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Alright , good afternoon everyone . I'm

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Lieutenant Katie Dinner . The Public

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Affairs Officer for the Navy's Fy 23

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budget . President's budget request .

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The honorable Miss MEREDITH burger ,

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performing the duties of undersecretary

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of the Navy and Rear Admiral Gumbleton

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will brief the Department of the Navy

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submission for fiscal year 2023 .

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Following the overview , they will take

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questions for approximately 10 minutes .

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Please limit your questions to one with

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a follow up MS berger rational

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Gumbleton over to you . Thank you .

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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen ,

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my name is MEREDITH burger and I'm the

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acting undersecretary of the Navy and

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along with Rear Admiral Gumbleton , the

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Navy's Budget Officer , I am pleased to

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provide to you an overview of our fy 23

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budget request . This request delivers

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the resources necessary to operate and

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build a lethal , integrated forward ,

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maneuverable naval force capable of

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preserving freedom of navigation ,

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deterring aggression and defending our

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nation and our way of life . The

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Department's budget request , supports

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the nation's priorities driven by the

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hierarchy of strategy documents you see

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listed here forefront in this group is

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the National Defense Strategy . The

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Department of Navy's budget request

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enables the Department of Defense's

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investment in the three pillars of the

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National Defense Strategy . Integrated

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deterrence , campaigning forward and

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building upon our entering advantages

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to fulfill the strategic priorities

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identified in the N . D . S . Secretary

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del toro . Strategic guidance to the

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Navy and Marine Corps is fully aligned

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with the National Defense strategy and

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identifies the Department of the Navy's

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three enduring priorities , strengthen

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maritime dominance , empower our people

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and strengthen strategic partnerships

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and alliances . Likewise . The Chief of

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Naval Operations Nav plan and the

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comment out of the Marine Corps is to

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force design , provide the direction to

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the services to guide our Navy and

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Marine Corps team in line with the

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NDS and supporting Secretary Del Toro's

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enduring priorities . This budget

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request is strategy based analytically

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driven and reform minded to maximize

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the value of every dollar entrusted to

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us . The Department of Navy will train ,

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build and equip the world's most

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powerful naval force in order to defend

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the nation , our allies , our values

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and our interests . We will build

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towards integrated all domain power

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with the Navy Marine Corps and at times

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the Coast Guard to contribute to the

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joint force . We're committed to

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building a modernized naval force

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operating forward with sufficient

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capability , size and mix to deter and

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defend . Prioritizing readiness to

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provide integrated , lethal and

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survivable forces Implementing

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force design 2030 . The commandant's

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initiatives include modernization

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efforts to optimize the Marine Corps

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for the demands of naval expeditionary

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warfare and enabling our marines to be

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the nation's stand in force able to

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both deter and act inside an

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adversary's operating area . We

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prioritize innovation and distributed

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maritime operations , investing in long

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range fires and hypersonic weapons as

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well as increases to unmanned platforms

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and well resourced installation and

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facility resilience , climate readiness

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and a once in a generation

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recapitalization of our four public

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shipyards . Our people are the

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foundational strength of this

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department . We will build and sustain

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a strong , diverse and healthy force

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ready at the time at all times and

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focused on warfighting and leadership

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at every level . The Navy and Marine

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Corps invest in talent management and

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we are producing more capable , more

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accountable sailors and marines while

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increasing our ability to attract and

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retain the most talented individuals

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across the force . A

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request provides a pay increase to all

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war fighters and civilians , supports

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our families and furthers our efforts

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to eradicate harmful behaviors . We

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increase funding to expand education

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and training , building on the

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intellectual capability of our war

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fighters as well as support for their

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families with increases and chat in

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child and youth programs .

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The Department of Navy recognizes that

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we are stronger through our

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partnerships , our partnerships across

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the government and among our global

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network provide an unmatched and

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irreplaceable advantage . We will work

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to sustain and expand that advantage by

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seeking to achieve seamless integration ,

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communication and collaboration with

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each of our allies and partners . We

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support investments in the european and

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pacific deterrence initiatives while

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supporting our industrial base partners

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here at home , focused on

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mission readiness . We invest in

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solutions that increase the

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department's resilience to climate

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change and reduce our adverse impacts

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on the environment and we prioritize

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active campaigning through our

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operations exercises , engagement and

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interoperability with our allies and

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partners across the world . These

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enduring priorities centered on the

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nation's strategic objectives and

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driven by the nation . Excuse me ,

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driven by the Navy and Marine Corps

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team are physically balanced and

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deliver integrated all domain naval

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power capable of maintaining our

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maritime advantage , strengthening our

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ties with allies and protecting the

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american people . As we look to

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our security and operational

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environment , we face increasing global

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threats from coercive and malign actors .

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We are looking broadly at the war in

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Ukraine and how it may embolden others

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around the world , china and Russia to

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autocratic powers . Increasingly

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aggressive actions threaten the peace ,

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stability and rules based order . China

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has expanded and modernized Nearly

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every aspect of the People's Liberation

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Army to include an exponential

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expansion of their maritime

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capabilities and capacity . With a

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focus on eroding U . S . Military

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advantage . China has militarized

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islands in the south china sea and has

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drastically increased their incursions

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in the maritime environment . To

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normalize their provocative behavior

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and events in Ukraine and the rapid

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expansion of china's nuclear force .

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Highlight the need for our strategic

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deterrence capabilities and forces

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Over 90% of trade and more than 90% of

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international communication cables span

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the span or across the ocean floor .

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The value of ford naval forces cannot

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be overstated . We provide a combat

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credible presence , ensuring critical

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waterways remain open . Our forward

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deployed in strategic forces signal

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formidable strength to our allies and

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deter our adversaries . American

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security rests on our ability to

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control the seas and project power

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across all domains . Your Navy and

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Marine Corps team must be resourced to

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operate , build train and equip the

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most modern , technologically advanced

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and combat ready force As of

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today , 28 March , The Navy and Marine

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Corps provide Ford Postured

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Maritime-based forces , including over

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53,000 sailors and 29,000 Marines

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Currently deployed or underway on 128

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ships To include five carrier strike

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groups and two expeditionary strike

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groups along with our allies and

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partners . We are operating from the

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seabed to space to provide immediate

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response options to our leadership to

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deter and defend against our

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adversaries . Overall , your Navy and

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Marine Corps are engaged in joint

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integrated operations around the world

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and demand for our presence continues

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to increase . This requires careful

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management of deployment schedules

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given the general trend of declining

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ship count over the next future years

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defense plan . While requirements for

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our naval forces remains high to

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continue , rommel Gumbleton will now

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highlight further how our Navy and

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Marine Corps are supporting our global

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requirements and then he will detail

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our investments in this budget request

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to meet Secretaria del Toro's enduring

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priorities to strengthen maritime

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dominance , empower our people and

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strengthen strategic partnerships and

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alliances in support of the defendant's

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Defense Department's pillars of

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integrated deterrence , campaigning

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forward and building upon our enduring

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advantages . Rambled Gumbleton , thank

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you Under Secretary burger ,

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Transitioning to the fiscal slides .

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The FY 2023 presidents budget request

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is 230.8 billion . This is a 9.1

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billion and 4.1% increase of our

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recently enacted FY 22 budget . On the

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top . You will see a graph by service

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split percentage the Navy budget at

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180.5 billion in the Marine Corps

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budget at 50.3 billion . Beginning in

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the lower left , their Navy budget

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increases . Violence 5% shows real

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growth and all appropriations In the

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lower rate . Our Marine Corps budget

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increases by nearly 2% with significant

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growth and operation and maintenance

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and research and development Within the

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Marine Corps funding . You'll note what

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looks like a 35% reduction in military

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construction . This is an artifact of

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how generous Congress was during the Fy

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22 enactment Overall . The growth is

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achieved in this request . Budget

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decisions reinforced by warfighter

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analytics and tough choices were still

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required . You will see in these next

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slides how the Department's request

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enables us to provide the Joint force

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commander globally responsive combat

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ready naval expeditionary forces

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aligned with and supporting the

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Department of Defense strategic pillars

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for ship construction . The department

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appreciates the strong support by

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Congress for naval shipbuilding . In Fy

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22 which included five vessels over our

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PB 22 requests this year , we plan to

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procure an additional nine battle force

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ships pivotal to supporting our

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national strategic priority of

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integrated deterrence . The details of

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our submarine investments include the

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Columbia class program requests of 5.9

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billion for the third and final year of

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incremental funding for the ship as

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well as advanced procurement for future

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Columbia class submarines . The

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Virginia class submarine budget

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requests 6.6 billion or 25% of the

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appropriation for two blocks five fast

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attack boats as well as the advanced

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procurement for the 24 and 25 votes

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within our surface ship portfolio .

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Forward class carrier program requests

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2.5 billion incremental funding for CvN

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80 and 81 . The department's

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request funds two destroyers at $5

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billion and will seek a multiyear

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contract for nine plus one ships across

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the fit up . And the frigate request

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includes $1.2 billion 4th ship of the

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class Reviewing our amphibious

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platforms . This request includes one

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LHA ship With the first increment of

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1.1 billion for the as well as one l .

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p . d . for 1.7 billion , which will

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end production of this ship class

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Turning to our logistics platforms .

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One replenishment oiler is requested

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for 795 million and one towing salvage

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and rescue ship for 96 million . We

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also request to additional ship to

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shore connectors and we request $618

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million S . complex

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refueling overhaul . Our request

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includes two , you see lip ships for

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$141 million . An affordable way to

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recapitalize our strategic lift

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requirement and as you can see on the

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pie chart , 56% of your SCN request is

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to support our nuclear powered vessels ,

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Columbia , 21% will rise to over 30% of

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our SCN account in Fy 26 as we begin

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serial production . Finally , the

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department will request to decommission

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24 vessels . Here are

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shipyard infrastructure optimization

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plan or psyoP will provide modernized

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maintenance facilities needed to

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sustain the future fleet . We

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appreciate Congress's strong support

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for seo adding 839 million in our FY 22

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enactment . The department's Fy 23

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investment of 1.7 billion is required

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for our four naval shipyards to be

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ready to sustain our Virginia and ford

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class vessels . As noted on the slide

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table , construction efforts comprise

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the bulk of our requests and are

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targeted to recapitalize aging dry

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docks and three of four of our

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shipyards to support these modern

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platforms . R . O . P . N . Request

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replaces outdated equipment by

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purchasing a new reactor servicing

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complex , A 175 ton heavy lift portal

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crane and several smaller pieces of

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equipment at other shipyards .

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Shifting to force design . We ensure

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that marine forces operating forward

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provide the foundational integrated

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deterrence and day to day campaigning

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necessary to build advantage with our

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allies and partners entering year three

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of this 10 year comprehensive

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transformation effort forced design

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focuses on three priorities equipment

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modernization , talent management and

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training and education . During the FY

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23 build the Marine Corps divested of

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legacy capability and capacity not

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aligned to the future threat .

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Reallocating 700 million in savings

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into warfighting investment priorities .

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The most pressing listed on the table ,

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including long range precision fires ,

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networks and sensors , modernization

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investments have also included over 20

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million for updating manpower systems

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and 100 and 50 million for training and

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education programs in F 1 23 . Through

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these efforts , the Marine Corps will

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function as the standard force

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operating inside actively contested

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spaces , facilitating leveraging all

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domain tools as the eyes and ears of

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the fleet and the joint force shifting

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to aviation procurement . The

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department appreciates the strong

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congressional support of our aviation

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program In Fy 22 , including the added

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funding for 22 additional aircraft .

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The department's request of 16.8

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billion in PB 23 supports the start of

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procurement for the MQ 25 stingray and

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multi engine training system and ends

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the program by for the MB 20 two's and

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see MV 22 In this budget are

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significant aviation investments

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include production of F- 35 Bravo and

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Charlie Lightning 2s . We're requesting

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28 F 30 fives . In this budget request

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five E two delta advanced Hawkeyes as

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they enter the final year of their five

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year multi year contract . Procures

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five additional KC 1 30 Js . Also

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entering the final year of their five

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year multi year contract . Moving to

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rotary wing , we are requesting 10

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heavy lists , age , 53 king stallions

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and we finalized the recapitalization

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of our rotary wing trainers . With the

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procurement of 26 additional th 73

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alpha training helicopters . And lastly

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we are increasing investments in

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unmanned aviation . The Marine Corps

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procures five additional MQ nine alpha

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reapers and the navy resumes the

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procurement of three Mq four triptans

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and begins the first year of

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procurement of four MQ 25 stingrays

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paving the way into integrated unmanned

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carrier aviation . Moving

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to enhance competitive capabilities .

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This year's budget request continues

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investment to develop improved

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warfighting capabilities across all

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domains . This year's budget request

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pardon me ? Research and development

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funding increases by 9% for Navy and 6%

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from Marine Corps . Over the 22 enacted

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amounts , the navy remains committed to

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the strategic deterrence mission ,

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committing 1.2 billion of R and D

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funding to recapitalize all portions of

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the undersea leg of the triad ,

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including submarines to chemo Trident D

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five and Our Nuclear Command and

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Control and Communications Network .

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Other significant Navy investments in

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weapons and platforms include increases

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to hypersonic weapons through

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conventional prompt strike and standard

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missile , both strike fighter variants

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and several classified programs . In Fy

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23 . The department is procuring 22

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small medium unmanned undersea vehicles

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and the Marine Corps continues

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investment enforced design capabilities

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including nemesis and MQ nine alpha

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emission systems embedded within

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programs on the slide . The department

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continues to build enduring advantage

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with investments in climate . These

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departmental investments are aligned to

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maintain maritime dominance balancing

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investment , both manned and unmanned

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platforms with airborne surface and

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subsurface missions . In addition to

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these platforms , investments and

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projects overmatched support , linking

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them together seamlessly to integrate

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the sensors , platforms and their

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weapons to facilitate distributed

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maritime operations . As we transition

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to this next section , I would

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emphasize that readiness remains a

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clear department priority and Fy 23

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continues prior year gains on ships and

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aircraft maintenance . Efforts to

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improve overall department readiness ,

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campaigning forward influences

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competitive perceptions of the benefits

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and costs and risks and hurt and their

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actions while amplifying our strengths .

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On the top of the slide , our ship

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maintenance account decreases by 3%

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below 22 . However , this decrease is

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due to a one time spike for private

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sector contracted submarine maintenance .

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In our PB 22 requests . In this account ,

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we improve shipyard performance by

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maintaining 37,000 dedicated civilians

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while implementing process improvements

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and reforms . The navy continues to see

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positive performance in the OPM pilot .

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To competitively contract private

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sector maintenance across both fleets .

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25 of our 41 surface ship

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availabilities are in this pilot . At

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the bottom of the slide , ship

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operations has a 6% budget increase

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resources , deliveries of military

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sealift vessels requesting additional

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underway days for our civilian Mariners

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and to support gray hulled warships .

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Funding increases to reflect our

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predicted deployment schedules with

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increased spare parts , consumable

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materials and training ,

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turning to Marine Corps equipment and

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readiness at the top of the slide ,

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you'll note that the budget remains

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flat and consistent with the depot

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maintenance required for wheeled and

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tracked vehicles , modest increases to

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the ground equipment requests due to

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depot rates are offset by planned

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programmatic reductions and maintenance

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requirements for automotive and combat

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vehicle equipment At the bottom .

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Marine Expeditionary Force training and

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readiness is prioritized with funding

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of $1.2 billion . A 240 million

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increase from last year's request .

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This resource is the recently stood up

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Newman Marine littoral regiment hawaii

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will enable them to conduct exercises

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with our allies and enhance our

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presence in the indo pacific Finally ,

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this increase supports talent

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management reform with a $20 million

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dollar increase to manpower systems and

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modernization . Looking at aircraft

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depot maintenance at the top of the

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slide , funding improves over 22 to

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sustain gains and aircraft mission

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capable of rains . This includes

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funding increases of 53 million for

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airframes , 132 million for engines and

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31 million for component repairs over

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Fy 22 levels . The Navy continues to

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make progress improvements at our

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aircraft depots , reducing the time to

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conduct maintenance and returning

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aircraft and engines back to the fleet

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From the bottom half under air

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operations , this budget increases the

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flying our program by 16% to account

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for more up aircraft , increased prices

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for parts and enabling pilots to keep

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more of their training matrix , leading

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to improved aircrew proficiency and

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safety accordingly , we're re sourcing

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38,000 more flying hours than 22 for

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fleet operations and finally , to train

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our student naval aviators were re

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sourcing re sourcing 19,000 more flying

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hours . This critical investment will

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support increased student pilot

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throughput , supporting the recovery of

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our tactical aircraft pilot shortfall .

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At the top left of the slide , you'll

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see the Navy installations and support

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graph . The department appreciates

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Congress's support for our shore

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infrastructure in Fy 22 the one time

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adds of 565 million for natural

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disasters and 408 million for Redhill

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efforts . When you back out the one

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time Redhill and natural disaster

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repair funding . The Navy short

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infrastructure funding increases 7% .

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23 over Fy 22 enacted Navy increases

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FS RM by 3% with facilities sustainment

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funded at 2 85% of the OSD model In

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regards to climate change . The 23

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budget increases climate investments by

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a total of 137 million across the shore

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providing funding for electric vehicle ,

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leasing , charging stations ,

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installation , resiliency and natural

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resource carbon sequestration projects

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reviewing the top right of the slide in

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the Marine Corps installations and

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support . You'll note an increase in

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the Marine Corps officer in portfolio

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to 1.3 billion in Fy 23 . However ,

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sustainment percentage drops from 80 to

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56% . The Marine Corps is undertaking

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an OSD approved pilot initiative for

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holistic officer and modeling which

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emphasizes restoration and

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modernization and demolition instead of

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sustainment funding . This tiered based

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approach will reduce footprint while

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prioritizing investments in the highest

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valued facilities . We look forward to

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learning from this palette to influence

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future budget requests . Finally , the

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Marine Corps also prioritizes tackling

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the climate crisis with investments

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that include electric , non tactical

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vehicles and carbon sequestration

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efforts Moving to military construction

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and the bottom half of the slide , we

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appreciate the strong congressional

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support in FY22 by adding 23 projects

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and two billion including additional

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funds supporting SEO the department's

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PB 23 requests of 3.8 billion funds .

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28 projects grouped as you can see on

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the slide including 15 projects for the

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Navy And 13 Projects for the Marine

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Corps . These investments support new

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platforms and enhance missions such as

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Pure has appeared to support Virginia

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class submarines with Virginia payload

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modules at naval station Norfolk and F

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35 fighter aircraft at Marine Corps air

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station Cherry point .

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Our people provide the foundational

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strength for the department and by

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building enduring advantages to our

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naval forces . We created more

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resilient agile and innovative team .

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Not only do we value continuous

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training , but we are committed to

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fostering a culture of warfighting

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excellence built on leadership dignity

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and respect Accordingly . This budget

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request includes a 4.6% pay raise pay

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increase for sailors , Marines and our

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civilians . You'll note that both Navy

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Marine Corps reducing and strength yet

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our budget request rises in support of

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this pay increase and the subsequent

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slides will cover these programs and

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note that we are growing part of our

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civilian team to reflect increases in

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our sapper and climate initiatives .

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Not depicted on this slide are PB 23

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request number includes funding the

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203,000 Navy and 22,000 Marine Corps

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civilians . The department cannot

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achieve our mission without their

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dedicated support . Now moving to Navy

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personnel at the top of the slide , the

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charge shows the active duty Navy Fy 23

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P . B requests will decrease by 620

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sailors . Total navy and strength

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reflects decreases associated with the

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force structure changes offset by

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growth to buyback . Medical manpower

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billets moving to Reserve Navy at the

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bottom of the slide , we continue our

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commitment to our sailors and the

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training we have invested in them as we

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prioritize assessing active duty

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sailors into our Reserve Fleet Navy

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Reserve and strength decreases as we

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reduce reserve personnel supporting LCS

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units , Headquarter staffs and

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installation services . Those

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reductions are partially offset by

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increases in our Fleet Maritime

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Operations Centers to provide increased

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command and control surge capacity .

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Yeah , Looking now at our

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active duty Marine Corps , our request

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supports an active force of 177,000

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Marines where they planned 123

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deployment to dwell ratio . Also

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reflected here is a reduction of 1500

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marines from the PB 22 plan to continue

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alignment with the commandant's forced

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design efforts . This request also

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invests in talent management reform

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initiatives to offer financial

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incentives to attract and retain talent

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To the bottom . Our request supports a

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33,000 reserve force of ready for

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mobilization marines Marines with an

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end strength decrease of 3800 from the

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PB 22 plan reduced marine and strength

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is due to divestment of one legacy U .

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A . V . Squadron and recruiting and

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retention challenges caused by covid 19 .

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However , we will return to a plan and

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strength of 36 600 by Fy 24 .

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This budget request will allow for

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stabilization to receive reserve force

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enabling it to seamlessly integrate

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with the active component force to

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support global operations and emerging

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requirements with respect to the

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department's family housing programs .

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Located at the top portion of the slide

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this year's request includes 324

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million supporting three government

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owned new construction projects at N .

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S . A . Andersen , Guam and

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revitalizing 96 stone homes at bases in

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Japan . These investments directly

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impact the quality of life of our four

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deployed sailors and marines while

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executing the want the Guam defense

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Policy Review initiative as forces

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relocated from Okinawa to Guam . The

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bottom half of this slide highlights

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the department's view that taking care

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of our people and families as a direct

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force multiplier With regards to our

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sexual assault prevention and response .

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The department has increased our

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funding by 110 million . This will

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enable implementation of the

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Independent Review Commission

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recommendations along four lines of

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effort accountability , prevention ,

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climate and culture and victim care and

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support . The majority of the costs

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associated with the I . R . C .

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Recommendations are to create a full

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time prevention workforce for both the

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Navy and Marine Corps . This request

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continues to offer education and

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training opportunities at our flagship

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institutions at our Pilot Naval

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Community College in tuition assistance

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programs and finally the department's

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child and Youth programs support the

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mobile Military families readiness by

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providing affordable high quality

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programs . R . P . B . 23 request

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increases by 38% or $150 million over

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fy 22 supporting new child development

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center at Point Loma , The $15 an hour

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minimum wage increase and fully funds

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the fee assistance program .

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In our final section , Building on

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Secretary Del Toro's top three

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priorities , I would emphasize that

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finding ways to expand industrial based

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partnerships is critical to our

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strength and capacity . Likewise

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campaigning forward operating alongside

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our allies and partners , changes the

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cost and risk calculations of our

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adversaries as an advantage that china

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and Russia can never match

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with respect to our critical industrial

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partners . The department has made

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investments in the Columbia Integrated

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enterprise plan . 331 million to fund

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continuous production of long lead time

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components and material to stabilize

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the supplier base . We're also

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requesting 541 million to invest in the

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submarine industrial base . This

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includes targeted investments and

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shipbuilding infrastructure , supply

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chain capacity and strategic

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outsourcing and workforce training In

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our weapons industrial base . We

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include $79 million

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SM

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six production And 37.6 million of our

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budget request is focused on building

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supply chain resilience for future

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weapons including hypersonic weapons ,

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directed energy weapons and advanced

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batteries . Now shifting back to our

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international allies and partners .

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Although not an exhaustive list . Some

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of our many important operations and

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exercises that your Navy Marine Corps

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team participate include most recently

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french italian U . S . Aircraft carrier

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strike groups operated together ,

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strengthening our maritime integration .

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Later this summer , 17 NATO allies and

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partners will work together in the

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Baltic Sea , showing the resolve of the

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NATO alliance Unitas , the longest

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running multinational maritime exercise

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in the world , will commence later this

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fall with our south american partners

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and allies . Our carrots . Series of

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exercises , reinforces us presidents

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and commitment to Southeast Asia

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improving Navy and Marine Corps

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Interoperability and capabilities with

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our partners . These critical

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partnerships generate key capabilities ,

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increase our capacity , provide access

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to strategic positions and defend the

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rules based international order with

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allies and partners were stronger and

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more secure than we could ever be on

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our own .

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Thank you . General Gumbleton for that

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detailed overview of the Department of

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Navy's investments and priorities . In

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our fy 23 budget request to summarize

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the department's budget priorities

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prioritizes maritime dominance and our

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people and drives operational concepts

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and capabilities . It improves our

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readiness through sustained investment

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and performance improvement and

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accelerates investments in more lethal

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network capabilities and concepts

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integrated with the joint force .

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Finally , the department's request was

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a collaborative , analytically driven

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approach , maximizing the resources

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available . It represents the best mix

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of readiness for today , modernization

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for tomorrow and investment in the

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future while taking care of our sailors ,

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marines , civilians and their families

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and strengthening our allies and

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partnerships . We're Emerald Gumbleton

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and I thank you for joining us here

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today and we look forward to your

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questions . We're going to start on the

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phone with Jon esmie new york times .

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Yes . Hi um , the single LH a line item

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um I want to know if that was a

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intended replacement for the Bond Homer

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Shard and then I was wondering if you

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can get into some detail on the ship

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Decommissioning . Um I saw that in the

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D . O . D . Guidance but not in the

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navy paperwork mentioned a cruiser or

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cruisers . Llcs and LLCS .

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I'll take that one . Um so the L . A

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chay was always part of the plan . So

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it was independent of the beach . Are

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it was just a program ship that we were

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to build Pivoting so with respect to

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the 24 ships to decommission . That

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does include nine else . Yes . Includes

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five cruisers . It includes two

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submarines to oilers to es . D . S .

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And four L . S . D . S . 16 of which

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I will require a are not at

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service life and will request a waiver

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through Congress in

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the room . Hi , I had a couple

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of clarifications on numbers here . So

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um and the 21 ships uh procurement plan

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it said at this point in the F . F . G

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uh 62 program , y'all we're gonna be

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doing two ships a year . Your budget

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has one is , You know , what what what

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should I read into that ? And then the

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number of F35 CS are down from I think

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an anticipated 22 . What is it 17 ? I

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can't have that thing in front of um

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And can you can you kind of put some

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color as to why that um The number is

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dance you bet . So it was

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JsF first And the first part of the

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question again , sir ?

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Track so FFT

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two years previously there was some

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consideration about opening up a second

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yard and trying to get to uh you know ,

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a more profound building profile of F .

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F . G . Throttled back one yard looking

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at what we would call a sawtooth . So

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what you see in the budget request is

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what one yard can can build over the

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fit up . And so that answers the first

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part with respect to JsF , the numbers

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did come down from a previous budget

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view and that simply reflects the

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balance of this budget request as you

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looked at our portfolios increasing for

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ship construction and R and D while

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focusing on readiness and we have a

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whole force JSF simply we

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chose to bring those numbers down .

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Alright , well , go on , go on . Valium

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already in defense and aerospace . Hi

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everybody . Thanks very much for

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talking to us today . Um but the

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question I've got is at a time when

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there's almost universal

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acknowledgement that the United States

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Navy is not large enough . How is the

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Navy justifying these ship retirements

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including for nine littoral combat

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ships ? Right that four billion or so

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dollars could have addressed other

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modernization priorities . It could

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have addressed readiness concerns that

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could have addressed shipyard concerns .

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How how are you guys justifying these

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retirements ? Well ,

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we were taking that consider in

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consideration a lot of the things that

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you just mentioned and it's a hard

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thing to make a decision to

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decommission ships . But what we are

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looking at is what offers the best

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capability against the threats that we

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are facing . And so as we think about

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how to build a force that we can

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sustain within the budget that we have ,

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um that's how we've made some of these

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again , tough decisions and as we look

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across LCS , this is a place where we

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have identified that there are um real

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costs , especially at the freedom for

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the freedom class to be able to make

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some of the repairs that are needed on

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those as we measure that against . Um

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What is the best contribution to the

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capabilities that we need ? We are

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getting . We are not finding that we

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need to have the anti uh submarine

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mission set anymore . And so we're able

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to take that from the d come and put

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some of that funding towards um some of

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the capability that we need . Um

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Similarly , we're grateful for the

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support for the Decommissioning of the

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cruisers . This is this is a place

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where we can prioritize safety um and

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also be able to make sure that overall

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we have the right mix to meet the

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capability and capacity that we need .

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If I could add to the unders answer is

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this is about opportunity cost a S . W .

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Mission that went away uh roughly

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$50 million a year . Support costs for

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these vessels and the opportunity to

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reinvest 1.8 billion when this A S . W .

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Mission set is going to be taken up by

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the frigate of which were buying the

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fourth of the line in this budget

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request . So it it speaks to a a

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return on investment to get after

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lethality . We need for our near peer

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competitor . Alright next in defense

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news research and development budget .

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Um I can see in the slides you have

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line items for S . S . N . X . G . X .

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Next generation air dominance last year

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there has been a memo outlining a

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concern that it would be different .

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That's been all through at the same

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time . And I just wonder if these

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dollar announced that you have

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represented keeping all three programs

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on track or if anyone had to be like

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accelerated or decelerated based on

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budget concerns . Thank you for that

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question . Um ,

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I would suggest that right now , I

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personally am not tracking when we need

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to have the next ship design come

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online . So I forgive me for that .

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What this does represent though is the

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acknowledgement that we do need to

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invest in those feature classes . And

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so um with S . S , N . X . And DDGS ,

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you certainly see that and although N

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got is a , you know , a classified line

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investments do go up over the hip

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somewhat dramatically for engaged . So

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we know we have to get after this and

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this reflects our best balance versus

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risk on those platforms . We need to

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move out on Justin cats bring defense .

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Um , the shifty commissioning , just

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two pointed questions . The first one

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is how much money do you anticipate you

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can save If you decommission all 24

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ships and then a follow up , is there

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another portion of your budget that is

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depending upon the savings you expect

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from those Decommissioning ? In other

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words , will you have a budget

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shortfall if everything else stays the

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same but you're not allowed to

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decommission some of those ships ? Yeah ,

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thank you Justin um The so

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24 ships , 16 of which somewhat early ,

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certainly the LCS , The total value

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of the reinvestment opportunities 3.6

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billion across the top now , um ,

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sometimes Congress opines that they

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don't want us to decommission ship .

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And generally we work with the

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committees to restore value to , for

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example , our personnel and opposite

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maintenance lines to sustain those

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ships . If that were not to happen ,

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then that would be a hole in the budget .

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3.6 for all 24 ships . That's correct .

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All right . We have time for one . Last

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question will go to Mallory us and I Hi ,

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thanks so much . I wanted to follow up

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on what you said about the next

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generation . Your dominance . You said

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the investments go up quite

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dramatically throughout the fed up .

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This is a multibillion dollar program

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for the sixth generation fighter . How

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do you justify classifying that

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spending and how long do you think it's

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going to be classified ? And and how do

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you make the case to the taxpayer that

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you need this money when you can't tell

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them how much it is ? Yeah , Thank you

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for that question . Are are folks on

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the hill who monitor this program and

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approve those budgets are read into

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these programs and they have full

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access to understand what we're

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requesting and what they cost . Thank

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you . But why is it ? Classic .

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Um , you'd have to direct that question

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to the program manager . That's all the

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time that we have for today . Thank you

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for coming . Yes , sir