Service, has been tested. Routinely theyve proven their courage, skill and determination. The burden imposed on our soldiers only gres as threats to our nation increase and sequestration remains the law of the land. Given current operational demands, restoring readiness must be the armys First Priority. Weve made some progress this year towards improving ready brigads ready for deployment. But the army still does nautd plan to return to full Spectrum Readiness until 2021 at the earliest. Meanwhile, the army is woefully behind on modernization and our soldiers are increasingly unprepared to confront the harsh realities of 21st century warfare. With glaring capability gaps, these problems would only get worse as our adversaries continue to modernize their forces. Put simply our army lacks both the adequate capacity and the key capabilities to win decisively. If confirmed we will expect you to implement the six key priorities for force modernization that the remember army announced last m
John s. Mccain iii good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Held a confirmation hearing for several Defense Department nominees. Among them was mark espers to be the next Army Secretary. Other nominees included the defense undersecretary for intelligence and for personnel and readiness and the assistant defense secretary who advises on weapons of mass destruction to i would like to say that ive been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense and the administration being cooperative and responding to our questions and to our ability to carry out our responsibilities on the Defense Authorization bill. I think most members were happy with their briefing that we received concerning reactions on the uss mccain and others so we are glad to begin this hearing. We thank all of you for joining us this morning. We welcome your family and friends here with us today. As is our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce those who are joining you. Sta
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