Engagements are and what the price being paid for those engagements really is. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, i call this joint hearing of the readiness and cpower and Projection Forces subcommittees of the House Arms Services committee to order. First, i would like to honor the 17 sailors who were lost in the uss fitzgerald sailors douglas, noe hernandez, and dakota rigsby, Carlos Victor subayung and the two uss john mccain sailors, kevin bushel, dustin doyen, timothy drake, charles finley, john hogeland, Abraham Lopez and kenneth smith, logan palmer and each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causal factors that have led to gruesome and tragic incidents involving ships resulting in the death of 17 sailors. Our navy remains most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As sales james mattis stated in august. Quote, it creates unpr
Talks about strategy and readiness and live coverage on cspan2. Ensure the freedom for freedom for all nations. The challenges facing the 21st century neighbor have never been greater and is a formidable press are there are those who would argue the greatest challenge or nations navy has come from our own congress over the decade of continuing resolutions and physical restraints of budget has had a cumulative effect of degrading the capacity a space ability of the u. S. Navy. In light of these increased complex Maritime Security environments and the recent release of National Defense strategy those discussions cannot be more timely today. As a tired submariner myself really honored to be able to post this today. I too was a physics major and we share another common in our history that the admiral talked about. John richardson graduated from the Naval Academy in 1992 with a bachelors degree in physics. He earned a masters degree from mit and National Security strategy for work college.
Good afternoon. I call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the House Armed Services together. I would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the uss fitzgerald. And also the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. Our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. We can not deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for our military. Some of those impacts are highlighted by the demanding training and certification gaps necessitated by increased operational demand. Speake
Ladies and gentlemen and distinguished geverts, thank you for joining me this morning for operations. Aval the navy maintains that its presence of 100 ships were deployed around the globe reassure our allies and ensure the freedom for all nations. Never been greater. Argueare those who would that the greatest challenge to our nations navy has come from our own congress. Over a decade of continuing ,esolutions and constraints capacity capabilities and u. S. Navy. F the the discussions today could not be more timely. To be abley honored to host today. I was also a physics major and we share another common these of our history the admiral will talk about. Of the United States naval academy, holds degrees from m. I. T. , and National Security strategy from the National Worst national war college. Was awarded the vice admirable work for his time in command. Award for his time in command. [applause] admiral richardson thank you for that kind introduction to we do go back the way he alluded t
Despite over a decade of research and investment in high-energy lasers (HELs) and high-power microwaves (HPMs), the U.S. Navy has yet to deploy these technologies effectively.