Special way Lockheed Martin and Huntington Ingalls industries for their support in making this series possible. Before we get underway, wed also like to make just a brief announcement. We dont expect any difficulties, but should there be anything, we just want to make sure you know weve got some exits right here in the back on both sides and stairs down the front. The chief executive officer of the naval lockheed hard tmartin. He holds degrees from George Washington university and a Naval Nuclear engineering degree from mit. There a Major Program manager for Aircraft Carriers and Program Executive officer for submarines, peo subs. Finally, last year in june, tom moore assumed command as the 44th commander at fc. I point out theres over 75,000 uniformed and civilian employees of nafc. They are responsible for all the super vising of navy ship and submarine shipbuilding and responsible for the maintenance and the systems that go on those ships directly. So we welcome admiral tom moore wh
Dialogue for 2017. And we look forward to welcome you all back for additional events throughout the year. We would also like to thank in a special way Lockheed Martin and Huntington Ingle industries for really making this event possible, really this series possible. Before we get underway for events like this, we like to make brief safety announcements. We dont expect any difficulties, but should there be anything as a convener, we want to make sure you know we have exits in the back on both sides and stairs down the front. And both myself and anthony bell in the back will be your responsible officers to kind of direct you in the right way in case anything should come up. Look for one of us. And so for our formal introduction to get us started, im going to turn things over to vice admiral peter daly, retired, the chief executive officer of the u. S. Naval institute. Were happy to have him here and to be partnered with usni. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Okay, welcome. For those
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties