Secretary and chief and i will have a little chaff about the defense strategy. About their president s budget request that just came out. As well as the emerging concept. We will save about 15 minutes at the end to take questions from the audience here. First, i want to throw it over to the secretary and chief to give some opening remarks. Thank you, suzanne. The closest to switzerland. As we discussed in the green room, wonderful opportunities for us to try to talk about how we are trying to transform the army. We are in year three on a very aggressive effort of transforming the army and not only how we train the force, modernize and ultimately help our people reach their maximum potential. Emphasizing through a year of massive restructuring like we have not been in over the years in the army, creating an organization specifically to modernize the force, but staying against the fundamentals. We use reform as a tool to finance and help us evolve. On the readiness standpoint, we are nor
Hottest nights of the summer, nearly half a Million People crowded on to the national mall. They were not there for a protest or to celebrate a National Holiday and they were not there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead half a Million People went there drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected on to the Washington Monument commemorating the neal 50 years ago when armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. If there is half a Million People on the lawn and it is not a protest, Something Big is going on. Land on the moon and returning safely to earth marks as one of the epical moments in the history of mankind. What we see now is very different than the landscape of 1969. Not only did we succeed going to moon and back again but we have gone on to put robotic rovers on distant planets and are k literally peer into the beginningings of the universe and we have established a human presence in lower earth orbit. In
Autonomous systems within the next two years. Ms. Hicks spoke about the program and other emerging technologies in defense at a National Defense Industrial Association conference in washington, dc. [applause] thank you. The job of deputy secretary of defense is likely known to be one of the toughest government. It is the chief operating officer for the largest employer in the world. Beginning her Government Service as a president ial management intern and spending time in and out of government, she was quite familiar the demands of the job before she was sworn in. She was wellprepared to take them on. Prior to her current position, she was the Senior Vice President Henry Kissinger chair and director of International Security at csis. At least her current title is a little shorter than that. She was sworn in as the 35th deputy secretary of defense in 2021. I think it is interesting that the title of her dissertation at m. I. T. Was change agents. Who leads and why in the execution of Na
Autonomous systems within the next two years. Ms. Hicks spoke about the program and other emerging technologies in defense at a National Defense Industrial Association conference in washington, dc. [applause] thank you. The job of deputy secretary of defense is likely known to be one of the toughest government. It is the chief operating officer for the largest employer in the world. Beginning her Government Service as a president ial management intern and spending time in and out of government, she was quite familiar the demands of the job before she was sworn in. She was wellprepared to take them on. Prior to her current position, she was the Senior Vice President Henry Kissinger chair and director of International Security at csis. At least her current title is a little shorter than that. She was sworn in as the 35th deputy secretary of defense in 2021. I think it is interesting that the title of her dissertation at m. I. T. Was change agents. Who leads and why in the execution of Na
Autonomous systems within the next two years. Ms. Hicks spoke about the program and other emerging technologies in defense at a National Defense Industrial Association conference in washington, dc. [applause] thank you. The job of deputy secretary of defense is likely known to be one of the toughest government. It is the chief operating officer for the largest employer in the world. Beginning her Government Service as a president ial management intern and spending time in and out of government, she was quite familiar the demands of the job before she was sworn in. She was wellprepared to take them on. Prior to her current position, she was the Senior Vice President Henry Kissinger chair and director of International Security at csis. At least her current title is a little shorter than that. She was sworn in as the 35th deputy secretary of defense in 2021. I think it is interesting that the title of her dissertation at m. I. T. Was change agents. Who leads and why in the execution of Na