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Today to discuss the army's fiscal year 

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24 budget request . The honorable Gabe 

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Camarillo , undersecretary of the army 

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and Major General Mark Bennett , the 

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director of the army budget will 

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provide you with an in depth overview 

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and then take a few questions . Please 

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hold all questions until the end and 

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until called upon to give us the 

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opportunity to get to microphone to you 

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before asking for transcription . 

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Please also state your name and your 

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news organization uh for the time that 

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we have , please limit to one question . 

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Um and we will also hold a media 

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roundtable for any questions that we 

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don't get to on this topic on Thursday , 

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March 16 . Well , well , you will have 

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the opportunity to ask additional 

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questions . We have 40 minutes total 

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for today's event . And gentlemen , the 

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floor is yours . Well , good afternoon , 

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everyone . It's great to be here with 

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all of you . I'm Gabe Camarillo , the 

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undersecretary of the army . And for 

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the second straight year in a row , I 

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get to do this rollout presentation 

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with Major General Mark Bennett , our 

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director of the army Budget office . So 

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if you can go to the next slide , 

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please , we're very pleased to be able 

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to roll out the fy 24 budget submission 

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which enables us to continue to 

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implement our national defense strategy 

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with a top line of 100 and 85 billion 

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overall for the army . The budget 

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submission enables us to do a couple of 

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different things at the same time . 

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First , we continue to implement the 

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NDS and transform the army to meet the 

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demands and requirements of large scale 

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combat operations and a shift to multi 

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domain operations . And it also enables 

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us to maintain a budget that's very 

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much driven by our strategy and the 

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priority set out by Secretary Austin 

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and Secretary of War meth . So first , 

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I point out on this point , people are 

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our top priority and our greatest asset . 

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So we're able to fund significant 

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investments to address our continued 

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challenge faced across all of D O D to 

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meet our recruiting goals and to help 

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invest in attracting the nation's best 

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talent to the army . There is a 

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significant emphasis in soldier housing , 

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both in barracks and in family housing , 

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significant investments in quality of 

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life and in access to child care . 

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Second , there's a key point in terms 

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of emphasizing readiness and 

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capabilities , defending the nation and 

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building deterrence . Uh First , we 

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fully fund all of our C T C rotations 

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and flying hours and we invest in key 

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exercises such as specific pathways and 

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defender Europe . And then of course , 

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we continue a lot of momentum on our 

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modernization strategy with continued 

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development and procurement of all of 

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our major programs while increasing our 

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overall investment in capabilities that 

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are relevant to the Indo Pacific long 

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range fires , air defense and deep 

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sensing , as well as logistics in a 

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contested environment . Next slide , 

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please . But it turned her over to 

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General Bennett . Thank you , honorable 

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Camarillo . Good afternoon . I'm major 

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General Mark Bennett and I am honored 

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to serve as the army's 32nd director of 

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the army budget . This slide shows the 

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comparison between last year's fy 23 

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presidents budget request to the 

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current fy 24 presidents budget request . 

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The 24 request resources , the army to 

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train , operate , sustain and modernize 

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the force . The army's fy 24 base 

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budget request is $185.5 billion an 

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increase of roughly $8 billion above 

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our 23 request . This total reflects 

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the combined resource requirements for 

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all three components , active U S Army 

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includes overseas operations costs . 

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Addressing the increases you see within 

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the R D T any increase . I will note 

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that 82% of the army's science and 

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technology budget is aligned to our top 

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modernization priorities . Two 

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significant examples of our R D T . Any 

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investment areas are 24 funding of a 

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billion dollars for the long range 

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hypersonic weapon to support the 

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further development and demonstration 

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of the prototype battery that will 

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provide the army , a strategic attack 

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weapon system to defeat anti access 

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area denial capabilities . There's also 

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funding of nearly a billion dollars , 

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$997 million dollars to support the 

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maturation of detailed design and 

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prototyping phases . With the 

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competition increased procurement 

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includes critical munitions for 

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combatant commanders such as the 

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precision strike missile at $584 

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million and the patriot missile segment 

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include the armored multi purpose 

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vehicle at $555 million mobile 

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protected firepower , $395 million and 

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the next generation squad weapon for 

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$293 million . The army continues as 

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well to invest in upgrading industrial 

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base facilities with over 1.5 billion 

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to meet the requirements of upcoming 

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next generation ammunition and 

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equipment Increased military 

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soldier housing and barracks which we 

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will talk more about later . Lastly 

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included in this budget is a 5.2% pay 

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raise , which is the highest in 20 

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years for our military and for our 

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civilian employees . 40 years increases 

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for housing and subsistence allowances 

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for our soldiers and their families are 

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included as well . Honorable Camarillo 

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back to you . Thanks next slide , 

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please . So just briefly wanted to 

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highlight as the army continues to 

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transform to the army of 2030 . Engaged 

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in multi domain operations as part of 

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our national defense strategy . There 

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are a couple of highlights we'd like to 

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flag as part of the fy 24 budget , you 

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know , first as our continued 

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investment in key capabilities that are 

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ramping up in fy 24 deep sensing , 

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significant investments in Titan in 

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Haiti's 100 and 42 million uh first for 

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Titan and 100 and 91 million for 

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Haiti's respectively . Long range fires , 

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continued development of our mid range 

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capability , long range hypersonic 

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weapon . As general Bennett just said 

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an increment , one of our precision 

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strike missile , as well as continued 

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development of prisms capabilities , 

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air defense to protect all of our joint 

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forces in any theater . Significant 

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investments in if pick em show rod and 

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counter us with the latter being 400 

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million integrated air and missile 

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defense , 697 million M sure at 

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mention the significant investment in 

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our major modernization programs like 

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modernization as well as significant 

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investments as I mentioned earlier in 

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contested logistics . But how does this 

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come together ? We develop capabilities 

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that's how we actually fight and 

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significant effort and ground will be 

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our first multi domain task force to 

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full design with long range fires are S 

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partnership capacity around the world , 

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the development of watercraft companies 

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and cyberwarfare detachments to name a 

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few . And we wanted to also mention 

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that there is investment within the fy 

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24 budget to build and develop skills 

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that we need . Particularly . For 

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example , data science to access and 

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unlock data and technical skills to 

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help us drive interoperability with our 

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So as we said , people are number one 

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priority . And as we looked ahead and 

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we talked last year at the budget 

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rollout about and strength and the 

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uncertain recruiting environment . We 

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wanted to flag where we are in the fy 

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choose and nor are we selecting to 

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choose to reduce the size of the army 

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in the fy 24 submission . We do plan an 

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active duty and strength . We 

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programmed against the requirement of 

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452,000 , but this really reflects our 

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desire over the fight up to build our 

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end strength . But there are 

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significant uncertainties regarding the 

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recruiting market . As Secretary warmth 

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has said in many instances , it did not 

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take one year to get into this 

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situation . It will take several years 

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across the department and facing a 

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historic recruiting challenge and we 

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levers and undertaking a significant 

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number of reforms , all of which are 

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resourced in the FY 24 budget to help 

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based on our projections of where we 

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think we will be . But that's two years 

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amount of uncertainty and we will 

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continue to update those numbers both 

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with Congress and our stakeholders as 

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we continue to get closer to execution . 

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what we're doing in the fy 24 budget as 

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it relates to recruiting . So we are 

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fundamentally improving our recruiting 

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enterprise , which we've begun already 

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and we continue to fund efforts to 

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train our recruiters to ensure that 

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they're placed in those markets where 

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they can have the greatest impact , 

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giving them the best tools , utilizing 

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incentives like our soldier referral 

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program , creating targeted incentives 

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for potential recruits such as a duty 

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station of choice and our various 

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recruiting bonuses that we've been 

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employing since last year . 

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population is a significant part of our 

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efforts to drive and build our 

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recruiting performance . And so we 

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fully fund in the fy 24 budget , our 

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marketing and advertising efforts and 

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requirements and we also fund emphasis 

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in select markets such as key 16 cities 

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that are gonna help us drive 

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performance , not only in fy 24 but 

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also in the year preceding it , that 

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we're currently executing it . But 

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again , it will take time . I do want 

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to emphasize to get there . This is not 

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going to be done overnight and this is 

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something that we see happening across 

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the entire Department of Defense to all 

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the services . We will continue to 

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innovate and experiment with ways to 

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improve our recruiting performance 

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overall . But this is what we're 

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funding in the FY 24 budget . Next 

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could , I just want to also mention the 

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future soldier prep course , we are 

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funding expansion of that . As you know , 

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it's going from Fort Jackson to Fort 

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Benning . We will continue to use that 

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pilot as a model for a way to invest in 

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America's youth , whether it's academic 

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skills or meeting physical standards . 

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success in the number of potential 

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recruits that are graduating from the 

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program a little bit over 3700 so far 

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expand , it will continue to track the 

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data on it , but that program is funded 

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emphasize something that Secretary 

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publicly is that if we want to be able 

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to be uh an employer of choice , if we 

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want to recruit and attract and retain 

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the nation's best talent , we also need 

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to make significant investments in 

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quality of life and in housing , not 

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just for families , but also for 

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individual soldiers and barracks . And 

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increase in emphasis in these areas of 

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investment with five new barracks , 

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barracks projects projected in Fy 24 at 

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287.5 million . And those include 

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projects at Fort Wainwright Joint Base 

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Massachusetts . And these are of course , 

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just the ones that are entering into 

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the milk on phase , significant 

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investment in planning and design for 

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other projects across the portfolio . 

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It is really part of an overall 10 year 

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strategy to invest $10 billion over 

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time to upgrade and address uh you know , 

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housing and infrastructure debt across 

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the army . I'll turn over to general 

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benefit some more specifics . Thank you 

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sir . Our family housing program in fy 

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24 includes two projects at Kwajalein 

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Atoll and the bomb holder Germany for 

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100 and $77.3 million as well as to 

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equity investments at Fort Gordon and 

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Fort Leonard Wood . Army leadership is 

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also focused on expanding child care 

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and there are several initiatives that 

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are aimed at improving the recruitment 

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and retention of child care center 

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providers through an entry level pay 

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raise increase to $17.34 an hour 

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providing a 50% employee childcare 

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discount as well as annual retention 

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bonuses . The army has also planned to 

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invest over $200 million in future 

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child development center facilities and 

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youth centers over the next several 

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years . Next slide secretary 

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warmest , one of our key priorities is 

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to build positive command climates at 

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scale , taking care of our people . As 

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Secretary Austin has said , is our 

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number one priority and we have done a 

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lot in the fy 24 budget to be able to 

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drive that change that we want to see . 

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First and foremost , continued 

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investment in strengthening our efforts 

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to prevent sexual assault anywhere in 

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the army and to respond to it with $290 

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million that addresses our ability to 

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hire prevention expertise across our 

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installations to help advance our 

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prevention strategies to prevent 

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harmful behaviors . And also to 

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implement some of the reforms that were 

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legislated by Congress in the N D A and 

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recommended as part of Secretary 

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Austin's Independent Review Commission 

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on sexual assault prevention . So for 

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example , we're fully implementing the 

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Office of Special Trial Counsel , which 

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kicks in at the very end of 2023 

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suicide prevention measures are also 

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fully funded in this particular budget 

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to include expanding access to 

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behavioral health as much as we 

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possibly can . To ensure that we're re 

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sourcing suicide prevention training 

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for leaders that will help identify 

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harmful behaviors before they become a 

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challenge . And then also of course , 

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investing in how we're selecting and 

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building our leaders to make sure that 

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whether it's the B CAP or C CAP program 

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to be able to identify the right leader 

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for the right assignment moving forward . 

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Also , I'll note there's investment in 

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M W R to help build some of the 

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positive command climates and 

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assistance to help place spouse 

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employment and address some of those 

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gaps that we have on our installations . 

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Next slide , I mentioned very early 

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on that we fully fund readiness in this 

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budget R C T C rotations and flying 

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hours . And I'll let General Bennett 

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give you some of the specifics . Thanks , 

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sir . We plan to conduct 22 combat 

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training center rotations in fy 20 for 

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the same number in fy 23 that include 

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two for the National Guard and two 

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exportable rotations conducted in 

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Hawaii and Alaska . Over 100 and 40,000 

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soldiers will participate in our 

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worldwide exercise program including 30 

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and by training , supporting our 

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campaigning by training and over 100 

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and 15 exercises including 33 of those 

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in the Pacific . We will continue to 

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implement our regionally armed Alliance 

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readiness and modernization program 

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which seeks to balance the building of 

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readiness and modernization of our 

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formations and supports the transition 

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to a division centric army . There is 

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an increase of 14% in funding for our 

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preposition stocks that get utilized in 

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our exercises as well as real world 

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mission support . And there are several 

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facilities projects aimed at improving 

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our total army readiness with 

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investments in garden reserve readiness 

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centers , maintenance facilities , 

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instructional facilities and water and 

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utilities in Hawaii . Next slide , 

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please . So I talked earlier about 

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significant continuity year over year 

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in our modernization strategy . And I 

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think you'll see that once you read the 

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details of our Fy 24 budget submission , 

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I'd like to note that we are delivering 

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and , and continuing to build momentum 

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on our programs to include several I 

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point out here . First unit equipped 

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for mid range capability is planned 

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within fy 20 for delivery of counter 

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small U S M lids prototypes in the 

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third quarter , prism increment one 

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continuing to develop to deliver 

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prototypes in the fourth quarter of Fy 

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24 army integrated air and missile 

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defense fielding in the 1st 1st half of 

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the year in Fy 24 as well as the next 

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generation squad weapon with first unit 

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equipped in the second quarter of Fy 20 

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for all , demonstrate that we're 

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continuing to build significant 

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momentum in this particular effort . Uh 

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there are procurement quantities of 

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note in this particular budget as we 

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continue to invest in programs that are 

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in full rate to include and be 191 in 

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terms of the quantity JLTV 

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1753 . And then of course , continued 

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procurement of PAC three in terms of 

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size 230 that fully make use of our 

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investments and production capacity in 

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the industrial base , significant 

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quantities for a whole host of other 

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programs , all of which I won't list 

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here , but I will say that across the 

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board over fy 20 three's budget 

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submission , you see an increase in 

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investor R D T and E and procurement . 

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I'll turn over to General Bennett for 

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some more details . I'll talk some more 

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on the program investments which 

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include developing a resilient tactical 

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network that includes 13,701 H M S 

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radios consisting of 5465 of the leader 

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and 8236 of the man pack variants . 

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This also addresses are crypto 

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requirements . We're gonna purchase 

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34,221 low cost tactical radio 

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replacements which replaces our cigars 

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system as well as 2,241 high frequency 

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radios . Lastly , the mobile protected 

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firepower for the second lot of 33 low 

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rate initial production vehicles which 

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will provide two company sets of mps 

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for fielding next slide , please . 

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So it's no secret that is part of our 

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national defense strategy . The pacing 

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challenge is in the Indo Pacific region 

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and we wanted to highlight some of the 

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significant investments that we're 

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making in our fy 24 budget submission 

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that are aligned to that pacing 

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challenge . As Secretary Warmth has 

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also said in many cases , were , were 

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fully funding our efforts to do three 

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things in the Pacific first . It's to 

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build deterrence as part of the joint 

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force and we're supporting those 

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efforts to build capability and 

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partnerships with allies and partners 

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throughout the throughout the region to 

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include investments in our security 

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force assistance brigades . The train 

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with over 12 countries in the Pacific 

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this last year and fully funding our 

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exercises like Pacific pathways and 

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development of the J P M R C for 

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coalition based training both in Hawaii 

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and Alaska as the Linchpin Force as 

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part of the joint force in the Pacific . 

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We are supporting the joint force 

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ability to establish potential hubs of 

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operation in the region and defending 

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it through investments in integrated 

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air and missile defense such as patriot 

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if pick and others . Secondly , we're 

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enabling ground based long range fires 

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and deep sensing capabilities to go 

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with it . As part of the Pacific . 

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You'll see a significant investment in 

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the fy 24 budget related to that . As 

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General Bennett has pointed out 

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significant investments in long range 

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hypersonic weapons , the continued 

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fielding of R M R C capability and the 

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ongoing development of our prism 

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precision strike missile capability as 

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well . And then third , sustaining the 

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force through contested logistics in 

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this particular area . So what you'll 

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see in the fy 24 budget includes 

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investment in watercraft to include the 

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maneuver support vessel , light and 

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heavy , various enablers to support 

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contested logistics operations such as 

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fuel distribution and storage systems 

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and other investments in army 

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preposition stock alternative General 

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Bennett for any other detail . I would 

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note that the 33 exercises in The 

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Pacific are the highest number of the 

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army's total program in fy 24 of 115 

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programs . Um I'll also note the L 

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TIMES investment of 100 I'm sorry , 

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$384 million to provide three 

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sensors . Sir . Back to you , please . 

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As we all saw last year with the acute 

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threat of Russian aggression and the 

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invasion of Ukraine . Obviously , this 

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tremendous support for the Ukrainians 

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through drawdown assistance . The 

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administration has made a significant 

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effort and I'm proud to say that the 

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army has played a leading role in that . 

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One of the things that we are working 

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through , not only in the base budget 

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but also with Congress to support 

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through supplementals is investing in 

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the resupply , particularly the area of 

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critical munitions . So I wanted to 

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talk just a little bit about what the 

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FY 24 budget does . You know in 

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addition to the supplementals which are 

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not part of the fy 24 ask obviously , 

551
00:20:04,722 --> 00:20:06,722
and significant investment that has 

552
00:20:06,722 --> 00:20:08,889
been made there , not just to buy back 

553
00:20:08,889 --> 00:20:10,833
these munitions , but also in many 

554
00:20:10,833 --> 00:20:13,000
cases to invest and enhance production 

555
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,167
capacity in the industrial base , were 

556
00:20:15,167 --> 00:20:17,222
able to take advantage of that as we 

557
00:20:17,222 --> 00:20:19,389
put together the fy 24 budget . So for 

558
00:20:19,389 --> 00:20:21,222
example , you'll see significant 

559
00:20:21,222 --> 00:20:23,278
investment in procurement of patriot 

560
00:20:23,278 --> 00:20:25,500
and Tomahawk missile quantities , fully 

561
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,667
taking advantage over time investments 

562
00:20:27,667 --> 00:20:29,556
that have been made in production 

563
00:20:29,556 --> 00:20:31,389
capacity . Gim Lear's is another 

564
00:20:31,389 --> 00:20:33,444
example with 942 million in the base 

565
00:20:33,444 --> 00:20:36,340
budget , 155 ammo , 

566
00:20:36,350 --> 00:20:39,600
221 million just in the base budget 

567
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,433
alone , that will be paired with 

568
00:20:41,433 --> 00:20:43,656
additional funds that were used or that 

569
00:20:43,656 --> 00:20:45,989
were appropriated through supplementals . 

570
00:20:45,989 --> 00:20:48,044
And then of course , next generation 

571
00:20:48,044 --> 00:20:50,156
squad weapon ammunition , 191 million 

572
00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,930
we are pursuing as part of the 

573
00:20:52,940 --> 00:20:55,190
department wide effort , enhanced 

574
00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:57,870
multiyear procurement authority uh in 

575
00:20:57,870 --> 00:21:00,970
fy 24 on selected programs . At this 

576
00:21:00,970 --> 00:21:03,137
point , we are not prepared to be able 

577
00:21:03,137 --> 00:21:05,248
to identify which ones they are , but 

578
00:21:05,248 --> 00:21:07,359
we are working our way through that . 

579
00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,470
And certainly we hope to have more on 

580
00:21:09,470 --> 00:21:11,470
that as we are able to work through 

581
00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:13,581
those that particular process . But I 

582
00:21:13,581 --> 00:21:15,820
would note also that fy 24 base budget 

583
00:21:15,830 --> 00:21:18,380
also includes significant investment in 

584
00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:20,380
the organic industrial base . Now , 

585
00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:22,102
some of this was funded in the 

586
00:21:22,102 --> 00:21:24,970
supplementals in Fy 22 Fy 23 . But in 

587
00:21:24,970 --> 00:21:27,192
addition , we do have money in the base 

588
00:21:27,192 --> 00:21:29,359
budget because we were able to develop 

589
00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:31,760
before the Ukrainian invasion . A long 

590
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,660
term 10 year organic industrial base 

591
00:21:34,670 --> 00:21:37,090
modernization strategy by which we were 

592
00:21:37,090 --> 00:21:39,200
able to pull projects forward . When 

593
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,478
some were funded from the supplemental . 

594
00:21:41,478 --> 00:21:43,589
We had the next wave of projects that 

595
00:21:43,589 --> 00:21:45,700
will drive production capacity Across 

596
00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,589
the industrial base , ready to be 

597
00:21:47,589 --> 00:21:49,478
funded into the base budget . And 

598
00:21:49,478 --> 00:21:51,589
you'll see here , it's 1.5 billion in 

599
00:21:51,589 --> 00:21:53,756
the FY 24 base that goes towards those 

600
00:21:53,756 --> 00:21:55,533
investments taken together with 

601
00:21:55,533 --> 00:21:57,867
significant help with the supplementals . 

602
00:21:57,867 --> 00:21:59,922
We see that we are driving long-term 

603
00:21:59,922 --> 00:22:01,922
stability , predictability and most 

604
00:22:01,922 --> 00:22:04,089
importantly capacity in the industrial 

605
00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:07,480
base over time . You know , 

606
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,820
the next one , next slide is a key 

607
00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:13,760
issue in terms of army digital 

608
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,220
transformation . There's no secret that 

609
00:22:16,220 --> 00:22:18,331
if we're going to be able to fight to 

610
00:22:18,331 --> 00:22:20,498
perform multi domain operations and to 

611
00:22:20,498 --> 00:22:22,720
execute the national defense strategy , 

612
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,720
we have to be able to unlock data , 

613
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,942
ensure that we have the right skills in 

614
00:22:26,942 --> 00:22:29,164
place and to develop the right tools at 

615
00:22:29,164 --> 00:22:31,053
the at the pace that we need them 

616
00:22:31,053 --> 00:22:32,942
moving forward . There has been a 

617
00:22:32,942 --> 00:22:35,164
concerted effort over this last year to 

618
00:22:35,164 --> 00:22:37,331
relook our entire network spend across 

619
00:22:37,331 --> 00:22:39,664
the army through a series of capability , 

620
00:22:39,664 --> 00:22:41,776
portfolio reviews . And what that did 

621
00:22:41,776 --> 00:22:43,720
was allow us to align our FY20 for 

622
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,887
investments in a way that will help us 

623
00:22:45,887 --> 00:22:48,109
to achieve foundational gains to enable 

624
00:22:48,109 --> 00:22:49,720
us to accelerate our digital 

625
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,776
transformation . That includes , for 

626
00:22:51,776 --> 00:22:53,998
example , key investments in zero trust 

627
00:22:53,998 --> 00:22:56,550
implementation of 439 million in a much 

628
00:22:56,550 --> 00:22:58,520
more concerted way to be able to 

629
00:22:58,530 --> 00:23:00,641
effectuate the department strategy to 

630
00:23:00,641 --> 00:23:02,863
get at zero trust and higher security , 

631
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,930
unlocking data , significant investment 

632
00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:08,240
in the cloud , our transition to cloud 

633
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,462
for certain key applications as well as 

634
00:23:10,462 --> 00:23:12,684
efforts to unlock our data through data 

635
00:23:12,684 --> 00:23:15,560
platforms , upgrading user experience . 

636
00:23:15,570 --> 00:23:17,681
We've all heard about fix my computer 

637
00:23:17,790 --> 00:23:20,050
and there is in the fy 24 budget , 

638
00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:22,080
significant investment in order to 

639
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:23,810
retire technical debt that has 

640
00:23:23,810 --> 00:23:26,160
accumulated over many years across the 

641
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,430
D O D , but certainly within the army 

642
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,850
to upgrade user experience and also 

643
00:23:30,850 --> 00:23:33,017
experiment with pilots that might make 

644
00:23:33,017 --> 00:23:35,410
it easier for soldiers and civilians in 

645
00:23:35,410 --> 00:23:37,466
the army to be able to use the right 

646
00:23:37,466 --> 00:23:39,250
tools in a way that that's very 

647
00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,194
effective for them . And to that I 

648
00:23:41,194 --> 00:23:43,306
would mention is bring the bring your 

649
00:23:43,306 --> 00:23:45,139
own device pilot and the virtual 

650
00:23:45,139 --> 00:23:47,680
desktop interface . Secondly , I point 

651
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,902
out that we continue to experiment with 

652
00:23:49,902 --> 00:23:51,902
artificial intelligence and machine 

653
00:23:51,902 --> 00:23:53,680
learning uh in our war fighting 

654
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,402
capabilities as also on on our 

655
00:23:55,402 --> 00:23:57,960
enterprise side in how we do business 

656
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,960
and back office operations . 283 

657
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,820
million of investment in this 

658
00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:05,380
particular area , significant 

659
00:24:05,380 --> 00:24:08,210
investment , 639 million in crypto 

660
00:24:08,210 --> 00:24:09,932
modernization , compliance and 

661
00:24:09,932 --> 00:24:11,877
modernization to ensure that we're 

662
00:24:11,877 --> 00:24:14,099
fully compliant with EN ESA standards . 

663
00:24:14,430 --> 00:24:16,541
And then of course , there are funded 

664
00:24:16,541 --> 00:24:18,763
investments to upscale our workforce to 

665
00:24:18,763 --> 00:24:21,097
bring in software development expertise , 

666
00:24:21,097 --> 00:24:23,152
uh cyber expertise within the army . 

667
00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:25,412
And to ensure that we've got people who 

668
00:24:25,412 --> 00:24:27,523
have an understanding of the types of 

669
00:24:27,523 --> 00:24:29,690
best practices that industry employees 

670
00:24:29,690 --> 00:24:31,857
to help us steer and guide our efforts 

671
00:24:31,857 --> 00:24:35,630
within the army . Next slide , turn 

672
00:24:35,630 --> 00:24:38,800
back over to General Bennett . This 

673
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,170
chart list select procurement programs 

674
00:24:41,170 --> 00:24:43,392
and they requested quantities highlight 

675
00:24:43,392 --> 00:24:45,503
a few programs or items that were not 

676
00:24:45,503 --> 00:24:47,503
mentioned before . Um The precision 

677
00:24:47,503 --> 00:24:49,726
strike munition double investment there 

678
00:24:49,726 --> 00:24:51,670
of 384 million in the missiles for 

679
00:24:51,670 --> 00:24:53,781
procuring 100 and 10 of those as well 

680
00:24:53,781 --> 00:24:55,892
as 273 million and continued research 

681
00:24:55,892 --> 00:24:57,670
development and , and technical 

682
00:24:57,670 --> 00:24:59,790
evaluation . Our procurement of two 

683
00:24:59,790 --> 00:25:02,410
launchers and 58 new block five 

684
00:25:02,410 --> 00:25:04,466
tactical tomahawks for our mid range 

685
00:25:04,466 --> 00:25:06,632
capability system . And along with the 

686
00:25:06,632 --> 00:25:08,854
list of N G S W rifles that will enable 

687
00:25:08,854 --> 00:25:10,966
the field into two B C T s . In Fy 24 

688
00:25:10,966 --> 00:25:12,910
we do plan to procure 100 and five 

689
00:25:12,910 --> 00:25:15,100
million rounds for the four N G S W 

690
00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:18,180
ammo variants . Next is our facilities . 

691
00:25:22,010 --> 00:25:24,177
The army's facilities , infrastructure 

692
00:25:24,177 --> 00:25:26,454
is a critical aspect of army readiness . 

693
00:25:26,454 --> 00:25:28,454
We spoke with you earlier about our 

694
00:25:28,454 --> 00:25:30,510
several efforts aimed to improve our 

695
00:25:30,510 --> 00:25:32,732
barracks and family housing Provided to 

696
00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:34,899
our soldiers and families . The Army's 

697
00:25:34,899 --> 00:25:34,810
FY 20 for military construction and 

698
00:25:34,810 --> 00:25:36,643
family housing budget request is 

699
00:25:36,643 --> 00:25:38,477
roughly 900 million above the 23 

700
00:25:38,477 --> 00:25:41,100
request . However , the 23 enacted 

701
00:25:41,100 --> 00:25:42,933
level includes over a billion in 

702
00:25:42,933 --> 00:25:45,156
additional one time project funding and 

703
00:25:45,156 --> 00:25:47,378
over 868 million additional funding for 

704
00:25:47,378 --> 00:25:49,600
rising costs of complete expenses . The 

705
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,711
army is experiencing and appreciative 

706
00:25:51,711 --> 00:25:53,878
of the Congress's support . The army's 

707
00:25:53,878 --> 00:25:55,767
24 milk on request of 2.8 billion 

708
00:25:55,767 --> 00:25:57,822
addresses , family housing readiness 

709
00:25:57,822 --> 00:25:59,989
and modernization needs to include the 

710
00:25:59,989 --> 00:25:59,980
287 million we mentioned for the five 

711
00:25:59,980 --> 00:26:02,840
barracks , 100 and 97 million for eight 

712
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,951
readiness centers , seven of those in 

713
00:26:04,951 --> 00:26:07,007
the National Guard , one in the Army 

714
00:26:07,007 --> 00:26:09,400
Reserve . 95 million for five Army 

715
00:26:09,410 --> 00:26:11,354
Reserve National Guard maintenance 

716
00:26:11,354 --> 00:26:13,490
facilities . 100 and 32 million for 

717
00:26:13,490 --> 00:26:15,712
five range improvements . Four of those 

718
00:26:15,712 --> 00:26:17,768
in the active component , one at the 

719
00:26:17,768 --> 00:26:20,700
National Guard , 100 and 63 million for 

720
00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:22,867
a state of the art cyber instructional 

721
00:26:22,867 --> 00:26:25,660
classroom facility at Fort Gordon . 56 

722
00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:28,080
million for 303 100,000 gallon water 

723
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,570
storage tank at the Alley Manu military 

724
00:26:30,570 --> 00:26:33,730
reservation in Hawaii . And 305 million 

725
00:26:33,730 --> 00:26:35,952
for the family housing projects at bomb 

726
00:26:35,952 --> 00:26:38,063
holder and Kwajalein , as well as the 

727
00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:39,952
equity investments . Lastly , the 

728
00:26:39,952 --> 00:26:41,619
army's BRAC funding request . 

729
00:26:41,619 --> 00:26:43,508
Supporters supports environmental 

730
00:26:43,508 --> 00:26:45,619
cleanup restoration and conveyance of 

731
00:26:45,619 --> 00:26:47,397
excess properties and locations 

732
00:26:47,397 --> 00:26:49,619
designated under previous backgrounds . 

733
00:26:49,619 --> 00:26:51,452
The roughly 150 million in fy 24 

734
00:26:51,452 --> 00:26:53,563
requested funding keeps those planned 

735
00:26:53,563 --> 00:26:55,619
cleanup efforts on track . Thank you 

736
00:26:55,619 --> 00:26:57,619
and I will now turn it back over to 

737
00:26:57,619 --> 00:26:57,230
honorable Camarillo for his closing 

738
00:26:57,230 --> 00:26:59,174
comments . I just want to close by 

739
00:26:59,174 --> 00:27:01,174
saying that , you know , we're very 

740
00:27:01,174 --> 00:27:02,841
pleased with the Fy 24 budget 

741
00:27:02,841 --> 00:27:05,008
submission . It enables us , as I said 

742
00:27:05,008 --> 00:27:07,290
earlier to continue our momentum on the 

743
00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:09,720
modernization programs , fully fund our 

744
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,980
efforts to address recruiting and to 

745
00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:13,758
effectuate the national defense 

746
00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:15,980
strategy . So with that , we're looking 

747
00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:19,390
forward to your questions . Okay , 

748
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,956
let's start here . Ashley . 

749
00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:30,063
Hi , Ashley Burke with breaking defense . 

750
00:27:31,470 --> 00:27:35,390
Okay . Um I wanted to 

751
00:27:35,390 --> 00:27:37,800
go back to the multi year . Um You know , 

752
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,911
some buys . Um I understand you don't 

753
00:27:39,911 --> 00:27:41,800
want to talk about it but OSD has 

754
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,911
already disclosed that it is gamblers 

755
00:27:43,911 --> 00:27:46,078
and patriot . And I want to clarify if 

756
00:27:46,078 --> 00:27:48,133
that's patriot launcher or munitions 

757
00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:50,244
and to see what the sticking point is 

758
00:27:50,244 --> 00:27:52,467
for the army , um you know , working to 

759
00:27:52,467 --> 00:27:54,578
get the multi years when the navy and 

760
00:27:54,578 --> 00:27:56,578
the air force had been able to move 

761
00:27:56,578 --> 00:27:58,689
forward with some of theirs . Um When 

762
00:27:58,689 --> 00:28:00,800
the , I'm sorry , can you repeat that 

763
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:01,800
last part ? 

764
00:28:03,210 --> 00:28:06,380
There's an administrative process to 

765
00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:08,602
just get through the paperwork with O M 

766
00:28:08,602 --> 00:28:10,269
B and we're in the process of 

767
00:28:10,269 --> 00:28:12,491
finalizing that . So I think as soon as 

768
00:28:12,491 --> 00:28:14,658
we have a little bit more details , in 

769
00:28:14,658 --> 00:28:16,713
terms of all of the exhibits will be 

770
00:28:16,713 --> 00:28:18,658
able to share all of that with you 

771
00:28:20,250 --> 00:28:21,250
three 

772
00:28:27,050 --> 00:28:30,470
if you're dumb . Okay , Jeff , 

773
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,100
Thank you . The budget shows increase 

774
00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:38,156
in funding for munitions but when it 

775
00:28:38,156 --> 00:28:40,044
comes to give blurs , the army is 

776
00:28:40,044 --> 00:28:42,310
purchasing about 1000 less than it did 

777
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,900
in fiscal 23 and the army's purchasing 

778
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:47,650
fewer javelins . Does the army expect 

779
00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:50,130
that it will need supplementals this in 

780
00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:52,200
fiscal 24 to buy more gamblers , 

781
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,260
javelins and other critical munitions . 

782
00:28:55,430 --> 00:28:57,430
So the hard constraint that we have 

783
00:28:57,430 --> 00:28:59,652
here is production capacity which we're 

784
00:28:59,652 --> 00:29:01,319
also investing in through the 

785
00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:03,541
supplementals . But the hard ceiling if 

786
00:29:03,541 --> 00:29:06,300
you will is what can the vendor produce 

787
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:09,010
year over year ? So that is funded 

788
00:29:09,010 --> 00:29:10,899
through a combination of our base 

789
00:29:10,899 --> 00:29:13,066
budget and prior yourself Because even 

790
00:29:13,066 --> 00:29:15,121
though the money was appropriated as 

791
00:29:15,121 --> 00:29:17,343
supplemental , for example , in Fy 23 , 

792
00:29:17,343 --> 00:29:19,399
it will be executed over a couple of 

793
00:29:19,399 --> 00:29:19,100
years just given the production 

794
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,878
capacity increase . But the key 

795
00:29:20,878 --> 00:29:22,989
takeaway for you is we're making full 

796
00:29:22,989 --> 00:29:25,044
use of that production capacity year 

797
00:29:25,044 --> 00:29:29,010
over year . No , no , no , they're 

798
00:29:29,010 --> 00:29:31,121
producing a certain quantity which is 

799
00:29:31,121 --> 00:29:33,177
the maximum they can produce . We're 

800
00:29:33,177 --> 00:29:35,288
funding up to that quantity through a 

801
00:29:35,288 --> 00:29:37,454
combination of either the supplemental 

802
00:29:37,454 --> 00:29:39,454
and the base budget . If that makes 

803
00:29:39,454 --> 00:29:43,430
sense . John Johnson . Hi , John Judson 

804
00:29:43,430 --> 00:29:46,390
with defense news . Um I saw in the big 

805
00:29:46,390 --> 00:29:49,430
book here , uh directed energy maneuver , 

806
00:29:49,430 --> 00:29:51,660
short range air defense um the 50 

807
00:29:51,660 --> 00:29:53,660
kilowatt on the striker and it says 

808
00:29:53,660 --> 00:29:57,290
that uh it funds in fy 20 for delivery 

809
00:29:57,290 --> 00:30:00,440
at the end of fy 24 . Um Now I thought 

810
00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:02,950
that the 50 kilowatt on a striker was 

811
00:30:02,950 --> 00:30:04,950
supposed to be delivered , actually 

812
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,022
Should have been delivered maybe by now 

813
00:30:08,022 --> 00:30:10,300
to the first platoon to the first unit . 

814
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,930
So can you talk about what this means ? 

815
00:30:12,940 --> 00:30:15,230
Um are you on track with the 50 kW 

816
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:18,150
striker or has it been delayed for 

817
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:20,317
whatever reason ? Um if you could just 

818
00:30:20,317 --> 00:30:22,428
provide a little more clarity on what 

819
00:30:22,428 --> 00:30:24,594
all this means here , um I'll let mark 

820
00:30:24,594 --> 00:30:26,261
fish it out , but I think the 

821
00:30:26,261 --> 00:30:28,317
difference is just the delivery of a 

822
00:30:28,317 --> 00:30:30,317
prototype to go into testing versus 

823
00:30:30,317 --> 00:30:30,150
kind of issuing with a unit . But I'm 

824
00:30:30,150 --> 00:30:32,483
gonna let mark kind of find the numbers . 

825
00:30:32,570 --> 00:30:34,737
Yeah , it's um um let's show them to , 

826
00:30:34,737 --> 00:30:36,792
to ensure a d prototypes at Yuma and 

827
00:30:36,792 --> 00:30:38,640
testing to more prototypes to be 

828
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,200
delivered in 23 as well . So it's not 

829
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,367
that the program is delayed . Just got 

830
00:30:43,367 --> 00:30:45,533
to go through the testing paces before 

831
00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:47,367
it gets fielded . Steve Bannon . 

832
00:30:49,190 --> 00:30:51,357
Steve Bannon military dot com . As I'm 

833
00:30:51,357 --> 00:30:53,579
looking at your barracks projects and , 

834
00:30:53,579 --> 00:30:55,134
you know , there's a lot of 

835
00:30:55,134 --> 00:30:54,920
installations that , that need new 

836
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,142
barracks . Understand you can't do them 

837
00:30:57,142 --> 00:30:59,364
all at once . But can you talk a little 

838
00:30:59,364 --> 00:31:01,531
bit about how you triage that ? Um And 

839
00:31:01,531 --> 00:31:03,587
also I'm sure I'm reading it wrong , 

840
00:31:03,587 --> 00:31:03,190
but the book and the slides have 

841
00:31:03,190 --> 00:31:04,857
completely different barracks 

842
00:31:04,857 --> 00:31:07,023
construction numbers , if you can kind 

843
00:31:07,023 --> 00:31:09,190
of clarify that . Sure , I'll let Mark 

844
00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:08,900
speak to the numbers . But you know , 

845
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,122
we do have a facilities investment plan 

846
00:31:11,122 --> 00:31:13,120
that's basically a one to end list 

847
00:31:13,130 --> 00:31:15,186
based on a variety of factors that's 

848
00:31:15,186 --> 00:31:17,297
run by the Army Material Command . It 

849
00:31:17,297 --> 00:31:19,463
factors in life , health and safety is 

850
00:31:19,463 --> 00:31:21,574
obviously our top priorities , age of 

851
00:31:21,574 --> 00:31:23,463
the installation , you know , the 

852
00:31:23,463 --> 00:31:25,519
number of people that use it a whole 

853
00:31:25,519 --> 00:31:24,990
host of factors . You know , there are 

854
00:31:24,990 --> 00:31:26,990
environmental conditions where for 

855
00:31:26,990 --> 00:31:29,930
example , there are more likelihood of 

856
00:31:29,940 --> 00:31:31,829
finding mold , for example , in a 

857
00:31:31,829 --> 00:31:33,940
particular barracks facility . So all 

858
00:31:33,940 --> 00:31:36,051
of those come into play to allow that 

859
00:31:36,051 --> 00:31:38,218
one to endless , to get developed , it 

860
00:31:38,218 --> 00:31:40,440
is refined continuously over time . And 

861
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,273
as we build our budget , we look 

862
00:31:42,273 --> 00:31:44,496
through it as we put together the fy 24 

863
00:31:44,496 --> 00:31:46,718
base budget , it's informed by a couple 

864
00:31:46,718 --> 00:31:48,829
of different factors first , what was 

865
00:31:48,829 --> 00:31:50,773
funded in fy 23 . And there were , 

866
00:31:50,773 --> 00:31:50,430
there were some projects that were 

867
00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:52,541
funded in the base budget , some that 

868
00:31:52,541 --> 00:31:54,652
were funded through congressional ads 

869
00:31:54,652 --> 00:31:56,874
and those are executing . In addition , 

870
00:31:56,874 --> 00:31:58,930
which projects are ready in terms of 

871
00:31:58,930 --> 00:32:01,041
shovel readiness because the planning 

872
00:32:01,041 --> 00:32:03,374
and Has been done , they're ready to go . 

873
00:32:03,374 --> 00:32:03,070
And so I think we look at that subset 

874
00:32:03,070 --> 00:32:05,126
to figure out what we can put in the 

875
00:32:05,126 --> 00:32:07,237
base budget that's based , you know , 

876
00:32:07,237 --> 00:32:07,070
that's , that's ready to go from that 

877
00:32:07,070 --> 00:32:09,181
perspective . So , mark , if you want 

878
00:32:09,181 --> 00:32:11,292
to speak to the numbers , yeah , I'll 

879
00:32:11,292 --> 00:32:13,514
have to check that . I don't know which 

880
00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:13,130
figure referring to in there but our 

881
00:32:13,130 --> 00:32:15,560
barracks projects to the 207.5 million 

882
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,290
that we spoke of earlier . Yes . Yes . 

883
00:32:18,290 --> 00:32:20,346
I'll have to take a look at that and 

884
00:32:20,346 --> 00:32:21,846
update that if necessary . 

885
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,740
A couple of questions on one . I've s 

886
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:29,770
what's the procurement on R and D 

887
00:32:29,770 --> 00:32:33,140
funding ? And two Abrams . Your , your 

888
00:32:33,140 --> 00:32:35,330
documentary indicates 34 Abrams to be 

889
00:32:35,330 --> 00:32:37,580
upgraded . Do I take this as the 

890
00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:39,590
Pentagon's made a decision that the 

891
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:43,230
Ukraine and 1 31 M one A one A two are 

892
00:32:43,230 --> 00:32:45,341
going to be basically taken from army 

893
00:32:45,341 --> 00:32:47,230
stocks . And these are , these 34 

894
00:32:47,230 --> 00:32:50,200
represent 34 of the 31 are buried in 

895
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,440
here . So I'm gonna answer your first 

896
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,840
question first on the evas and mark and 

897
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,930
double check the numbers . It's 1.2 

898
00:32:56,940 --> 00:32:59,051
variant that we're buying procurement 

899
00:32:59,051 --> 00:33:01,107
quantities because we had bought the 

900
00:33:01,107 --> 00:33:03,162
other ones in 23 and he can , he can 

901
00:33:03,162 --> 00:33:05,329
add something afterwards . I would not 

902
00:33:05,329 --> 00:33:05,160
read anything into the Abrams 

903
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,160
procurement quantities that are the 

904
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,271
current most modern version . I think 

905
00:33:09,271 --> 00:33:11,382
it's a set , a three version that are 

906
00:33:11,382 --> 00:33:13,493
in the base budget of fy 24 . We have 

907
00:33:13,493 --> 00:33:16,500
not used the Fy 24 budget submission as 

908
00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:18,667
a means to indicate how we're going to 

909
00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:22,340
source the requirement for Ukraine . 

910
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,930
All of the options are being looked at 

911
00:33:24,930 --> 00:33:27,041
right now and I think we'll have more 

912
00:33:27,041 --> 00:33:28,930
to say whenever it's finalized to 

913
00:33:28,930 --> 00:33:30,986
address your specific question for . 

914
00:33:30,986 --> 00:33:33,152
I've asked the R D T and the amount of 

915
00:33:33,152 --> 00:33:35,263
76 million and the procurement amount 

916
00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:37,374
89 million for a total of 100 and $65 

917
00:33:37,374 --> 00:33:41,330
million $165 million . You can just say 

918
00:33:41,330 --> 00:33:44,900
your news . Thank you , John Harper 

919
00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:47,067
with defense scoop . And the documents 

920
00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:48,956
is a reference to a remote combat 

921
00:33:48,956 --> 00:33:51,067
vehicle . Is that the same thing as a 

922
00:33:51,067 --> 00:33:53,122
robotic combat vehicle has just been 

923
00:33:53,122 --> 00:33:55,233
kind of rebranded ? And then how much 

924
00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:58,080
funding is there in Fy 24 for the R C V ? 

925
00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,913
And what are your plans for that 

926
00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:01,802
program in the next fiscal year ? 

927
00:34:01,802 --> 00:34:03,858
There's no brand name change . So it 

928
00:34:03,858 --> 00:34:05,969
should be our CV , the robotic combat 

929
00:34:05,969 --> 00:34:08,024
vehicle and General Bennett can give 

930
00:34:08,024 --> 00:34:09,913
you the numbers . It's 100 and 42 

931
00:34:09,913 --> 00:34:11,469
million in R D T and N 24 . 

932
00:34:16,060 --> 00:34:18,060
Thank you dear . Could a Rudo media 

933
00:34:18,060 --> 00:34:19,949
network ? I have a question about 

934
00:34:19,949 --> 00:34:22,170
oversee operation cost us for fiscal 

935
00:34:22,170 --> 00:34:25,930
year 2020 for you requested 12.409 

936
00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:28,640
For your oversee operation courses , 

937
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,480
which is less than your fiscal year 

938
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:35,300
2023 . Why you requested less money for 

939
00:34:35,310 --> 00:34:38,310
your operations in oversee ? Does that 

940
00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:40,254
mean the threats of ISIS and other 

941
00:34:40,254 --> 00:34:43,660
terrorist group is decreased ? And just 

942
00:34:43,660 --> 00:34:45,771
to add to this question , how much of 

943
00:34:45,771 --> 00:34:49,340
this 398 million goes to Iraq and how 

944
00:34:49,340 --> 00:34:52,770
much of this goes to Syria have to 

945
00:34:52,770 --> 00:34:54,937
defer to you on that one ? Okay . So , 

946
00:34:54,937 --> 00:34:57,103
yes , you're correct . Our , our , our 

947
00:34:57,103 --> 00:34:59,159
fy 24 requests does go down slightly 

948
00:34:59,159 --> 00:35:02,710
and compared to the fy 23 number , um I 

949
00:35:02,710 --> 00:35:05,050
will note in there that the decreases 

950
00:35:05,090 --> 00:35:07,640
are tied to procurement , which is a 

951
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,751
decrease in some of the munitions and 

952
00:35:09,751 --> 00:35:11,473
replenishment requirements for 

953
00:35:11,473 --> 00:35:13,473
operation , enduring sentinel and a 

954
00:35:13,473 --> 00:35:15,196
reduction in base funded E D I 

955
00:35:15,196 --> 00:35:17,529
requirements again , base funding there . 

956
00:35:17,529 --> 00:35:19,584
Um The um your question around about 

957
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:21,696
the counter Islamic state of Iraq and 

958
00:35:21,696 --> 00:35:23,862
Syria training equip front of CTF . Um 

959
00:35:23,862 --> 00:35:25,862
that does go down slowly as well to 

960
00:35:25,862 --> 00:35:25,570
adequately resource the anticipated 

961
00:35:25,570 --> 00:35:27,681
requirements and I'll have to get you 

962
00:35:27,681 --> 00:35:29,848
the break between for Iraq and Syria . 

963
00:35:29,848 --> 00:35:31,626
I don't have that handy . Now , 

964
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,622
I see that the end strength numbers are 

965
00:35:38,622 --> 00:35:40,733
down about another 20,000 soldiers as 

966
00:35:40,733 --> 00:35:42,844
compared to last year's request . I'm 

967
00:35:42,844 --> 00:35:45,067
aware that the recruiting goal has gone 

968
00:35:45,067 --> 00:35:47,289
up about by , by about 5000 . Um , with 

969
00:35:47,289 --> 00:35:49,622
the numbers still lowering considerably , 

970
00:35:49,622 --> 00:35:51,844
where is the difference being made up ? 

971
00:35:51,844 --> 00:35:51,280
Are we just , even though we have a 

972
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,960
hired recruiting goal on the recruit on 

973
00:35:53,970 --> 00:35:56,026
the army side , are we getting fewer 

974
00:35:56,026 --> 00:35:58,248
folks in there or more people leaving ? 

975
00:35:58,248 --> 00:36:00,248
Is the army cutting people from the 

976
00:36:00,248 --> 00:36:00,010
ranks to make that number ? And I have 

977
00:36:00,010 --> 00:36:01,732
a follow up . No , I think our 

978
00:36:01,732 --> 00:36:04,440
retention numbers as we closed Fy 22 as 

979
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,496
you're certainly going through Fy 23 

980
00:36:06,496 --> 00:36:08,740
show significantly high performance on 

981
00:36:08,740 --> 00:36:10,740
retaining our soldiers . I think we 

982
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:12,796
ended last year at 100 and 5% of our 

983
00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:14,851
requirement . And we're seeing every 

984
00:36:14,851 --> 00:36:17,073
indication that we're doing really well 

985
00:36:17,073 --> 00:36:19,184
on the retention side . And as I said 

986
00:36:19,184 --> 00:36:21,407
earlier , our , our program in terms of 

987
00:36:21,407 --> 00:36:23,629
what we're putting in the fy 24 request 

988
00:36:23,629 --> 00:36:25,740
based on where we think we could land 

989
00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:27,851
in Fy 24 is our best projection based 

990
00:36:27,851 --> 00:36:29,907
on where we currently , where we put 

991
00:36:29,907 --> 00:36:31,962
the budget together , which is , you 

992
00:36:31,962 --> 00:36:34,296
know , static year over year , you know , 

993
00:36:34,296 --> 00:36:36,407
in the omnibus Fy 23 we ended up with 

994
00:36:36,407 --> 00:36:38,420
active duty entrance of 452,000 . 

995
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:40,374
That's what was appropriated . And 

996
00:36:40,374 --> 00:36:42,486
that's the number that we're starting 

997
00:36:42,486 --> 00:36:44,763
in with Fy 20 four's budget submission . 

998
00:36:44,763 --> 00:36:46,930
But there's a lot of uncertainty and I 

999
00:36:46,930 --> 00:36:49,152
think there's a lot of time between now 

1000
00:36:49,152 --> 00:36:51,263
and then . And certainly I think that 

1001
00:36:51,263 --> 00:36:53,486
as we continue to learn more about what 

1002
00:36:53,486 --> 00:36:53,340
the long term projections are where 

1003
00:36:53,340 --> 00:36:55,562
we're gonna land will be able to update 

1004
00:36:55,562 --> 00:36:57,562
that one following separate program 

1005
00:36:57,562 --> 00:36:59,562
with the Mexican squad weapon . The 

1006
00:36:59,562 --> 00:37:01,340
senior officials had previously 

1007
00:37:01,340 --> 00:37:03,507
announced that they were going to have 

1008
00:37:03,507 --> 00:37:05,618
that field by first quarter of 20 for 

1009
00:37:05,618 --> 00:37:05,010
that denounced multiple times 

1010
00:37:05,010 --> 00:37:07,066
publically . What's the delay to the 

1011
00:37:07,066 --> 00:37:09,232
second quarter ? We'll have to confirm 

1012
00:37:09,232 --> 00:37:11,454
whether there is a delay or whether you 

1013
00:37:11,454 --> 00:37:13,566
know what will confirm that for . You 

1014
00:37:13,566 --> 00:37:13,080
can get it back to you . 

1015
00:37:18,390 --> 00:37:20,612
Hi , Brian Epstein with Aviation Week . 

1016
00:37:20,612 --> 00:37:22,779
I was hoping you could expand a little 

1017
00:37:22,779 --> 00:37:24,890
bit more on the 1.5 billion for F E L 

1018
00:37:24,890 --> 00:37:26,834
for advanced aviation , aviation , 

1019
00:37:26,834 --> 00:37:28,946
advanced development . Can you talk a 

1020
00:37:28,946 --> 00:37:28,020
little bit about the schedule for the 

1021
00:37:28,020 --> 00:37:30,600
six Flora prototypes , the flight 

1022
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,378
demonstration for Farrah and it 

1023
00:37:32,378 --> 00:37:34,489
mentions 458 million for far . How do 

1024
00:37:34,489 --> 00:37:36,544
you see that number progressing over 

1025
00:37:36,544 --> 00:37:38,711
the fight up ? Okay . I'll mark , I'll 

1026
00:37:38,711 --> 00:37:38,090
let you start and then I'll jump in . 

1027
00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:41,940
So the for 

1028
00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:44,790
the , for the far I'm showing with the 

1029
00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:46,846
458 million there that's compete for 

1030
00:37:46,846 --> 00:37:49,068
competitive prototype flight testing in 

1031
00:37:49,068 --> 00:37:51,300
fy 24 . Um The R D T ND for the floor 

1032
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,450
is a billion dollars . That's the 

1033
00:37:53,450 --> 00:37:55,610
analysis stage determined how many uh 

1034
00:37:55,620 --> 00:37:57,842
projected to be fielded , but not until 

1035
00:37:57,842 --> 00:38:01,820
2030 . What was your 

1036
00:38:01,820 --> 00:38:05,810
other question on him ? Well , I 

1037
00:38:05,810 --> 00:38:07,921
mean , it's fully funded in the fight 

1038
00:38:07,921 --> 00:38:09,866
up . So I think we're , you know , 

1039
00:38:09,866 --> 00:38:11,977
we're still planning to do the flight 

1040
00:38:11,977 --> 00:38:14,199
demo . It's got more development , more 

1041
00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:13,930
testing that goes through that and then 

1042
00:38:13,930 --> 00:38:16,150
it would obviously go into um kind of 

1043
00:38:16,150 --> 00:38:18,372
the next phase of the program . So it's 

1044
00:38:18,372 --> 00:38:20,428
fully funded both flora and flora in 

1045
00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:21,928
this particular fight up , 

1046
00:38:25,010 --> 00:38:28,760
ma'am . Hi , I'm 

1047
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,370
Kamala Abdi reporting for the Daily 

1048
00:38:31,370 --> 00:38:34,740
Pakistani media outlet . Okay . I have 

1049
00:38:34,740 --> 00:38:36,670
one question on your recruitment 

1050
00:38:36,670 --> 00:38:38,948
challenge as , as you were speaking of . 

1051
00:38:38,948 --> 00:38:40,892
So can you speak a little bit more 

1052
00:38:40,892 --> 00:38:43,003
about it ? And my specific question , 

1053
00:38:43,003 --> 00:38:45,114
do you plan to go big about it ? Like 

1054
00:38:45,114 --> 00:38:47,560
going on campus and looking around and 

1055
00:38:47,570 --> 00:38:49,780
motivating them because you know , it 

1056
00:38:49,780 --> 00:38:52,570
requires a lot of to attract and get 

1057
00:38:52,570 --> 00:38:55,530
them and you know , uh so can you speak 

1058
00:38:55,530 --> 00:38:57,530
a little bit more about it ? And my 

1059
00:38:57,530 --> 00:39:00,020
second question is on Guantanamo Bay , 

1060
00:39:00,030 --> 00:39:02,197
like , you know , it's one of the most 

1061
00:39:02,197 --> 00:39:04,230
critical basis of U S military . So 

1062
00:39:04,230 --> 00:39:06,230
there I've been there in person and 

1063
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:08,397
I've seen the soldier barracks and you 

1064
00:39:08,397 --> 00:39:10,508
know , town houses and um it's a very 

1065
00:39:10,508 --> 00:39:14,360
nice base . And so can you speak , how 

1066
00:39:14,370 --> 00:39:16,310
do you have big plans about the 

1067
00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:18,421
barracks there ? The soldier barracks 

1068
00:39:18,421 --> 00:39:20,421
and the housing at Guantanamo Bay ? 

1069
00:39:20,421 --> 00:39:22,477
Thank you . Well , thank you for the 

1070
00:39:22,477 --> 00:39:24,810
question . I'll first tackle recruiting , 

1071
00:39:24,810 --> 00:39:26,532
as I said earlier . It's not a 

1072
00:39:26,532 --> 00:39:28,810
challenge that that happened overnight . 

1073
00:39:28,810 --> 00:39:31,143
I think it took many years to get there . 

1074
00:39:31,143 --> 00:39:33,254
There's some long term and short term 

1075
00:39:33,254 --> 00:39:35,421
trends , some of the short term trends 

1076
00:39:35,421 --> 00:39:35,280
uh you know , our conditions in the 

1077
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,391
labor market , fierce competition for 

1078
00:39:37,391 --> 00:39:39,800
talent , lack of access in some cases 

1079
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,133
to high schools . Uh and then of course , 

1080
00:39:42,133 --> 00:39:44,356
you know , there the longer term trends 

1081
00:39:44,356 --> 00:39:46,578
which are declining propensity to serve 

1082
00:39:46,578 --> 00:39:48,522
in the military , more broadly not 

1083
00:39:48,522 --> 00:39:50,578
unique to the army . I think all the 

1084
00:39:50,578 --> 00:39:52,689
services are feeling that challenge . 

1085
00:39:52,689 --> 00:39:52,640
In addition to the fact that , you know , 

1086
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,584
fewer and fewer of America's youth 

1087
00:39:54,584 --> 00:39:56,751
population have an un understanding of 

1088
00:39:56,751 --> 00:39:58,973
the range of career options in military 

1089
00:39:58,973 --> 00:40:01,140
service . So we're undertaking a broad 

1090
00:40:01,140 --> 00:40:02,918
effort , not just to retool our 

1091
00:40:02,918 --> 00:40:04,918
recruiting enterprise , but also to 

1092
00:40:04,918 --> 00:40:07,084
reintroduce the army and the notion of 

1093
00:40:07,084 --> 00:40:09,307
military service to the American public 

1094
00:40:09,307 --> 00:40:11,473
more broadly and to be very honest and 

1095
00:40:11,473 --> 00:40:13,529
candid , I think we need all of your 

1096
00:40:13,529 --> 00:40:15,640
help as well to do that . Because the 

1097
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,862
reality is parents , you know , aunts , 

1098
00:40:17,862 --> 00:40:20,029
uncles , grandparents of students that 

1099
00:40:20,029 --> 00:40:22,140
are coming out of high school in many 

1100
00:40:22,140 --> 00:40:24,196
ways don't know that if you join the 

1101
00:40:24,196 --> 00:40:26,307
army , you have an opportunity to get 

1102
00:40:26,307 --> 00:40:28,584
funds to go to college while you serve . 

1103
00:40:28,584 --> 00:40:30,807
You have an opportunity to learn skills 

1104
00:40:30,807 --> 00:40:33,029
in high end , very technical skill sets 

1105
00:40:33,029 --> 00:40:35,700
to be either a day doctor , lawyer , an 

1106
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,780
engineer , software developer . You can 

1107
00:40:38,780 --> 00:40:40,724
even be a veterinarian in the army 

1108
00:40:40,724 --> 00:40:42,780
interestingly enough . So just about 

1109
00:40:42,780 --> 00:40:44,613
any career you can think of it's 

1110
00:40:44,613 --> 00:40:46,669
available to you in the army . So we 

1111
00:40:46,669 --> 00:40:48,780
are making a concerted effort to make 

1112
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:50,724
sure that we're communicating that 

1113
00:40:50,724 --> 00:40:52,391
message and to talk about the 

1114
00:40:52,391 --> 00:40:54,502
possibilities and career choices that 

1115
00:40:54,502 --> 00:40:56,336
exist within the army . But more 

1116
00:40:56,336 --> 00:40:58,558
broadly , we need to continue that . We 

1117
00:40:58,558 --> 00:40:58,250
do not think that the recruiting 

1118
00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:00,361
challenge will go away overnight . We 

1119
00:41:00,361 --> 00:41:02,583
think it's a multi year challenge , but 

1120
00:41:02,583 --> 00:41:04,528
it's something we're pulling every 

1121
00:41:04,528 --> 00:41:06,583
lever we can at our disposal to make 

1122
00:41:06,583 --> 00:41:08,528
sure that we're addressing it both 

1123
00:41:08,528 --> 00:41:10,750
internally and externally to the army . 

1124
00:41:10,750 --> 00:41:12,750
But again , we could use everyone's 

1125
00:41:12,750 --> 00:41:14,861
help . Your second question had to do 

1126
00:41:14,861 --> 00:41:16,917
with Guantanamo Bay and barracks and 

1127
00:41:16,917 --> 00:41:19,139
investment housing there . I was trying 

1128
00:41:19,139 --> 00:41:21,250
to give General Bennett here a lot of 

1129
00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:23,361
time to be able to find the numbers , 

1130
00:41:23,361 --> 00:41:25,306
but if he doesn't have it , we can 

1131
00:41:25,306 --> 00:41:24,810
certainly get you any investment 

1132
00:41:24,810 --> 00:41:26,921
regarding milk on there . Yes , sir . 

1133
00:41:26,921 --> 00:41:29,143
Thank you know , we share resources and 

1134
00:41:29,143 --> 00:41:28,980
responsibilities down there in 

1135
00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:30,820
Guantanamo Bay , permanent type 

1136
00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:32,820
facilities like you're describing , 

1137
00:41:32,820 --> 00:41:34,264
there would be likely the 

1138
00:41:34,264 --> 00:41:34,160
responsibility the Department of the 

1139
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,382
Navy . So I recommend you ask them when 

1140
00:41:36,382 --> 00:41:38,920
they come up . Ladies and gentlemen , 

1141
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,976
that's all the time we have for this 

1142
00:41:40,976 --> 00:41:43,142
briefing . Um As a reminder that we're 

1143
00:41:43,142 --> 00:41:45,142
going to have a media roundtable on 

1144
00:41:45,142 --> 00:41:47,309
Thursday , March 16th at three PM . If 

1145
00:41:47,309 --> 00:41:49,198
you're on the office of the Chief 

1146
00:41:49,198 --> 00:41:51,309
Public Affairs Destro , um you should 

1147
00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:53,364
already have that in your inbox from 

1148
00:41:53,364 --> 00:41:55,420
this morning , but if you don't , um 

1149
00:41:55,420 --> 00:41:55,090
you can come see me after this briefing 

1150
00:41:55,090 --> 00:41:57,790
or actually I'll be located to my back 

1151
00:41:57,790 --> 00:41:59,568
right here that I can take your 

1152
00:41:59,568 --> 00:42:01,734
information down . So you to clear out 

1153
00:42:01,734 --> 00:42:03,790
this area for the next briefing . So 

1154
00:42:03,790 --> 00:42:03,430
thank you very much for your 

1155
00:42:03,430 --> 00:42:04,210
participation .