the committee on readiness, held a hearing with navy and marine corps leaders on the u.s. region security on military bases in coronavirus response efforts. good morning. the hearing of the subcommittee and readiness and management will come to order. the subcommittee meets today to receive testimony on the readiness of the u.s.. navy and u.s. marine corps. i want to welcome three established witnesses. the honorable kenneth secretary of the navy. admiral michael, chief of naval operations for the united states navy. i d like to thank diana mauer, director of defense capabilities and management and her team is the government accountability office for submitting the requested statement for the record of the hearing. an invaluable resource to our work on the committee. some of the issues i d like to address and cover today covid-19 and its impact on the readiness of the u.s. navy and marine corps. maybe and marine corps pivotal marine corps, our competition highlighted in t
distinguished witnesses, the honorable kenneth brait way, david h. berger, commandant of the u.s. marine corps and michael gilde. i would also like to thank diana mower, director of defense cape pills and management and her team at the government accountability office for submitting the requested statement for the record for this hearing of gao. invaluable resource to our work on the committee. some of the issues that i would like to address and cover today are covid-19 and its impacts on the readiness of u.s. navy and marine corps, the navy and marine corps s pivotal role in power competition as highlighted in the national defense strategy, the commandant of the marine corps s bold new force control design and planning guidance, recent provocation of russian military exercises massive russian military exercises in the arctic and related to that the role of the navy and marine corps as they play an increasingly important role in protecting our strategic interests in the arc
good morning. this hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. the subcommittee meets today to receive testimony on the current readiness of the united states navy and the united states marine corps. i want to welcome our three distinguished witnesses, the honorable kenneth brait way, david h. berger, commandant of the u.s. marine corps and michael gilde. i would also like to thank diana mower, director of defense cape pills and management and her team at the government accountability office for submitting the requested statement for the record for this hearing of gao. invaluable resource to our work on the committee. some of the issues that i would like to address and cover today are covid-19 and its impacts on the readiness of u.s. navy and marine corps, the navy and marine corps s pivotal role in power competition as highlighted in the national defense strategy, the commandant of the marine corps s bold new force control design and planning
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