General james holmes, commander of air combat command, discussed the future of the u. S. Air force during a virtual conversation with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. This is an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Warm welcome to all of you. Im dave deptula, dean of the institute for Aerospace Studies and would like that thank air combat command general commander james holmes for joining us today. After so many years of service and in key positions throughout our air force, needs little introduction. Simply summarize by saying hes excelled in operational, staff and academic purchase suits at every level, and as a result, hes brought an unsurpassed degree of competence to his current job. As commander of air combat command hes responsible for organizing, training and equipping air force aerospace cyber and Intelligence Forces for Rapid Deployment and employment. With that mobile, id like to turn it observer ver to you to what are at the top of your priority lists these days esp
The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t
The Committee Meets a diversity of testimony in the department of defense here, 2021. The budget request, we welcome our witnesses and thank you for their service in both doctor mark esper, and general mark. We have a pair of marks, this morning. This Committee Top priority is ensuring the effectiveness towards the National Defense strategy which is both what we have been adhering to for the long period of time now, but three years. Unfortunately in the last administration we asked irma terry to do more with less. That got us into trouble between 2012, 2017, we lost 150 billion to seek frustration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastating. I think we all understand, that as a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military in crisis, thankfully, he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. Last, year President Trump and negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever. A down payment towards getting o
President s budget requests for the pentagon. They were also asked about military matters asian efforts and defense funds being diverted for border wall construction. The Committee Meets a diversity of testimony in the department of defense here, 2021. The budget request, we welcome our witnesses and thank you for their service in both doctor mark esper, and general mark. We have a pair of marks, this morning. This Committee Top priority is ensuring the effectiveness towards the National Defense strategy which is both what we have been adhering to for the long period of time now, but three years. Unfortunately in the last administration we asked irma terry to do more with less. That got us into trouble between 2012, 2017, we lost 150 billion to seek frustration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastating. I think we all understand, that as a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military in crisis, thankfully, he delivered on his pro
We have quite a few more. This is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and th