All right, i think well get started here. Thank you so much for joining us here at the heritage foundation, release of a major paper, which will be the focus. I was told we dont necessarily have to talk about silencing cell phones. We have a robust online audience, and, you know distractions, we want to minimize that here. Thank you for joining us here. Were going to talk about a new report on rebuilding the army. Its one of a series, actually the third paper thats out. The first one talked about how to think about the future, the one released one on the marine corps, this is a major paper on the army and how to think about its relationship with the imperatives of the National Defense strategy, National Security strategy, how the world is changing, and some recommendations for what the army needs to be and the path it needs to go down to get to where it needs to be with a look out to about the 2030 year time frame. Well follow up with a paper on the air force, which i think is coming o
Here. You can watch the rest of it online at cspan. Org. We go watch the heritage foundation, where Lieutenant General thomas ford is set to speak on his report on modernizing the u. S. Army. Im told we dont necessarily have to talk about silencing cell phones, but im going to save anyway. We usually have a robust online audience and we want to minimize distractions. Thank you for joining us. We are going to talk about a new report on rebuilding the army. Its actually the third paper out, the first talked about how to think about the future, and we released one in the marine corps. This is a major paper on the army, and how to think about its relationship with National Security strategy and how the world is changing, and some recommendations for the path of with ay needs to go down look out to a 30 year timeframe. We will follow off with a paper follow up with a paper on the air force next month, wrapping up by the end of the year with a paper on the navy so we have all four Services C
The air force association hosted this onehour event. Gen. Holmes well, good morning. This has to be the best job in the world that somehow i fell into, when i look across the room at our air force family. Its incredible. Believe me, the chinese would not like what we are talking about, what we are doing, getting together here today focused on defending this nation, all of us together. So a special thanks to everyone in the room attending, and of course our sponsors, our Defense Industry partners. When we can put Defense Industry in the same room as our warfight good. Hats also, thanks to the media for being here. You all it criticized sometimes, more than you deserve. If we dont tell the story about the most lethal combat, conventional combat force in the world, were going to miss opportunity to defend this nation. So the medias directly involved here. The good news, this morning we have the leader of the most lethal conventional combat force in the world, general mike holmes. Incredib
Late night bull session last night which a lot of my democratic colleagues in detroit did as well. Im sure a few of you stood up to watch the democratic debates. I have to admit, i did not. I read the recaps this morning and seems like much seasoning and thoughts by the democrats have not yet made them come to their senses. Understand were still advocating for decriminalized just decriminalizing our border illegally and deporting no one and in the meantime giving taxpayerfunded healthcare, too. In fact, one of my colleagues in the congress recently said that we have to provide taxpayerfunded abortion to illegal immigrants. Which, i have to say, sounds like something some of you might come up with at a late night bull session when youre thinking of a parity about the Democratic Party positions might be. I could go on and on about our democratic friends and what they were saying last night but i see that on your tables you all have a fascinated book in front of you. It is called sacred d