aucas including on submarines and 12:56.080 --> 12:58.480 advanced capabilities is a generational 12:58.490 --> 13:00.810 opportunity to strengthen our combined 13:00.810 --> 13:03.190 security . Boost our defense industrial 13:03.190 --> 13:05.400 capability , enhance our ability to 13:05.400 --> 13:08.010 deter aggression and promote our shared 13:08.010 --> 13:10.490 goal of a free and open Indo Pacific . 13:11.520 --> 13:14.000 Closer to home . Our partnership with 13:14.000 --> 13:16.056 the legislative branch is one of the 13:16.056 --> 13:17.556 most important and visible 13:17.556 --> 13:19.611 manifestations of how we can succeed 13:19.611 --> 13:21.444 through teamwork . We appreciate 13:21.444 --> 13:23.389 Congress's commitment to providing 13:23.389 --> 13:25.611 oversight and checking our work . So we 13:25.611 --> 13:27.540 deliver maximum value for both 13:27.540 --> 13:30.400 warfighters and taxpayers . We are also 13:30.400 --> 13:32.178 grateful as ever for Congress's 13:32.178 --> 13:34.270 bipartisan support for D U D and its 13:34.270 --> 13:36.340 people in providing for the common 13:36.340 --> 13:38.562 defense of our country , our allies and 13:38.562 --> 13:41.560 partners and our interests . We asked 13:41.560 --> 13:43.727 Congress to support this budget and we 13:43.727 --> 13:46.730 hope this support will include on time , 13:46.740 --> 13:49.180 full year appropriations for the U S 13:49.180 --> 13:51.124 government and our service members 13:51.124 --> 13:53.370 instead of defaulting to continuing 13:53.370 --> 13:56.140 resolutions . If you add up , the 13:56.140 --> 13:58.510 months D O D has been under a cr since 13:58.510 --> 14:01.850 2011 . It totals four years worth of 14:01.850 --> 14:04.370 delays , delayed , new program starts , 14:04.390 --> 14:07.000 delayed training , delayed pcs moves 14:07.050 --> 14:09.990 again . That's four years lost over the 14:09.990 --> 14:13.700 last decade plus to out compete the P R 14:13.700 --> 14:16.250 C , we cannot have one hand tied behind 14:16.250 --> 14:19.980 our back for 3456 months of each 14:19.980 --> 14:22.790 year . And let me assure you more money 14:22.790 --> 14:26.440 cannot buy back this lost time . I know 14:26.440 --> 14:28.496 members of Congress on both sides of 14:28.496 --> 14:30.607 the aisle care deeply about America's 14:30.607 --> 14:32.496 national security and winning the 14:32.496 --> 14:34.440 strategic competition for the 21st 14:34.440 --> 14:36.480 century with this budget and with 14:36.480 --> 14:38.780 Congress's support , we're ensuring the 14:38.780 --> 14:41.290 U S military remains formidable and 14:41.290 --> 14:44.300 resilient today tomorrow and well into 14:44.300 --> 14:46.411 the future . With that , I'll turn to 14:46.411 --> 14:48.689 Admiral Grady before we take questions . 14:48.700 --> 14:51.180 Thanks madam Secretary . Thank you and 14:51.180 --> 14:53.300 thank you for your strong leadership 14:53.540 --> 14:55.651 and on behalf of the chairman and the 14:55.651 --> 14:57.762 joint force . I welcome everyone here 14:57.762 --> 14:59.984 today for this briefing . And it really 14:59.984 --> 15:01.707 is an honor and a privilege to 15:01.707 --> 15:03.873 represent the soldiers , the sailors , 15:03.873 --> 15:05.707 the airmen , the marines and the 15:05.707 --> 15:07.762 guardians of the joint force . As we 15:07.762 --> 15:09.818 discussed the D O D s fiscal year 24 15:09.818 --> 15:11.929 president's budget request and we are 15:11.929 --> 15:14.080 approaching this request this fiscal 15:14.080 --> 15:16.040 year 24 budget request with our 15:16.040 --> 15:17.790 strategy first and foremost , 15:17.800 --> 15:20.570 particularly as it calls to prioritize 15:20.570 --> 15:22.292 the pacing threat . The pacing 15:22.292 --> 15:24.190 challenge of China , the work of 15:24.190 --> 15:26.880 implementing the 2022 national defense 15:26.880 --> 15:29.060 strategy and the stream strategic 15:29.060 --> 15:31.060 framework that were provided by the 15:31.060 --> 15:33.350 2022 national military strategy has 15:33.350 --> 15:35.350 served as the basis for last year's 15:35.350 --> 15:37.461 budget request and certainly for this 15:37.461 --> 15:39.572 year's budget submissions as well . A 15:39.572 --> 15:41.572 continuation if you will as the NDS 15:41.572 --> 15:44.580 directs our $842 billion budget 15:44.580 --> 15:46.691 prioritizes defense of the homeland , 15:46.691 --> 15:49.770 deterring strategic attacks , deterring 15:49.770 --> 15:51.930 aggression all while positioning the 15:51.930 --> 15:54.060 joint force to prevail in conflict if 15:54.070 --> 15:56.780 necessary . And with this budget , the 15:56.780 --> 15:58.836 joint forces truly delivering on the 15:58.836 --> 16:00.836 strategic discipline that is at the 16:00.836 --> 16:03.050 center of the national military 16:03.060 --> 16:05.770 strategy . Over the past several months , 16:05.770 --> 16:07.937 Secretary Hicks has skillfully led the 16:07.937 --> 16:09.603 department through our budget 16:09.603 --> 16:11.714 development , ultimately producing an 16:11.714 --> 16:13.937 outcome that the American people can be 16:13.937 --> 16:16.200 confident in an outcome that ensures 16:16.200 --> 16:18.311 that the joint force remains the most 16:18.311 --> 16:20.256 lethal and capable military on the 16:20.256 --> 16:22.660 planet . An outcome that takes care of 16:22.660 --> 16:24.827 our service members and their families 16:24.827 --> 16:27.650 and an outcome that takes action today 16:27.670 --> 16:30.270 while also working toward the future , 16:31.230 --> 16:33.230 we will continue with fy 20 three's 16:33.230 --> 16:35.286 direction to modernize and transform 16:35.286 --> 16:37.452 the force into what is needed to deter 16:37.452 --> 16:39.910 and if necessary to prevail in the 16:39.910 --> 16:42.790 twenties , thirties and beyond this 16:42.790 --> 16:44.846 budget resources , the department to 16:44.846 --> 16:47.012 sustain and strengthen the joint force 16:47.012 --> 16:49.280 and we will maintain our advantage by 16:49.280 --> 16:52.630 continuing to invest in resolute ready 16:52.640 --> 16:55.000 and lethal warriors who were the best 16:55.000 --> 16:57.800 lead , the best equipped and the best 16:57.800 --> 17:01.170 trained in the world . And as always , 17:01.170 --> 17:03.226 I would reiterate with the secretary 17:03.226 --> 17:05.003 said that the joint forces best 17:05.003 --> 17:07.226 positioned to maintain and build on our 17:07.226 --> 17:09.226 enduring advantages when we receive 17:09.226 --> 17:11.560 sufficient , timely sustained and 17:11.560 --> 17:13.616 predictable funding . And I too look 17:13.616 --> 17:16.070 forward to partnering with Congress in 17:16.070 --> 17:18.690 this endeavor . And as always , it is 17:18.690 --> 17:21.760 our task to be responsible stewards of 17:21.760 --> 17:25.450 the nation's resources . And so in a 17:25.450 --> 17:27.672 rapidly changing security environment , 17:27.672 --> 17:29.728 we know that we must innovate across 17:29.728 --> 17:31.839 all domains in the budget development 17:31.839 --> 17:33.894 process . And we have worked hard to 17:33.894 --> 17:36.061 optimize our investments in areas such 17:36.061 --> 17:38.172 as the nuclear enterprise , space and 17:38.172 --> 17:40.320 cyber munitions and precision long 17:40.320 --> 17:43.320 range fires . The budget expands the 17:43.320 --> 17:45.264 department's efforts in all domain 17:45.264 --> 17:47.431 awareness . It increases resiliency in 17:47.431 --> 17:49.598 the defense industrial base and renews 17:49.598 --> 17:51.542 our magazine depth so that we were 17:51.542 --> 17:54.910 ready whenever we are called the fy 24 17:54.910 --> 17:57.130 budget . Does this as it continues to 17:57.130 --> 17:59.186 invest in key areas that will enable 17:59.186 --> 18:00.963 the department to translate the 18:00.963 --> 18:02.741 national defense strategy , the 18:02.741 --> 18:04.686 national military strategy and the 18:04.686 --> 18:06.630 joint warfighting concept into the 18:06.630 --> 18:08.686 operational capabilities required to 18:08.686 --> 18:11.620 defer deter and to win . And most 18:11.620 --> 18:14.820 importantly , The FY 24 budget request 18:14.820 --> 18:16.764 remains in line with our strategic 18:16.764 --> 18:19.110 approach and prioritizes China as the 18:19.110 --> 18:21.490 pacing challenge while recognizing the 18:21.490 --> 18:24.930 UQ threat posed by Russia . So again , 18:24.930 --> 18:26.986 Madam Secretary , thank you for your 18:26.986 --> 18:29.097 leadership and for your words today . 18:29.097 --> 18:31.208 And again , it's my distinct pleasure 18:31.208 --> 18:33.430 to be here on behalf of the 2.1 million 18:33.430 --> 18:35.708 members of the joint force . Thank you . 18:35.708 --> 18:37.708 Wonderful with that . We'll turn it 18:37.708 --> 18:39.930 over and take a few questions up high . 18:39.930 --> 18:41.980 Thank you both for Admiral Grady in 18:41.980 --> 18:44.180 your requirements role at the 18:44.180 --> 18:47.950 department . How has China shaped this 18:47.950 --> 18:51.090 year's budget ? Can you list one or two 18:51.090 --> 18:53.820 very specific priorities that are here 18:53.820 --> 18:56.780 now ? Um to face that challenge and 18:56.780 --> 19:00.730 then for you both um at this 19:00.730 --> 19:02.952 current rate of growth , the Department 19:02.952 --> 19:05.063 of Defense budget will top a trillion 19:05.063 --> 19:07.397 dollars in just a matter of a few years . 19:07.930 --> 19:10.380 How can you explain to the American 19:10.380 --> 19:14.070 taxpayer why all of this money is 19:14.070 --> 19:16.530 needed and how it's still not enough ? 19:16.540 --> 19:18.484 Because even in the next couple of 19:18.484 --> 19:20.651 weeks , you'll likely see the services 19:20.651 --> 19:22.707 go to Congress with unmet needs . So 19:22.707 --> 19:24.651 how is it that with this size of a 19:24.651 --> 19:26.990 budget , there's still uh the services 19:26.990 --> 19:29.480 still need so much . I'll go ahead and 19:29.480 --> 19:32.230 start madam secretary . Thanks . Um 19:32.240 --> 19:34.860 Uh I am the chairman of the Joint 19:34.860 --> 19:37.027 Requirements Oversight Committee , the 19:37.027 --> 19:39.440 J Rock . Um but that really starts with 19:39.440 --> 19:42.010 a straight line from strategy all the 19:42.010 --> 19:44.121 way down to budget . The requirements 19:44.121 --> 19:46.343 piece is just part of that . And we are 19:46.343 --> 19:48.530 clearly focused on P R C as the pacing 19:48.530 --> 19:50.586 challenge . But let's go back to the 19:50.586 --> 19:52.808 joint warfighting concept that strategy 19:52.808 --> 19:54.974 that devolves from the N S S , the N D 19:54.974 --> 19:57.030 s and the N M s . And if you look at 19:57.030 --> 19:58.974 where our investments derived from 19:58.974 --> 20:02.040 those requirements are um uh our 20:02.050 --> 20:04.330 manifest , you look at the four key 20:04.330 --> 20:06.410 battles for advantage in fires in 20:06.410 --> 20:08.410 command and control and information 20:08.410 --> 20:10.577 advantage and in contested logistics . 20:10.577 --> 20:13.360 So as the deputy mentioned $11.11 20:13.360 --> 20:16.240 billion in joint fires as an example or 20:16.250 --> 20:19.210 30.6 billion for munitions writ large 20:19.220 --> 20:22.860 under the fires um uh category in 20:22.860 --> 20:25.180 command and control . Um Jesse to 20:25.180 --> 20:27.013 initiatives where , which was so 20:27.013 --> 20:29.013 critical to tying all this together 20:29.013 --> 20:31.124 about 1.4 billion , their information 20:31.124 --> 20:33.510 advantage to include cyber and things 20:33.510 --> 20:35.566 like getting to zero trust framework 20:35.566 --> 20:38.510 framework about 13.5 billion and then 20:38.510 --> 20:41.180 within contested logistics . Um three 20:41.180 --> 20:45.180 billion , 15 KC one KC 46 20:45.180 --> 20:47.236 alphas to modernize and recapitalize 20:47.236 --> 20:49.560 the airborne refueling . All of this 20:49.560 --> 20:51.671 derives from the work that the J Rock 20:51.671 --> 20:55.130 does . Let me address the resources 20:55.130 --> 20:57.200 piece . First of all , uh staying 20:57.200 --> 21:00.070 focused really on the 24 budget . We 21:00.070 --> 21:02.090 work very hard to make sure we can 21:02.090 --> 21:04.460 defend the value the taxpayer and the 21:04.460 --> 21:06.650 war fighters gonna get from any dollar 21:06.650 --> 21:08.650 that we put in . We do not take for 21:08.650 --> 21:10.761 granted or take lightly the trust and 21:10.761 --> 21:12.817 confidence of the American people in 21:12.817 --> 21:14.928 making sure to support the defense of 21:14.928 --> 21:16.983 the nation . At the same time , they 21:16.983 --> 21:19.150 have an expectation that there's going 21:19.150 --> 21:21.094 to be defense of their interests . 21:21.094 --> 21:23.261 Should the time come that they need to 21:23.261 --> 21:25.372 deploy or employ us military forces ? 21:25.372 --> 21:27.594 And we want to make sure we can deliver 21:27.594 --> 21:27.510 that . So that's why we put such 21:27.510 --> 21:30.370 emphasis on making clear that the that 21:30.370 --> 21:33.510 the budget is strategy derived um less 21:33.510 --> 21:35.820 important to us as the input part , the 21:35.820 --> 21:38.120 top line that becomes the big issue 21:38.120 --> 21:40.176 inside the Washington debate often . 21:40.176 --> 21:42.009 But what we really care about is 21:42.009 --> 21:44.120 outcome . Can we deliver what we need 21:44.120 --> 21:46.287 to at the right time and place for the 21:46.287 --> 21:48.342 warfighter and do it in a way that's 21:48.342 --> 21:50.453 respectful of what the taxpayers have 21:50.453 --> 21:52.398 entrusted to us . Look , I've been 21:52.398 --> 21:54.620 around this um department a long time . 21:54.620 --> 21:56.620 There is no such thing as a no risk 21:56.620 --> 21:58.787 budget . We've never been able to have 21:58.787 --> 22:00.898 that . We are not a nation that lives 22:00.898 --> 22:02.953 in a no risk world , but what we owe 22:02.953 --> 22:05.064 and we believe we have delivered here 22:05.064 --> 22:08.510 is a very uh robust , ready , capable , 22:08.520 --> 22:10.687 combat , credible , capable force that 22:10.687 --> 22:12.853 can pace against that challenge of the 22:12.853 --> 22:15.200 P R C as I said today , tomorrow into 22:15.200 --> 22:17.390 the future , that's really our focus . 22:17.400 --> 22:19.567 Thank you . Next up , we'll go to Mike 22:19.567 --> 22:22.420 Stone Reuters . Reuters , you talk 22:22.420 --> 22:25.290 about Munitions that in some cases 22:25.300 --> 22:28.610 munitions are going up 20-plus% for 22:28.620 --> 22:32.080 specific uh missiles . NATO has 22:32.080 --> 22:34.660 revised up their stockpile targets . Is 22:34.660 --> 22:36.827 the United States also going to revise 22:36.827 --> 22:38.880 up stockpile targets for various 22:38.880 --> 22:42.840 munitions . Let me , uh , we assess 22:42.850 --> 22:44.683 what we need for ourselves . For 22:44.683 --> 22:46.900 munitions routinely . We do it against 22:46.910 --> 22:49.077 the way in which we think about how we 22:49.077 --> 22:51.132 fight for the future and against the 22:51.132 --> 22:53.243 real world world . Today demands that 22:53.243 --> 22:55.466 our combatant commands have to how they 22:55.466 --> 22:57.688 would operate with the forces that they 22:57.688 --> 22:59.799 have . I won't go into further detail 22:59.799 --> 22:59.650 there and I'll invite the vice chairman 22:59.650 --> 23:01.983 to make comments are focus on munitions . 23:01.983 --> 23:05.030 As I said , is really expanding out um 23:05.040 --> 23:06.960 our munitions supply base that 23:06.960 --> 23:09.182 industrial base that's both here in the 23:09.182 --> 23:10.904 United States and then working 23:10.904 --> 23:13.071 alongside allies and partners and then 23:13.071 --> 23:15.293 maxing out production against that with 23:15.293 --> 23:17.293 the Multiyear Procurement Authority 23:17.293 --> 23:19.127 that we now are able to use that 23:19.127 --> 23:21.580 Congress gave us in the last N D A . Um 23:21.590 --> 23:23.423 that allows us to put a lot more 23:23.423 --> 23:26.350 predictability into and stabilize um 23:26.350 --> 23:28.183 and keep warm if you will , that 23:28.183 --> 23:29.628 production base were very 32:34.260 --> 32:37.450 mix going forward . So amphibious 32:37.460 --> 32:39.682 capability is super important . There's 32:39.682 --> 32:41.738 a study underway and look forward to 32:41.738 --> 32:43.849 the results that the department maybe 32:43.849 --> 32:46.016 brings forward . Great . Thank you all 32:46.016 --> 32:46.120 that concludes our briefing for today .