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this hearing is about an hour and 45 minutes. meeting. the meeting will come to order and i will have brief opening remarks. welcome to our important witnesses today. thank you all four of you for taking time from what i know are heavy our heavy demands on your time to spend some time visiting with us this morning about the overall holistic readiness of our military and we look forward to your testimony. we are pleased to be joined by general lloyd austin bice chief of staff of the army, admiral mark ferguson vice chief of naval operations, general philip breedlove vice chief of staff of the air force and general joseph dunford associate commandant of the marine corps. gentleman i appreciate each of you adjusting their schedules at the last minute. we could not hold this hearing on the original day because we are voting. turning to the shorthand after more than a decade of combat operations in iraq and afghanistan reported readiness levels of our armed forces have s ....