Tudentcam. Org. Now marine corps deputy commandant Lieutenant General gary thomas on the Corps Readiness to respond to overseas conflicts and its modernization efforts. He spoke to a House Armed Services subcommittee today for about an hour. Good morning. This hear willing come to order. The subcommittee meets today it continue informing our members and the public about the ongoing readiness crisis that all of our military services find themselves in. Readiness includes many things. Such as end strength, training, and modernization. Mr. Turner today we will focus on how sequestration and years of continuing resolutions in our budgetary process have impacted the marine corps ability to modernize the current force to be ready and capable against current and emerging threats. We will have a similar hearing planned with the army next week. Id like to welcome our witness, the deputy commandant for programs and resources, United States marine corps. General toments, we thank you for your ser
SubCommittee Hearing. [inaudible] good morning, this midi this meeting comes to order. Good morning, this meeting will come to order. Readiness includes many thing such as in Strength Training and modernization. Today, we will focus on sequestration. How budgetary process has affected the current force to be ready and capable against current and emerging threats. We will have a similar hearing planned with the army next week. I would like to record i would like to welcome our witness, the deputy commandant for programs and resources in them are in score in the mari ne corps. Allows forring will a much deeper review of the modernization and Readiness Challenges identified by the assistant, dont of the marine corps during last months full Committee Hearing on the state of the military. Based on his testimony, we know the marine corps is not only out of balance, but also lacks the necessary resources needed to rebalance itself. This is a dangerous trend that we must reverse for the nation
SubCommittee Hearing. [inaudible] good morning, this midi this meeting comes to order. Good morning, this meeting will come to order. Readiness includes many thing such as in Strength Training and modernization. Today, we will focus on sequestration. How budgetary process has affected the current force to be ready and capable against current and emerging threats. We will have a similar hearing planned with the army next week. I would like to record i would like to welcome our witness, the deputy commandant for programs and resources in them are in score in the mari ne corps. Allows forring will a much deeper review of the modernization and Readiness Challenges identified by the assistant, dont of the marine corps during last months full Committee Hearing on the state of the military. Based on his testimony, we know the marine corps is not only out of balance, but also lacks the necessary resources needed to rebalance itself. This is a dangerous trend that we must reverse for the nation
SubCommittee Hearing. [inaudible] good morning, this midi this meeting comes to order. Good morning, this meeting will come to order. Readiness includes many thing such as in Strength Training and modernization. Today, we will focus on sequestration. How budgetary process has affected the current force to be ready and capable against current and emerging threats. We will have a similar hearing planned with the army next week. I would like to record i would like to welcome our witness, the deputy commandant for programs and resources in them are in score in the mari ne corps. Allows forring will a much deeper review of the modernization and Readiness Challenges identified by the assistant, dont of the marine corps during last months full Committee Hearing on the state of the military. Based on his testimony, we know the marine corps is not only out of balance, but also lacks the necessary resources needed to rebalance itself. This is a dangerous trend that we must reverse for the nation
With be a secretary david show ulkin. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversation] the committee will come to order. We thank all of you for being here and joining us tonight. Its somewhat unusual for the committee to meet in the evening hours for a conference we are staying up late for. I want to keep our work laser focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was garys story and accompa