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Good afternoon . Ladies and gentlemen , 

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I'm Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Elder . 

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And thank you for joining us here today 

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to discuss these armies fiscal year 25 

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budget request . The honorable Dave 

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Camarillo under Secretary 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 an in depth overview . Then 

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take a few questions . Attribution is 

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on the record . Please hold all 

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questions until the end and one called 

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upon for transcription . Please state 

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your name and your news organization . 

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Please limit your questions to one and 

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one follow one and tomorrow we will 

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also hold a telephonic media roundtable , 

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March 12th where you'll have another 

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opportunity to ask additional questions . 

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We have 40 minutes for today's event . 

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Gentlemen , the floor is yours . Well , 

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good afternoon , everyone . Uh It's so 

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great to be here with you to discuss 

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the army's fy 25 budget submission for 

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the third year in a row . I am joined 

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by maj Major General Mark Bennett uh by 

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my side and we look forward to going 

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through a few points . Uh I think 

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Deputy Secretary Hicks pointed out 

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earlier today that budgets reflect 

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priorities . So we look forward to the 

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opportunity to discuss some of the 

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army's priorities for the fy 25 

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submission . Next slide , I'm gonna 

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start by just pointing out that uh our 

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budget overall is 100 and $85.9 billion 

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for fy 25 . Uh and it's consistent with 

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uh Secretary Austin's priorities . Uh 

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It is uh first about defending the 

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nation , make , making sure that the 

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army has a combat , credible and fully 

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ready force . It uh fully funds all of 

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our readiness , uh CTC rotations flying 

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hours and it also makes significant 

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investments in exercises that build 

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readiness . Uh His second priority of 

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course is taking care of people and it 

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funds $70.7 billion in military 

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personnel funding to account for 

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increases in basic pay , housing and 

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subsistence uh investments in positive 

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command climate which we'll discuss 

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later childcare and a significant 

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investment in housing which I look 

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forward to discussing today . Also , it 

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continues to fund the transformation of 

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our recruiting enterprise . Third 

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priority for Secretary Austin is of 

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course succeeding through teamwork . 

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And I would just note here that the 

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army uh is indispensable to the United 

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states' ability to uh build ties with 

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allies and partners . Uh And you'll see 

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reflected in the 25 submission , uh a 

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significant uh investment in 

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campaigning exercises particularly with 

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foreign partners and allies as well . 

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Next slide , I'll turn over to General 

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Bennett . Thank you , sir . Again , my 

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name is Major General Mark Bennett and 

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I'm honored to serve as the 32nd 

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director of the army budget . This 

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slide shows a comparison between the fy 

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23 enacted appropriations last year's 

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fy 24 president's budget request and 

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this year , the current Fy 25 

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president's budget request . I will 

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note the information presented on this 

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chart and throughout does not include 

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supplemental funding unless we annotate . 

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Otherwise , in the aggregate , you can 

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see our total budget request again is 

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100 and 85.9 roughly 429 million . More 

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than the fy 24 request . A roughly 0.2% 

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increase . You'll also note that for 

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the third year in a row , all those 

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that are shown there all in base 

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funding . Our military personnel 

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accounts grew $821 million from the 24 

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request level . Roughly 1.2% . This was 

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due to primarily rate adjustments to 

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include 4.5% for the basic pay raise 

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housing and 3.4% for subsistence . The 

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army's 25 military construction and 

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army family housing request of 3.9 

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billion is an increase of roughly 1.1 

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billion and supports a total of 45 

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projects across the total army 

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including nine barracks projects , 

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three child development centers and one 

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youth center . These facility 

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investments are focused on the quality 

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of life for our soldiers and their 

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families . Our operation and 

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maintenance funding request decreased 

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640 million from the fy 24 requested 

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levels . Roughly 0.9% . Our O and M 

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counts fund required unit readiness to 

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meet directed readiness levels and base 

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global force management allocation plan 

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requirements . The O and M 

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appropriation does account for planning 

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assumptions of recently announced four 

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structure changes . It also funds our 

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uh recruiting initiatives and our 

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transformation of our recruiting 

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enterprise which we'll talk about 

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shortly as well . The RDTNE decreased 

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about roughly 1.7 billion reflects 

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moving into production from Rdtne as 

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well as reshaping and optimizing our R 

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and D efforts . And lastly , the 

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procurement request is up 4.5% or 

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roughly 1 billion more than an fy 24 

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request . As the army pursues key and 

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essential equipment that supports the 

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army modernization strategy that's 

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aligned with the national defense 

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strategy . The army continues 

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investments in long range fires , air 

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defense and deep sensing capabilities 

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along with organic industrial base 

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investments that include 

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recapitalization projects and 

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production based support efforts . And 

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I'll turn it back over to Mr Camarillo 

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who will discuss with you our 

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recruiting enterprise transformation . 

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want to point out on the , the decrease 

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in RDT and E from FY 24 to 25 reflects 

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a number of our large programs 

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transitioning from the development 

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phase into production . Two such 

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examples in this budget are V and then 

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our aviation rebalance , which I'll 

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discuss in a little bit next slide , 

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please . So I want to talk a little bit 

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about end strength and uh recruiting , 

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uh which has been a topic that I've 

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been reporting on in these briefs for 

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the last two years . Uh in our fy 25 

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submission , uh , we do have an active 

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duty guard and reserve end strength 

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that's reflected on this slide . I'll 

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just read the numbers uh for uh the 

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regular army active component , the 25 

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request funds 442.3000 

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soldiers uh for the army National Guard , 

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it's 325 soldiers and for the army 

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reserve , 100 and 75 800 soldiers 

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across the board . Uh It obviously 

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reflects that we continue to work our 

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way through the current challenges with 

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recruiting . I do want to highlight 

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that this budget submission will aid us 

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significantly in our ongoing efforts to 

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transform our recruiting enterprise 

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from one that was really set in the 

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20th century that will to one that will 

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actually help us to uh recruit , 

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identify and attract the workforce that 

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we're gonna need . Uh well into the 

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future . There's a couple of uh 

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recruiting reforms that Secretary Waru 

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previously uh earlier this year , uh 

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that are reflected in the 25 budget . 

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including uh the the development of a 

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professionalized recruiting and talent 

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acquisition workforce where we're 

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creating uh an M OS and military 

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occupational specialty for recruiters . 

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uh on the recruiting market beyond uh 

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recent or immediate high school grads 

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to those who have graduated in the last 

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few years , reflecting the fact that 

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it's very hard for an 18 year old high 

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school graduate to think about a long 

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term 20 or 30 year career at that 

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juncture in his or her life . Uh often 

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it's best to expand our focus to more 

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students who have recently graduated or 

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come out of high school , maybe even 

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had some college as they begin thinking 

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about a long term career . There is uh 

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ongoing efforts to improve the way we 

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select military recruiters and how we 

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train them . You'll see that reflected 

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in the budget and then of course , uh 

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ta taking army recruiting command uh 

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and elevating it to a three star to 

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command to that directly , reports to 

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the Secretary of the Army . Uh in an 

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effort to uh definitely reflect the 

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importance of this particular mission . 

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There are ongoing efforts that are uh 

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reflected in the 25 submission as well . 

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Uh continued expansion of the future 

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soldier prep course . Uh One that we 

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continue to see with a lot of success , 

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95% graduation rate over the history of 

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this program . And again , this is 

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helping us uh work with high school 

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graduates to meet the academic skills 

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and the physical skills that are 

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required to meet our current recruiting 

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standards . Uh And we're having a lot 

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of success uh with this particular 

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program . Uh There is also a 

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significant boost in uh recruiting , 

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marketing and advertising in the 25 

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budget submission , $1.1 billion across 

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continued investment to the tune of 

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$675 million for all of our recruiting 

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incentives uh in this particular budget 

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submission . And that's again across 

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all three components uh for things like 

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critical skills , uh bonuses , quick 

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ship bonuses , uh and other uh 

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incentives to ensure that we can enlist 

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the force that we need . Next slide , 

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bit about what it takes to ensure that 

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we remain an employer of choice and 

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that we can uh retain the talented 

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workforce that we need . And Secretary 

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Waru and army leaders have for the last 

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two years , really emphasized the need 

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to have sustained investment in housing , 

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quality housing for our soldiers , both 

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for families and for individual 

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soldiers in barracks . And so I think 

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what you'll see here , uh you know , in 

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this particular budget submission , 

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despite uh the challenges that we face 

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with the fr A caps , we were able to 

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make a significant investment uh in 

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soldier housing to the tune that you'll 

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see that reflected in the 25 submission . 

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in this budget and that's not just in 

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military construction , but that's in 

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sustainment , uh restoration and 

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modernization overall over the fight up 

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the five years , it is $2.1 billion . 

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On average that we are investing across 

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all three components , active garden 

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reserve to make sure that we're 

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addressing barracks of all types , 

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training and collective training . Uh 

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As General Bennett has said , there are 

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nine barracks projects uh in fy 25 

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which is higher than we had last year 

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to the tune of $935 million . Uh Those 

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are seven active and two army reserve . 

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sustainment funding uh to 100% of the 

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requirement , which is the first time I 

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think we've done that in recent history . 

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million . And again , the value of 

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investing in sustainment dollars is 

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that it uh avoids more of our current 

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barracks inventory to degrading in 

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quality over time . We think we can 

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avoid more milk on in the future by 

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investing in the higher sustainment 

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dollars today . And overall , I'll just 

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say that this is part of our ongoing 

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effort to help address the army 

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barracks deficit and to ensure that 

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soldiers have quality housing uh 

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anywhere that they live . And as part 

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of that , uh I will just say that uh 

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one of the investments I want to point 

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out in this budget is uh the investment 

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in , you know , personnel to serve as 

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barracks managers . It's something we 

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saw in the recent NDA A . These are 

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personnel that are going to be 

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responsible for ensuring that 

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maintenance is done on time that we can 

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address critical deficiencies in the 

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quality of barracks . Uh And we are 

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putting money in in this 25 submission 

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to be able to get after that 

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requirement . Uh And I also say that in 

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the NDA A , we're very grateful to 

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Congress for passing new authorities uh 

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that will allow us to use R and M 

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funding restoration and modernization 

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dollars to be able to fully replace 

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failing barracks . And we fully intend 

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in the out years to utilize those 

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authorities to maximum effect , to 

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address the need for soldier housing 

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mark . I'll turn to you . Thanks , sir . 

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I I'll just highlight the , the seven 

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projects on the two that are in the 

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barracks projects at Fort Johnson , 

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Henderson Hall , uh one at joint base 

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Lewis mccord and , and three at 

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Barton's Barracks in Germany , the two 

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reserve component projects . There's 

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one at Parks Reserve Forces Training 

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Center out in California and then Fort 

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Buchanan , Puerto Rico , you just list 

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those nine projects . And again , it's 

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a 325% increase from our Fy 24 barracks 

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request of five barracks projects uh up 

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to nine this year . Thanks , sir . All 

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right . Next slide , please . So I 

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wanna next pivot to the army's role uh 

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in the Indo Pacific region uh as the 

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national defense strategy states , the 

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PR C is our pacing challenge . It is 

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the focus of our national defense 

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strategy and the army is laser focused 

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on developing both capabilities and 

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also capacity to be a critical part of 

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the joint force in that region . As 

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I've said before , the army has three 

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major roles to play in the Pacific . 

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The first is in helping to establish 

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integrated deterrence as part of the 

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joint force . So we fund in this budget 

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$461.4 million in fy 25 for Pacific 

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pathways , which is an increase from 

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the prior year and also reflects our 

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steady commitment to building 

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relationships with partners and allies 

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in the region . It also includes 

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rotational deployments to the Pacific 

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uh utilization of our fifth uh Security 

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Force Assistance Brigade and increased 

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use of the J PM RC , which is the first 

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uh rotational training center that is 

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located in the Pacific . The second 

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role we play , of course is development 

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of air and missile defense capabilities 

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and providing long range fires to the 

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joint fight . Uh We support , for 

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example , the Air Force in its agile 

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combat employment model and we're of 

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course critically involved in defending 

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the homeland in Guam . So investment in 

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continued capabilities that will be 

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relevant in that a or to include 100 

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and $72 million for continued 

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development of Patriot , as well as 

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more funding with general benefit will 

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General Bennett will go over uh for 

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procurement of PAC three MS C if I our 

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continued development of that air 

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missile defense system with 100 and 

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$67.9 million in RDT and in , in fy 25 

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and $657.6 million in procurement . 

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On the long range fire side , I will 

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note that uh we are remain committed to 

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the joint program with the Navy for 

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long range hypersonic weapon with 

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investment of $1.2 billion in the fy 25 

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submission for continued development 

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and testing as well as $416 million for 

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the midrange capability . And 233 

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million of which is for procurement for 

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both SM six and Tomahawk missiles that 

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enable the joint force to engage 

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maritime targets from land . And our 

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third responsibility of course is uh 

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helping to lead the charge on contested 

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logistics where you'll see in the 25 

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submission . $86.6 million investment 

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in army watercraft for both the 

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maneuver support vessel , light and 

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heavy as well as other enablers . As we 

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continue to work through our contested 

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logistics CFT through Army futures 

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command to develop options to address 

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and close critical gaps . General 

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Bennett . Yes , sir . In addition to 

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the , to the , uh , the Patreon 

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investment , you mentioned the , uh , 

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Patriot missiles , another 963 million 

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for 230 missiles . And I'd also like to 

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highlight of the 11 exercises , uh , 

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that comprise the pathways exercise 

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this year for a total of $377 million . 

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That's a 200% increase from this year's 

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level of effort for just the nine 

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pathways exercises . So obviously , a 

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lot more soldiers and a lot more 

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participation in those campaigning 

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efforts . That's gonna go on in the 

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Pacific in fiscal year 25 . Sir . Next 

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slide please . Of course , the army is 

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a global force . And so in addition to 

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the Pacific , I did want to point out a 

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couple of areas that we continue to 

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place a significant amount of emphasis . 

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Uh First , we continue to focus on 

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addressing the threat in Europe pre 

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presented by Russia after its invasion 

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of Ukraine . Uh We do have in this 

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particular base budget of fy 25 about 

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625.6 million for continued 

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deployments and support to reassure our 

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NATO partners and allies $2.1 billion 

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in the European deterrent initiative 

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and a whole host of other investments 

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in capabilities as well as campaigning 

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activities and exercises that are part 

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of that European theater . I also want 

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to point out that we remain active in 

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Centcom and here I want to point out 

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the critical investments in counter UAs 

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capabilities . Where uh in this 

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particular budget , we have enough 

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funding for a grand total of 690 

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interceptors from , from Coyote 

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interceptors to include uh also 

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procurement of M lids and FS lids 

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programs of record to address the 

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counter UAs threat . And I would also 

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point out investment in directed energy 

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uh to address the small UAs threat , 

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31.6 million in Rdtne for high energy 

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lasers through our I PE health program . 

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And a little bit of $4 million of Rdtne 

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to continue maturing prototypes 

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recently received on the IFP high 

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powered microwave , which of course is 

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a capability that's designed to defeat 

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swarm threats . Joel Bennett . Yes , 

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sir . I'll add that the uh the ground 

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readiness line that you see there on 

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the bottom of that uh UAs capabilities 

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list is to procure and field seven 

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family of counter UAs systems are our 

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focus systems . Additionally , the 395 

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million provides 103 of those 230 

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missiles that I mentioned earlier . So 

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that's inclusive of that grand total , 

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but that is specifically resourced 

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through the Ed I initiative . All right , 

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next slide please . Of course , as I 

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mentioned earlier , readiness has been 

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our priority and uh this is a budget 

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that fully funds our readiness 

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requirements . I mentioned 22 CTC 

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rotations fully funding our flying 

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hours for aviation and I would just 

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also note four rotations uh in the J PM 

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RC in Pacific . Uh I would also say 

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that as we have recently revised army 

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force structure , we have accommodated 

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that and reflected that in the fy 25 

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budget submission . So the growth 

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you'll see in the out years include the 

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full build out of the five multi domain 

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task forces . Uh four if PIC battalions , 

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nine counter UAs batteries and four M 

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sh A battalions . General Bennett , the 

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investments that he just described 

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represent only a sample of the army's 

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full capability growth that we've 

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recently announced . But our continuous 

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transformation efforts in fiscal year 

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25 as well seek to internally fund unit 

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level experimentation to test new 

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equipment , organizational formations , 

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as well as tactics , techniques and 

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procedures . We will seek to experiment 

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with autonomous systems such as counter 

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UAs as well as including some of the 

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human machine integration systems 

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managed through our army's future 

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command efforts . Sir . Next slide , 

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please . So this slide uh I want to 

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focus a little bit about critical 

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munitions and what we've been doing um 

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to address this in the fy 25 base 

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budget . But I do want to point out at 

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the outset that to understand how the 

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army gets healthy , how the United 

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States gets healthy on critical 

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munitions . It is utterly dependent on 

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not only the base appropriation but 

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also the supplemental . So you'll see 

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uh first and foremost that , you know , 

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we've been able to leverage a 

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significant amount of investment . 

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Thanks to the prior support of Congress 

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on supplementals to expand production 

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capacity in critical munitions . These 

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have been investments both in the 

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organic industrial base and in the 

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defense industrial base to meet 

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expanded demand . We need that 

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investment in order to be able to build 

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back and buy back our inventories and 

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to accommodate what we see is 

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heightened global demand that's going 

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to be sustained for a long period of 

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time . This base budget enables us to 

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buy production quantities of things 

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that are required to include pack three 

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MS C Gimler uh on a multiyear 

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appropriation , both of those systems 

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continue to buy javelins and the next 

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generation version of the stingers that 

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we heard so much about two years ago uh 

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in this base budget . But I do want to 

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point out the point of the graph that I 

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illustrated . I know it's a little bit 

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hard to read from the screen for those 

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of you that are in the room . Uh But 

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what's intended to show is on the in 

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one particular example and this is 155 

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artillery in order for us to reach the 

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top line of that graph , which shows 

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how uh production capacity increases 

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over time . The X axis goes from fy 23 

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to fy 26 . You'll see our ability to 

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produce the number of rounds per month 

546
00:19:37,829 --> 00:19:40,280
of 155 artillery goes up over time . 

547
00:19:40,719 --> 00:19:42,869
But the ability to buy the quantities 

548
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,047
that are needed in order to effectuate 

549
00:19:45,047 --> 00:19:46,991
that production capacity is from a 

550
00:19:46,991 --> 00:19:48,936
combination of different sources . 

551
00:19:49,010 --> 00:19:51,121
First of which you'll see in the blue 

552
00:19:51,121 --> 00:19:53,209
bar , it is our base appropriations 

553
00:19:53,219 --> 00:19:56,209
which are funded quantities uh for 155 

554
00:19:56,219 --> 00:19:59,300
in the fy 24 appropriate or budget 

555
00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:01,829
submission as well as Fy 25 . And 

556
00:20:01,839 --> 00:20:04,172
you'll also see in the pink shaded area , 

557
00:20:04,172 --> 00:20:06,395
those quantities that are funded in the 

558
00:20:06,395 --> 00:20:08,617
supplemental . And the reason that this 

559
00:20:08,617 --> 00:20:10,783
slide is so important is that we can't 

560
00:20:10,783 --> 00:20:13,117
get to where we want to go without both . 

561
00:20:13,117 --> 00:20:15,228
And you'll see in that red uh portion 

562
00:20:15,228 --> 00:20:17,172
of the top line where the expanded 

563
00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:18,950
production capacity is not made 

564
00:20:18,950 --> 00:20:21,117
possible unless we get this current Fy 

565
00:20:21,117 --> 00:20:23,109
24 supplemental that is currently 

566
00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,290
pending pending in Congress . So that 

567
00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:27,189
top line , you see the production 

568
00:20:27,189 --> 00:20:29,244
capacity starts to go up and then it 

569
00:20:29,244 --> 00:20:31,411
kind of uh turns into a red line in fy 

570
00:20:31,411 --> 00:20:34,050
25 . That is because we need to have 

571
00:20:34,060 --> 00:20:35,969
critical um investments in the 

572
00:20:35,979 --> 00:20:38,719
supplemental to I think there's a total 

573
00:20:38,729 --> 00:20:41,699
of $1.5 billion in the pending sub that 

574
00:20:41,709 --> 00:20:43,765
are absolutely needed for us to make 

575
00:20:43,765 --> 00:20:45,820
our goal to achieve that top line in 

576
00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:47,876
terms of capacity . That top line is 

577
00:20:47,876 --> 00:20:49,820
where we get to 100,000 rounds per 

578
00:20:49,820 --> 00:20:52,329
month of 155 artillery . And as I've 

579
00:20:52,339 --> 00:20:54,450
said in the past , we can't get there 

580
00:20:54,450 --> 00:20:56,283
without the supplemental and the 

581
00:20:56,283 --> 00:20:58,506
combination of investment that comes in 

582
00:20:58,506 --> 00:21:00,880
our base budget . At the top right of 

583
00:21:00,890 --> 00:21:02,834
the chart , you'll see some of the 

584
00:21:02,834 --> 00:21:05,057
supplemental investments . The top part 

585
00:21:05,057 --> 00:21:07,223
is actually the request that's sitting 

586
00:21:07,223 --> 00:21:06,430
over that , that honorable Camarillo 

587
00:21:06,439 --> 00:21:08,495
just mentioned . And the 2.6 billion 

588
00:21:08,495 --> 00:21:10,550
that you see listed there is funding 

589
00:21:10,550 --> 00:21:12,772
that we've already received and some of 

590
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:12,750
the locations of where those efforts 

591
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,982
went to that are currently underway and 

592
00:21:14,982 --> 00:21:17,038
some uh uh some of the um uh systems 

593
00:21:17,038 --> 00:21:18,816
that we have . I'd also like to 

594
00:21:18,816 --> 00:21:20,704
highlight a little on the organic 

595
00:21:20,704 --> 00:21:22,927
industrial based investments that we've 

596
00:21:22,927 --> 00:21:22,800
got in our base budget request totaling 

597
00:21:22,810 --> 00:21:24,866
over 1.9 billion . I'll just talk to 

598
00:21:24,866 --> 00:21:26,754
real quickly . One is in , in our 

599
00:21:26,754 --> 00:21:29,680
ammunition account um aimed at $643 

600
00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:32,140
million to work to improve the at the 

601
00:21:32,150 --> 00:21:34,317
facilities at Holston , Iowa , Radford 

602
00:21:34,317 --> 00:21:36,150
Scranton and others , as well as 

603
00:21:36,150 --> 00:21:38,372
another Abrams upgrade recapitalization 

604
00:21:38,372 --> 00:21:40,650
effort for about 100 and $12.8 million . 

605
00:21:40,650 --> 00:21:42,706
That'll be at the Lima Joint Systems 

606
00:21:42,706 --> 00:21:44,650
Manufacturing Center . So two ways 

607
00:21:44,650 --> 00:21:46,650
we're taking uh actions in our base 

608
00:21:46,650 --> 00:21:46,609
budget to get after improving the 

609
00:21:46,619 --> 00:21:48,849
organic industrial base . All right . 

610
00:21:48,859 --> 00:21:51,670
Next slide , please continuing on the 

611
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,000
theme of army modernization . I do want 

612
00:21:54,010 --> 00:21:56,232
to take just a moment and highlight our 

613
00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:58,454
continued momentum that I continue to , 

614
00:21:58,454 --> 00:22:01,630
to uh emphasize in our ability to 

615
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,862
deliver on the modernization priorities 

616
00:22:03,862 --> 00:22:05,862
that we've had a few years ago . Uh 

617
00:22:05,862 --> 00:22:07,973
There are some significant milestones 

618
00:22:07,973 --> 00:22:10,069
of note in the fy 25 submission that 

619
00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:12,280
include uh significant achievements in 

620
00:22:12,290 --> 00:22:14,839
fy 25 . Uh I know that one of the 

621
00:22:14,849 --> 00:22:16,738
questions that was asked of under 

622
00:22:16,738 --> 00:22:18,905
Secretary mccord just a minute ago was 

623
00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:20,738
prison uh Inc one missiles which 

624
00:22:20,738 --> 00:22:22,960
continue to field in the fourth quarter 

625
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,369
of fy 25 . And of course , that's our 

626
00:22:25,380 --> 00:22:27,609
next generation , a Tums replacement uh 

627
00:22:27,619 --> 00:22:29,939
which will be continually upgraded as 

628
00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:32,400
we continue investment beyond that to 

629
00:22:32,410 --> 00:22:34,632
uh Prism , Inc two and ultimately Prism 

630
00:22:34,632 --> 00:22:36,410
Inc four , which gives us a 900 

631
00:22:36,410 --> 00:22:39,579
kilometers of range . We also see that 

632
00:22:39,589 --> 00:22:41,645
uh the midrange capability has first 

633
00:22:41,645 --> 00:22:43,756
unit equipped in fourth quarter of fy 

634
00:22:43,756 --> 00:22:46,339
25 . And that's as we deliver the 

635
00:22:46,349 --> 00:22:48,571
procurement quantities of missiles that 

636
00:22:48,571 --> 00:22:50,682
we need to be able to fully feel that 

637
00:22:50,682 --> 00:22:52,738
system . And then integrated air and 

638
00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:54,793
missile defense , which is our IB CS 

639
00:22:54,793 --> 00:22:56,682
command and control system begins 

640
00:22:56,682 --> 00:22:58,905
fielding in the fourth quarter of fy 25 

641
00:22:58,905 --> 00:23:01,127
following testing and these are efforts 

642
00:23:01,127 --> 00:23:03,182
that have been underway uh in recent 

643
00:23:03,182 --> 00:23:04,793
years and are gonna be fully 

644
00:23:04,793 --> 00:23:06,960
functioning capabilities that soldiers 

645
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,127
will have uh in this particular budget 

646
00:23:09,127 --> 00:23:11,293
submission , John Bennett , some other 

647
00:23:11,293 --> 00:23:11,069
investments you see on the right hand 

648
00:23:11,079 --> 00:23:13,301
side um in terms of the HMS radios that 

649
00:23:13,301 --> 00:23:16,670
represents 12,604 radios , as well as 

650
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,410
33,800 radio . The long the LCTR radios 

651
00:23:20,420 --> 00:23:22,619
that replace our sin guard system on 

652
00:23:22,630 --> 00:23:24,550
the ground vehicles , uh the 505 

653
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,782
million there , you , you see listed as 

654
00:23:26,782 --> 00:23:28,893
for the is for Ratne uh for our XM 30 

655
00:23:28,893 --> 00:23:31,004
effort . Additionally , we planned it 

656
00:23:31,004 --> 00:23:33,989
by 33 M 10 Bookers uh as well as 30 SE 

657
00:23:34,069 --> 00:23:36,550
PV three Abrams tanks . Additionally , 

658
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,727
we do look forward to the multiyear uh 

659
00:23:38,727 --> 00:23:40,727
procurement programs and Gimler and 

660
00:23:40,727 --> 00:23:40,670
pack three that you see listed there on 

661
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,849
the right to get after uh 6408 missiles 

662
00:23:43,859 --> 00:23:45,970
you previously saw as well as the 230 

663
00:23:45,970 --> 00:23:48,081
missiles for pack three . Sure . Next 

664
00:23:48,081 --> 00:23:50,137
slide please . Of course , there are 

665
00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,970
some shifts in our modernization 

666
00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:54,192
portfolio and I did want to take just a 

667
00:23:54,192 --> 00:23:56,248
minute to discuss the rebalancing of 

668
00:23:56,248 --> 00:23:58,415
aviation and how it's reflected in the 

669
00:23:58,415 --> 00:24:00,415
25 submission . As many of you have 

670
00:24:00,415 --> 00:24:02,526
already heard the context for this is 

671
00:24:02,526 --> 00:24:04,526
twofold . First , we recognize that 

672
00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:04,280
there are changes in the battlefield , 

673
00:24:04,430 --> 00:24:07,560
the development and availability of uh 

674
00:24:07,569 --> 00:24:09,750
you know , lower cost sensors on UAVS 

675
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,649
and other platforms like launched 

676
00:24:11,649 --> 00:24:13,816
effects and its ability to give uh the 

677
00:24:13,816 --> 00:24:15,859
army more options to achieve its 

678
00:24:15,869 --> 00:24:18,280
reconnaissance mission . And secondly , 

679
00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,300
uh industrial based concerns uh we 

680
00:24:20,310 --> 00:24:22,869
faced last year looking forward uh the 

681
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,047
very real possibility of a decline and 

682
00:24:25,047 --> 00:24:27,102
an ended production of two important 

683
00:24:27,109 --> 00:24:29,599
lines . Uh One is the uh 60 Black Hawk 

684
00:24:29,609 --> 00:24:32,060
platform and the second of course is CH 

685
00:24:32,069 --> 00:24:34,449
47 which had not yet entered into 

686
00:24:34,459 --> 00:24:36,739
production on block two . So we made 

687
00:24:36,750 --> 00:24:38,417
some changes and the shift is 

688
00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:41,239
approximately $4.5 billion over the 

689
00:24:41,250 --> 00:24:43,430
fight up uh within the aviation 

690
00:24:43,439 --> 00:24:46,380
portfolio . And what we did in terms of 

691
00:24:46,390 --> 00:24:48,279
critical decisions is of course , 

692
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,739
starting in , in fy 25 there will not 

693
00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:53,290
be any further foreign development . It 

694
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:55,380
will not enter uh into a program of 

695
00:24:55,390 --> 00:24:57,501
record . Uh We certainly look forward 

696
00:24:57,501 --> 00:24:59,612
to continuing the Fy 24 activities to 

697
00:24:59,612 --> 00:25:01,834
uh provide an orderly close out of that 

698
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:04,099
effort . We have delayed the ie 

699
00:25:04,219 --> 00:25:06,420
improved turbine engine program uh to 

700
00:25:06,430 --> 00:25:08,449
help uh you know , help it achieve 

701
00:25:08,459 --> 00:25:10,459
integration with the Apache and the 

702
00:25:10,459 --> 00:25:12,300
Black Hawk uh platforms . We're 

703
00:25:12,310 --> 00:25:14,920
divesting the shadow and Raven UAs 

704
00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:17,829
systems in favor of developing new and 

705
00:25:17,839 --> 00:25:20,061
we are ending the development of the uh 

706
00:25:20,061 --> 00:25:22,209
60 Victor uh model which was a , a 

707
00:25:22,219 --> 00:25:24,569
digital cockpit upgrade uh that was 

708
00:25:24,579 --> 00:25:27,319
done within the army . So the funds uh 

709
00:25:27,329 --> 00:25:30,119
are overwhelmingly reinvested in army 

710
00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:32,670
aviation . Uh First , we are funding a 

711
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,300
new multiyear uh for uh 60 mic model uh 

712
00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:39,239
production that starts in fy 27 when 

713
00:25:39,250 --> 00:25:41,250
the current contract for Black Hawk 

714
00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:43,361
production ends . So there will be no 

715
00:25:43,361 --> 00:25:47,260
gap . There is $25 million in Fy 25 for 

716
00:25:47,270 --> 00:25:50,099
upgrades in R and Rdtne for the Black 

717
00:25:50,109 --> 00:25:52,329
Hawk platform itself to help address 

718
00:25:52,339 --> 00:25:54,506
emerging needs . And uh as we're going 

719
00:25:54,506 --> 00:25:56,506
to continue to operate and man that 

720
00:25:56,506 --> 00:25:58,783
platform for many , many years to come , 

721
00:25:58,783 --> 00:26:00,783
we will go into production on ch 47 

722
00:26:00,783 --> 00:26:03,310
block two at approximately six aircraft 

723
00:26:03,319 --> 00:26:05,208
per year with a path to full rate 

724
00:26:05,208 --> 00:26:08,189
production . We are accelerating the 

725
00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:11,339
Ftuas program for future tactical uh 

726
00:26:11,349 --> 00:26:14,390
UAs systems . Uh We're investing 100 

727
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,719
and $28 million in Rdtne and 100 and 

728
00:26:16,729 --> 00:26:19,300
$49 million in procurement . Some of 

729
00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:21,140
that is to design and deliver 

730
00:26:21,150 --> 00:26:23,189
prototypes , but it ranges a whole 

731
00:26:23,199 --> 00:26:26,569
family of systems to include um uh air 

732
00:26:26,579 --> 00:26:29,219
launch effects as well as uh you know , 

733
00:26:29,229 --> 00:26:31,979
larger uh UAV systems . Uh And of 

734
00:26:31,989 --> 00:26:33,989
course , even the tactical more cos 

735
00:26:33,989 --> 00:26:36,329
based uh UAs systems that we want to 

736
00:26:36,339 --> 00:26:38,172
provide to units for soldiers to 

737
00:26:38,172 --> 00:26:40,609
experiment with and buy as at , at the 

738
00:26:40,619 --> 00:26:42,949
rate that technology changes . I will 

739
00:26:42,959 --> 00:26:45,015
also point out on this slide as well 

740
00:26:45,015 --> 00:26:46,681
that we will continue Florida 

741
00:26:46,681 --> 00:26:48,903
development over this fight up and it's 

742
00:26:48,903 --> 00:26:51,015
fully funded uh within this program . 

743
00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:55,239
Next slide is I want to talk a little 

744
00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:57,194
bit about what I call accelerating 

745
00:26:57,194 --> 00:26:59,306
innovation adoption within the army . 

746
00:26:59,306 --> 00:27:01,361
Uh There are a number of investments 

747
00:27:01,361 --> 00:27:03,472
that I continue to keep track of that 

748
00:27:03,472 --> 00:27:05,694
are significant for us for a variety of 

749
00:27:05,694 --> 00:27:08,619
reasons . Uh for example , $755 million 

750
00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:10,882
in this budget submission to accelerate 

751
00:27:10,882 --> 00:27:13,020
zero trust , which not only improves 

752
00:27:13,030 --> 00:27:15,141
our ability to have security but also 

753
00:27:15,141 --> 00:27:17,500
enables audit readiness , cloud 

754
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:19,677
migration and secure cloud services to 

755
00:27:19,677 --> 00:27:22,930
the tune of $244 million . Uh And as 

756
00:27:22,939 --> 00:27:24,828
well , we are funding a number of 

757
00:27:24,828 --> 00:27:26,939
efforts to change the way that we buy 

758
00:27:27,010 --> 00:27:29,229
uh technology that shifts very rapidly 

759
00:27:29,239 --> 00:27:31,329
over time . Uh I would note that 

760
00:27:31,339 --> 00:27:33,283
secretary warm this last weekend , 

761
00:27:33,283 --> 00:27:35,506
announced the release of a new software 

762
00:27:35,506 --> 00:27:37,450
development policy comprehensively 

763
00:27:37,450 --> 00:27:39,617
within the army . And what this policy 

764
00:27:39,617 --> 00:27:41,849
now does is it aligns the army to best 

765
00:27:41,859 --> 00:27:43,939
practices and supports new buying 

766
00:27:43,949 --> 00:27:46,989
models on how we deliver and develop 

767
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,599
software . For example , it changes our 

768
00:27:49,609 --> 00:27:51,442
requirements process to focus on 

769
00:27:51,442 --> 00:27:53,609
iterative development with the user uh 

770
00:27:53,609 --> 00:27:56,420
and uh working very closely and uh in , 

771
00:27:56,430 --> 00:27:58,541
you know , tightly aligned teams . Uh 

772
00:27:58,541 --> 00:28:00,763
It does common sense things that you do 

773
00:28:00,763 --> 00:28:02,874
in the private sector . For example , 

774
00:28:02,874 --> 00:28:05,041
uh there are things called authorities 

775
00:28:05,041 --> 00:28:07,263
to operate your ability to use software 

776
00:28:07,263 --> 00:28:09,263
on one network is often hampered by 

777
00:28:09,263 --> 00:28:11,486
where it's employed . We're going to do 

778
00:28:11,486 --> 00:28:13,652
more reciprocity on that as well as uh 

779
00:28:13,652 --> 00:28:15,763
um recognizing testing that's done on 

780
00:28:15,763 --> 00:28:17,763
the private sector side . And we're 

781
00:28:17,763 --> 00:28:19,819
creating a new contracting center of 

782
00:28:19,819 --> 00:28:21,930
excellence at Aberdeen uh in Maryland 

783
00:28:21,930 --> 00:28:24,152
to leverage expertise , experiment with 

784
00:28:24,152 --> 00:28:24,089
new buying models and different 

785
00:28:24,099 --> 00:28:26,699
alternate contracting approaches . And 

786
00:28:26,709 --> 00:28:28,820
I'll lastly point out on this slide , 

787
00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:30,931
we're never losing sight of the needs 

788
00:28:30,931 --> 00:28:32,765
of small business . They are the 

789
00:28:32,765 --> 00:28:34,820
catalyst of a lot of innovation that 

790
00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:36,931
the department relies on . Uh We have 

791
00:28:36,931 --> 00:28:38,876
talked before about specific pilot 

792
00:28:38,876 --> 00:28:40,598
programs to try to get a small 

793
00:28:40,598 --> 00:28:42,542
businesses who have received Cyber 

794
00:28:42,542 --> 00:28:44,542
funded grants or other OTAs to have 

795
00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:46,431
more partnership with established 

796
00:28:46,431 --> 00:28:48,487
integrators . We called that project 

797
00:28:48,487 --> 00:28:50,487
vista where we would give in source 

798
00:28:50,487 --> 00:28:52,542
selection on programs of record . Uh 

799
00:28:52,542 --> 00:28:54,709
source selection credit to integrators 

800
00:28:54,709 --> 00:28:56,876
that teamed with these cyber funded or 

801
00:28:56,876 --> 00:28:58,987
ot a funded small businesses . You'll 

802
00:28:58,987 --> 00:29:01,098
see that there's a number of programs 

803
00:29:01,098 --> 00:29:00,760
that are gonna take advantage of that 

804
00:29:00,770 --> 00:29:03,619
in fy 25 . Uh to include S me to the 

805
00:29:03,630 --> 00:29:06,089
tune of 24 million and a couple of 

806
00:29:06,099 --> 00:29:08,210
others that are listed on the slide . 

807
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:11,380
I'll go to the next slide . Building 

808
00:29:11,390 --> 00:29:13,501
positive command climates at scale is 

809
00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:15,723
absolutely critical for us . Um I would 

810
00:29:15,723 --> 00:29:17,668
just say that it is one of our top 

811
00:29:17,668 --> 00:29:19,890
priorities and people obviously are our 

812
00:29:19,890 --> 00:29:22,001
top priority . And in this particular 

813
00:29:22,001 --> 00:29:24,334
budget , there's a couple of highlights . 

814
00:29:24,334 --> 00:29:26,501
The Office of Special Trial Council is 

815
00:29:26,501 --> 00:29:28,557
fully operational . We fund uh pilot 

816
00:29:28,557 --> 00:29:30,501
programs that are showing a lot of 

817
00:29:30,501 --> 00:29:32,557
promise in some of our installations 

818
00:29:32,557 --> 00:29:34,612
like vignette based uh training with 

819
00:29:34,612 --> 00:29:36,779
regard to uh uh particular issues like 

820
00:29:36,779 --> 00:29:39,001
sexual assault and suicide prevention . 

821
00:29:39,001 --> 00:29:40,890
Uh And those examples are at Fort 

822
00:29:40,890 --> 00:29:43,001
Cavazos and Fort Drum and we continue 

823
00:29:43,001 --> 00:29:45,223
to place a lot of emphasis on the right 

824
00:29:45,223 --> 00:29:47,334
type of suicide prevention training , 

825
00:29:47,334 --> 00:29:49,112
access to behavioral health and 

826
00:29:49,112 --> 00:29:51,057
counseling when soldiers need it . 

827
00:29:51,057 --> 00:29:53,001
General Bennett . Additionally , I 

828
00:29:53,001 --> 00:29:54,723
mentioned the three child care 

829
00:29:54,723 --> 00:29:56,834
development centers and youth centers 

830
00:29:56,834 --> 00:29:58,834
there . Um subsidies for child care 

831
00:29:58,834 --> 00:30:00,834
continue as well uh with uh focused 

832
00:30:00,834 --> 00:30:02,890
efforts for our actual uh child care 

833
00:30:02,890 --> 00:30:05,001
development staff um to allow them to 

834
00:30:05,001 --> 00:30:07,112
also to entice them to , to come work 

835
00:30:07,112 --> 00:30:09,223
with us to support our , our families 

836
00:30:09,223 --> 00:30:11,279
and our soldiers . Additionally , we 

837
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:10,650
are expanding our holistic health and 

838
00:30:10,660 --> 00:30:12,493
fitness program by adding the 15 

839
00:30:12,493 --> 00:30:14,604
additional brigades for a total of 71 

840
00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:16,493
across the army . And lastly , uh 

841
00:30:16,493 --> 00:30:18,604
financial counselor is also important 

842
00:30:18,604 --> 00:30:20,800
um $24.4 million supporting 100 and 87 

843
00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:24,239
uh individuals FTEs um to educate and 

844
00:30:24,250 --> 00:30:26,400
to educate and train our soldiers on 

845
00:30:26,410 --> 00:30:28,209
individual financial counseling 

846
00:30:28,219 --> 00:30:30,275
techniques to help them manage their 

847
00:30:30,275 --> 00:30:32,880
own budgets . Next and last slide , I I 

848
00:30:32,890 --> 00:30:35,223
won't really brief this slide in detail . 

849
00:30:35,223 --> 00:30:37,390
Uh A number of you have heard me say a 

850
00:30:37,390 --> 00:30:37,359
lot about this and I think this is 

851
00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:39,425
where Deputy Secretary Hicks started 

852
00:30:39,425 --> 00:30:41,591
her press conference , which is , it's 

853
00:30:41,591 --> 00:30:43,480
very difficult uh to , you know , 

854
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,647
project where we need to be or achieve 

855
00:30:45,647 --> 00:30:47,758
uh what we want to accomplish when we 

856
00:30:47,758 --> 00:30:49,702
do not have stable and predictable 

857
00:30:49,702 --> 00:30:51,702
funding . Uh We're doing this press 

858
00:30:51,702 --> 00:30:53,591
conference today without an fy 24 

859
00:30:53,591 --> 00:30:55,813
appropriation and the army is very much 

860
00:30:55,813 --> 00:30:57,925
dependent on the current supplemental 

861
00:30:57,925 --> 00:30:59,980
that is pending before Congress . Uh 

862
00:30:59,980 --> 00:31:02,199
There are operations costs uh that are 

863
00:31:02,209 --> 00:31:04,153
funded in the supplemental that we 

864
00:31:04,153 --> 00:31:06,376
really need in order to relieve some of 

865
00:31:06,376 --> 00:31:08,431
the pressures that we currently face 

866
00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:10,598
under the cr and we need the certainty 

867
00:31:10,598 --> 00:31:12,265
of uh the ability to fund the 

868
00:31:12,265 --> 00:31:14,487
procurement , uh the funding for people 

869
00:31:14,487 --> 00:31:16,653
uh and other uh other expenses that we 

870
00:31:16,653 --> 00:31:18,709
need to cover that we cannot address 

871
00:31:18,709 --> 00:31:20,765
until we have both the appropriation 

872
00:31:20,765 --> 00:31:22,987
for 24 and the supplemental . So I look 

873
00:31:22,987 --> 00:31:25,209
forward to your questions . Thank you . 

874
00:31:25,209 --> 00:31:27,376
And again , please state your name and 

875
00:31:27,376 --> 00:31:29,709
your uh organization for the transcript , 

876
00:31:29,709 --> 00:31:31,709
ma'am . Thank you . Um Tao with the 

877
00:31:31,709 --> 00:31:33,709
Associated Press . Thanks for doing 

878
00:31:33,709 --> 00:31:35,709
this . I wanted to ask , go back to 

879
00:31:35,709 --> 00:31:37,931
Ukraine uh particularly because so much 

880
00:31:37,931 --> 00:31:40,042
of this is army systems that are sent 

881
00:31:40,042 --> 00:31:42,265
forward army presence dod as a whole is 

882
00:31:42,265 --> 00:31:44,487
about 10 billion in the hole on Ukraine 

883
00:31:44,487 --> 00:31:46,709
funding right now . How much of that is 

884
00:31:46,709 --> 00:31:48,820
impacting the army and impacting your 

885
00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:50,987
suppliers ? You work with like the the 

886
00:31:50,987 --> 00:31:53,320
patriot producers and the GRS producers . 

887
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,431
Yeah , I mean that's why we submitted 

888
00:31:55,431 --> 00:31:57,209
the current supplemental that's 

889
00:31:57,209 --> 00:31:59,431
currently pending before the Congress . 

890
00:31:59,431 --> 00:31:59,270
Uh We need the additional funding for 

891
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,502
replenishment that's in that submission 

892
00:32:01,502 --> 00:32:03,613
in order to get where we wanna go . I 

893
00:32:03,613 --> 00:32:05,558
just gave you one example with 155 

894
00:32:05,558 --> 00:32:07,669
artillery . We set a very public goal 

895
00:32:07,669 --> 00:32:09,836
for ourselves by the end of 2025 to be 

896
00:32:09,836 --> 00:32:11,947
able to produce 100,000 rounds of 155 

897
00:32:11,947 --> 00:32:14,169
artillery , we can't get there unless I 

898
00:32:14,169 --> 00:32:16,391
get some of the uh capacity investments 

899
00:32:16,391 --> 00:32:18,502
like this TNT factory that are , that 

900
00:32:18,502 --> 00:32:20,669
are funded through that supplemental . 

901
00:32:20,669 --> 00:32:20,094
So it's 

902
00:32:31,364 --> 00:32:34,905
kind of , you know , I think 

903
00:32:36,625 --> 00:32:38,736
we would have to address that in some 

904
00:32:38,736 --> 00:32:40,625
way in future year based budget . 

905
00:32:42,650 --> 00:32:46,260
Hi um a lot of new 

906
00:32:46,270 --> 00:32:49,790
um missiles and weapons coming on prism 

907
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,849
midrange capability , maybe a 

908
00:32:51,859 --> 00:32:53,699
hypersonic weapon . Do you have 

909
00:32:53,709 --> 00:32:56,219
agreements in place with any foreign 

910
00:32:56,229 --> 00:32:58,540
countries of that you could deploy 

911
00:32:58,550 --> 00:33:00,772
these weapons to and then a follow up . 

912
00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:03,020
Yeah , I mean , I'm not prepared to 

913
00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:05,020
speak to , um , you know , specific 

914
00:33:05,020 --> 00:33:07,242
agreements to host the weapons . I will 

915
00:33:07,242 --> 00:33:09,020
just say that for many of these 

916
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,076
capabilities that they come online , 

917
00:33:11,076 --> 00:33:12,798
they are subject to rotational 

918
00:33:12,798 --> 00:33:14,909
deployments around the world . Uh You 

919
00:33:14,909 --> 00:33:16,964
know , some of which is decided , of 

920
00:33:16,964 --> 00:33:18,853
course by the joint staff and the 

921
00:33:18,853 --> 00:33:21,076
Secretary of Defense . Uh So we'll work 

922
00:33:21,076 --> 00:33:20,709
through that as these , as these 

923
00:33:20,719 --> 00:33:23,829
systems come online and then um the 

924
00:33:23,839 --> 00:33:26,250
midrange capability uh you had two in 

925
00:33:26,260 --> 00:33:28,482
fy 25 that you were hoping to get . And 

926
00:33:28,482 --> 00:33:31,839
then one I is one already deployed yet . 

927
00:33:31,849 --> 00:33:33,738
And is it in the , into a Pacific 

928
00:33:33,738 --> 00:33:35,930
region ? So we have one that the 

929
00:33:35,939 --> 00:33:38,239
equipment and the initial quantities of 

930
00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:40,417
uh missiles are already available . Uh 

931
00:33:40,417 --> 00:33:42,639
But we are in order to be fully ready , 

932
00:33:42,639 --> 00:33:44,861
we need to be able to get the munitions 

933
00:33:44,861 --> 00:33:46,972
depth and that's where we need to buy 

934
00:33:46,972 --> 00:33:49,194
the additional uh quantities of both uh 

935
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:51,361
sm six and Tomahawk that were actually 

936
00:33:51,361 --> 00:33:53,639
funded going back to the 24 submission . 

937
00:33:53,639 --> 00:33:55,861
And I'll ask uh General Bennett to , to 

938
00:33:55,861 --> 00:33:57,917
chime in . Yeah , the , the , the 32 

939
00:33:57,917 --> 00:33:57,650
missiles that I mentioned , there's a , 

940
00:33:57,660 --> 00:34:00,709
the Tomahawk block five V five A 19 of 

941
00:34:00,719 --> 00:34:03,270
those as well as uh the block 513 of 

942
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:04,947
those . Additionally , in the 

943
00:34:04,947 --> 00:34:07,169
procurement dollars fabrication for the 

944
00:34:07,169 --> 00:34:09,113
uh for battery five ground support 

945
00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:11,336
equipment and it's all in there in that 

946
00:34:11,336 --> 00:34:13,629
request . You need to have fy $24 to 

947
00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:15,583
get the magazine depth in order to 

948
00:34:15,583 --> 00:34:17,639
field . It's in order to be where we 

949
00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,695
want to be and call it fully fielded 

950
00:34:21,139 --> 00:34:23,083
long range effort for Sonic weapon 

951
00:34:23,083 --> 00:34:25,306
question . Last year , you had a couple 

952
00:34:25,306 --> 00:34:27,417
of test failures that delayed the fou 

953
00:34:27,417 --> 00:34:29,739
on it . What uh investments have you 

954
00:34:29,750 --> 00:34:31,879
made in this budget to address the , 

955
00:34:31,889 --> 00:34:35,120
the testing and potential to , to get 

956
00:34:35,129 --> 00:34:37,439
it on just beef up testing and on the a 

957
00:34:37,459 --> 00:34:39,659
program , could you talk , talk about 

958
00:34:39,669 --> 00:34:41,891
the way forward ? Given that apparently 

959
00:34:41,891 --> 00:34:44,639
the prototypes have not uh met . Muster ? 

960
00:34:45,209 --> 00:34:47,679
Sure , I'll deal with Lrhw first . Um 

961
00:34:47,689 --> 00:34:49,856
So it's a joint program , as we always 

962
00:34:49,856 --> 00:34:51,689
say with the Navy and we've been 

963
00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:53,745
working very closely with them to uh 

964
00:34:53,745 --> 00:34:55,578
deal with some of the root cause 

965
00:34:55,578 --> 00:34:57,578
analysis and to develop a test plan 

966
00:34:57,578 --> 00:34:59,689
that will hopefully get us back to uh 

967
00:34:59,689 --> 00:35:01,689
you know , a test launch this later 

968
00:35:01,689 --> 00:35:03,911
this summer . Uh We remain uh guardedly 

969
00:35:03,911 --> 00:35:06,022
optimistic . We'll be able to do that 

970
00:35:06,022 --> 00:35:08,189
and you know , the rest of the funding 

971
00:35:08,189 --> 00:35:08,129
that's in the 25 submission is for 

972
00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:10,195
continued development and ultimately 

973
00:35:10,195 --> 00:35:12,195
procurement of that system . So you 

974
00:35:12,195 --> 00:35:14,417
slowed it down a little bit and you put 

975
00:35:14,417 --> 00:35:16,750
more money into and test and evaluation . 

976
00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:16,719
There was , there was some uh you know , 

977
00:35:16,729 --> 00:35:18,673
kind of additional testing that we 

978
00:35:18,673 --> 00:35:20,785
needed to do that was more sequential 

979
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:22,673
leading up to this summer . So uh 

980
00:35:22,673 --> 00:35:24,673
obviously it backs the program up a 

981
00:35:24,673 --> 00:35:24,520
little bit . And so you'll see that the 

982
00:35:24,530 --> 00:35:26,474
funding that's reflected in the 24 

983
00:35:26,474 --> 00:35:28,641
submission is just a line to where the 

984
00:35:28,641 --> 00:35:30,697
program is going to execute , moving 

985
00:35:30,697 --> 00:35:32,586
forward . And on Ira , you know , 

986
00:35:32,586 --> 00:35:34,697
obviously , when we set , we placed a 

987
00:35:34,697 --> 00:35:34,645
lot of bets when we started all of 

988
00:35:34,655 --> 00:35:36,822
these modernization priorities and the 

989
00:35:36,822 --> 00:35:38,945
vast preponderance of them have have 

990
00:35:38,955 --> 00:35:41,122
gone very , very well and exceeded our 

991
00:35:41,122 --> 00:35:43,340
expectations , but some have not . And 

992
00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:45,406
so the development of the prototypes 

993
00:35:45,406 --> 00:35:47,770
for the Ira capability uh was one 

994
00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:49,669
example where we face a number of 

995
00:35:49,669 --> 00:35:51,724
different technical challenges uh in 

996
00:35:51,724 --> 00:35:53,669
engineering issues . So we are now 

997
00:35:53,669 --> 00:35:55,613
going to pivot and you'll see that 

998
00:35:55,613 --> 00:35:57,947
reflected in the fy 25 submission to do . 

999
00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:00,058
Uh really uh it's gonna start with an 

1000
00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:02,113
April 3rd industry day . We're gonna 

1001
00:36:02,113 --> 00:36:03,780
assess what non developmental 

1002
00:36:03,780 --> 00:36:06,002
capabilities exist out there that might 

1003
00:36:06,002 --> 00:36:08,002
achieve similar amounts of range in 

1004
00:36:08,002 --> 00:36:10,169
terms of our long range fires . Uh And 

1005
00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,280
then we'll conduct uh you know , some 

1006
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,502
more formal assessments of capabilities 

1007
00:36:14,502 --> 00:36:16,675
and uh ultimately hope to do uh a down 

1008
00:36:16,685 --> 00:36:18,296
select of something more non 

1009
00:36:18,296 --> 00:36:20,935
developmental in the near term , the 

1010
00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:23,465
palate and how they're independent of 

1011
00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:27,219
each other . Uh 

1012
00:36:27,229 --> 00:36:30,040
Can you say if you are accelerating 

1013
00:36:30,050 --> 00:36:32,110
prism ? When I looked at the fy 24 

1014
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,120
justification books , it shows that 

1015
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,287
their plan was for 100 and 90 . Uh Now 

1016
00:36:36,287 --> 00:36:38,699
you're looking at 230 . Uh so what 

1017
00:36:38,709 --> 00:36:41,399
precipitated that what seems to be a 

1018
00:36:41,409 --> 00:36:43,631
ramp up and uh how does that affect the 

1019
00:36:44,054 --> 00:36:46,165
numbers across the fed a business due 

1020
00:36:46,165 --> 00:36:48,574
to any replenishment for Ukraine or 

1021
00:36:48,584 --> 00:36:51,175
other factors ? Yeah , I mean , I think 

1022
00:36:51,185 --> 00:36:53,185
um the main factor there , it's the 

1023
00:36:53,185 --> 00:36:55,375
availability of the system . Um , the 

1024
00:36:55,385 --> 00:36:57,552
need to obviously send a strong signal 

1025
00:36:57,552 --> 00:36:59,607
to the industrial base in terms of a 

1026
00:36:59,607 --> 00:37:01,829
demand signal uh for production . And I 

1027
00:37:01,829 --> 00:37:04,052
think we do wanna accelerate uh ongoing 

1028
00:37:04,052 --> 00:37:06,163
development of the prism capability . 

1029
00:37:06,163 --> 00:37:08,385
Again , I'm focused on INC four , which 

1030
00:37:08,385 --> 00:37:10,607
is where , where I get to 900 kilometer 

1031
00:37:10,607 --> 00:37:12,607
range . Uh General Bennett , do you 

1032
00:37:12,607 --> 00:37:12,094
wanna add any more on the quantities ? 

1033
00:37:12,409 --> 00:37:14,820
Yes , sir . So the 230 at , at a cost 

1034
00:37:14,830 --> 00:37:16,997
of $493 million . Additionally , we've 

1035
00:37:16,997 --> 00:37:19,270
got 100 and $84 million allocated for 

1036
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,391
RDT and E efforts for engineering and 

1037
00:37:21,391 --> 00:37:23,502
manufacturing development and the Inc 

1038
00:37:23,502 --> 00:37:25,860
two seeker , the fit of . Do you have 

1039
00:37:25,870 --> 00:37:28,037
any information on whether you're just 

1040
00:37:28,037 --> 00:37:31,459
buying more to begin with and then not 

1041
00:37:31,469 --> 00:37:33,659
doing as many later or you know , does 

1042
00:37:33,669 --> 00:37:36,419
that the objective remain the same ? 

1043
00:37:36,919 --> 00:37:39,197
The objective remains the same for now ? 

1044
00:37:39,197 --> 00:37:41,419
Um But we are , we are accelerating our 

1045
00:37:41,419 --> 00:37:43,530
buy . I think what we're also doing , 

1046
00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:45,197
you'll see a healthy level of 

1047
00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:47,419
investment across the portfolio in this 

1048
00:37:47,419 --> 00:37:49,641
space and it was uh designed to address 

1049
00:37:49,641 --> 00:37:51,808
what we see as a , as an urgent need . 

1050
00:37:51,808 --> 00:37:53,975
And then on a uh with the cancellation 

1051
00:37:53,975 --> 00:37:55,975
of of the prototypes , um what does 

1052
00:37:55,975 --> 00:37:58,197
that mean for plans for the , there was 

1053
00:37:58,197 --> 00:38:00,419
supposed to be like a long range , um , 

1054
00:38:00,419 --> 00:38:03,629
fires uh , like gun tube facility at 

1055
00:38:03,639 --> 00:38:06,689
Waterville that um , I think Fy 25 had , 

1056
00:38:06,699 --> 00:38:09,620
had some potential for uh the funding 

1057
00:38:09,629 --> 00:38:12,239
to uh pay for that building for that 

1058
00:38:12,250 --> 00:38:15,129
facility . Uh So just curious if 

1059
00:38:15,139 --> 00:38:16,972
there's any other plans for that 

1060
00:38:16,972 --> 00:38:19,520
facility or if that would be scrapped 

1061
00:38:19,530 --> 00:38:22,540
because the prototype is no more . No . 

1062
00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:24,772
So , Water Elite is a national treasure 

1063
00:38:24,772 --> 00:38:26,828
for those of you who aren't familiar 

1064
00:38:26,828 --> 00:38:28,717
with it . It is the one source of 

1065
00:38:28,717 --> 00:38:30,828
manufacturing gun tubes that exist in 

1066
00:38:30,828 --> 00:38:32,994
the continental United States . Uh And 

1067
00:38:32,994 --> 00:38:35,050
so one of the things we were able to 

1068
00:38:35,050 --> 00:38:37,217
develop as part of the Ira prototyping 

1069
00:38:37,217 --> 00:38:39,383
effort was capability to develop these 

1070
00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:41,161
long gun tubes uh at water vite 

1071
00:38:41,161 --> 00:38:43,328
regardless of what we end up buying as 

1072
00:38:43,328 --> 00:38:45,494
a non developmental or kind of off the 

1073
00:38:45,494 --> 00:38:47,661
off the shelf solution . Uh There will 

1074
00:38:47,661 --> 00:38:49,772
always be a need to refurbish sustain 

1075
00:38:49,772 --> 00:38:51,883
uh and help manufacture some of these 

1076
00:38:51,883 --> 00:38:54,260
gun tubes at water valet to cheer from 

1077
00:38:54,270 --> 00:38:56,492
inside defense . Um I wanted to go back 

1078
00:38:56,492 --> 00:38:58,770
to the 155 production chart you showed 

1079
00:38:59,139 --> 00:39:01,250
you've talked about how much you need 

1080
00:39:01,250 --> 00:39:03,417
the supplemental to get to the goal of 

1081
00:39:03,417 --> 00:39:05,659
100,000 a month by uh Fy 25 . But 

1082
00:39:05,669 --> 00:39:07,760
you're also dependent on the base 

1083
00:39:07,770 --> 00:39:09,770
budget . We currently don't have an 

1084
00:39:09,770 --> 00:39:12,290
appropriation for Fy 24 and we've had 

1085
00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:15,129
CRS for many years . You could be in 

1086
00:39:15,139 --> 00:39:17,699
the situation where you have ac rnfy 25 . 

1087
00:39:17,709 --> 00:39:19,939
So how does that , how does that affect 

1088
00:39:19,949 --> 00:39:22,139
the timeline of , of that production ? 

1089
00:39:22,149 --> 00:39:24,205
How does that sort of shift things ? 

1090
00:39:24,205 --> 00:39:26,205
And can you just sort of talk about 

1091
00:39:26,205 --> 00:39:28,427
your thinking about the schedule wise ? 

1092
00:39:28,427 --> 00:39:30,593
Yeah , I mean , I think you , you made 

1093
00:39:30,593 --> 00:39:30,290
the point perfectly . This is why we 

1094
00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:32,419
are all saying over here that uh it , 

1095
00:39:32,429 --> 00:39:34,699
it significantly hampers our national 

1096
00:39:34,709 --> 00:39:36,820
security when we do not have a timely 

1097
00:39:36,820 --> 00:39:38,987
appropriation . Uh you know , we count 

1098
00:39:38,987 --> 00:39:40,879
on the availability of critical 

1099
00:39:40,889 --> 00:39:43,000
munitions to arrive , we contract for 

1100
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,778
it . Uh but we cannot get those 

1101
00:39:44,778 --> 00:39:46,833
production quantities unless we have 

1102
00:39:46,833 --> 00:39:49,000
the funding where we need it . So , uh 

1103
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,111
the fact that we are still waiting on 

1104
00:39:51,111 --> 00:39:53,278
24 appropriations and if we were to be 

1105
00:39:53,278 --> 00:39:55,500
in the same situation a year from now , 

1106
00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:57,667
it would affect critical delays in our 

1107
00:39:57,667 --> 00:40:00,212
ability to receive uh those like 155 on 

1108
00:40:00,222 --> 00:40:01,722
time . Do , do you have an 

1109
00:40:01,722 --> 00:40:03,833
approximation for like are we talking 

1110
00:40:03,833 --> 00:40:06,000
months that it would be delayed as far 

1111
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,055
as that 100,000 goal if we're in the 

1112
00:40:08,055 --> 00:40:10,055
same city or just maybe in approx , 

1113
00:40:10,055 --> 00:40:09,992
it's , it's really not a very simple 

1114
00:40:10,002 --> 00:40:12,169
formula because it , as I've shown you 

1115
00:40:12,169 --> 00:40:13,891
on the slide , it depends on a 

1116
00:40:13,891 --> 00:40:16,113
combination of factors . So if I get uh 

1117
00:40:16,113 --> 00:40:18,058
you know , the ability in the base 

1118
00:40:18,058 --> 00:40:20,224
budget to fund production quantities , 

1119
00:40:20,224 --> 00:40:22,335
but I don't the ability to fully fund 

1120
00:40:22,335 --> 00:40:24,280
the capacity increases through the 

1121
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,335
supplemental , then I may have money 

1122
00:40:26,335 --> 00:40:28,669
for production that I can't uh you know , 

1123
00:40:28,669 --> 00:40:30,891
actually utilize because the production 

1124
00:40:30,891 --> 00:40:33,058
capacity hasn't increased on time . So 

1125
00:40:33,058 --> 00:40:35,224
that's why I keep saying there are two 

1126
00:40:35,224 --> 00:40:37,224
parallel efforts that need to go in 

1127
00:40:37,224 --> 00:40:39,446
tandem with each other . And uh ideally 

1128
00:40:39,446 --> 00:40:41,335
for us uh would have already been 

1129
00:40:41,335 --> 00:40:43,169
enacted . And sir , for our last 

1130
00:40:43,169 --> 00:40:45,280
question , Aviation Week , as part of 

1131
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,224
the aviation rebalance , we talked 

1132
00:40:47,224 --> 00:40:49,280
about delaying it . Can you quantify 

1133
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,446
that ? What is the new schedule you're 

1134
00:40:51,446 --> 00:40:50,959
looking at for Black Hawk and Apache ? 

1135
00:40:51,060 --> 00:40:53,060
What does the picture look like for 

1136
00:40:53,060 --> 00:40:55,282
that ? I'll let General Bennett um give 

1137
00:40:55,282 --> 00:40:57,393
you the numbers and the dates , but I 

1138
00:40:57,393 --> 00:40:59,671
will just say that uh as we , you know , 

1139
00:40:59,671 --> 00:41:01,727
we're committed to the IAP program . 

1140
00:41:01,727 --> 00:41:03,727
It's just a question of it . Uh you 

1141
00:41:03,727 --> 00:41:05,838
know , being able to be integrated uh 

1142
00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:08,171
in a timely way with the Apache and the , 

1143
00:41:08,171 --> 00:41:10,338
the Black Hawk platforms . Um And so I 

1144
00:41:10,338 --> 00:41:12,560
think we can show you where the , where 

1145
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:11,610
the funding shifts and the schedule 

1146
00:41:11,620 --> 00:41:14,149
shifts are . Yeah , funding in , in fy 

1147
00:41:14,159 --> 00:41:17,199
25 roughly $67 million in RDTNE . 

1148
00:41:18,449 --> 00:41:21,709
Um And we're focused . Um 

1149
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,856
So the , the what we really did , we 

1150
00:41:24,856 --> 00:41:27,022
delayed the procurement by a couple of 

1151
00:41:27,022 --> 00:41:29,078
years in the fight up and we can get 

1152
00:41:29,078 --> 00:41:29,020
you back the actual numbers , but we 

1153
00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:31,141
kept the RDT and E line going because 

1154
00:41:31,141 --> 00:41:33,197
there's still continued testing that 

1155
00:41:33,197 --> 00:41:35,419
needs to be done on those engines . All 

1156
00:41:35,419 --> 00:41:37,474
right . Ladies and gentlemen , thank 

1157
00:41:37,474 --> 00:41:36,989
you . That's all the time that we have 

1158
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,111
for today . But as a reminder , we do 

1159
00:41:39,111 --> 00:41:40,944
have another media roundtable uh 

1160
00:41:40,944 --> 00:41:43,167
tomorrow morning , that information and 

1161
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,444
invite should already be in your inbox . 

1162
00:41:45,444 --> 00:41:47,611
Um and we'll , we'll send out the dial 

1163
00:41:47,611 --> 00:41:47,300
in information this evening . So thank 

1164
00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:47,850
you for your time .