the budget is not evenly divided among the army, navy, air force and marine corps, not close to it. the navy gets a little bit more, the army when you include war funding in recent years, the army has gotten much more than the other services because of the importance in iraq and afc have fallen on the army. the marine corps part of the navy budget but part of it specifically for marine corps activities, and then the air force, interesting thing about the air force budget a large portion of the air force budget is classified pass through funding. it doesn't stay in the air force. it goes to other classified activities and agencies. >> let's talk about another force, your latest briefing for csic is about the cost of the space force. what are the estimates on the space force? >> i went and looked at a bottom up estimate if you create a space force, what's it going to involve. the vast majority of the funding for a space force would be transferred out of accounts that are already existing today in the services budgets. most would come from the air force, since the air force does most of

hundreds of thousands of items however only five of twenty one departments managed to pass the army navy air force and marines all failed now more than half a billion dollars is needed to rectify problems revealed by these checks to explain or is killing more. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were listed as not working well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit apparently at this point they are saying that this is simply showing what they already knew which was that there was a huge problem wasteful spending in the pentagon and now they are turning to the american taxpayers for more money to correct the probl

however only five out of twenty one departments managed to pass the army navy air force and marines all failed and now over five hundred million dollars are needed to rectify the problem is revealed by the audit a correspondent picks up the story. we never thought we were going to post an audit seventy one was bet against us that we wouldn't even do the audit the air force the marine corps the defense logistics agency the u.s. special operations command and the u.s. transportation command a number of sections agencies divisions were given disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed and the inspection involved over one thousand two hundred auditors some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were in not working condition they were at a airforce base in utah well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forwa

you cut that in half, 15, will not be in the service, and you get the army navy air force marines competing for the other 15, the 99 percent versus 1 percent, how do we close -- how do we expand the pool of potential recruits to the armed services of the united states? and what are we doing about it to show that it's not just -- that we have got all kinds of fields open across the services? thank you. >> that question is more of a personal experience. the time i have spent in the department of defense has been awesome. most of america doesn't understand what the department of defense does or the careers or opportunities that the services provide. you know, when you think about -- i don't know what the number is, but the average student coming out of college is carrying $30,000 worth of debt. the training, the experience, i mean, set aside some of these requirements on physical performance, those are all solvable. i think we need to take some different tactics, and i know secretary esper and general milly are rethinking some of that, but we need to educate america about how great it is to se

so our army, navy, air force. there are far fewer of them than in the decades past. so numbers matter, i agree, and a lot of resources will have to go towards increasing those numbers. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator kyl. >> mr. chairman, as a matter of personal privilege, let me comment for just a moment as a former member of this commission to compliment you and senator reed for the incredible support that you gave to the commission and to senator mccain for helping to create it, for appointing me to the commission, and to reiterate what i believe ambassador edelman said in the beginning, which was that the quality of the members of this commission was outstanding, and i accept myself from that. i learned a great deal from my fellow commissioners. i see that ambassador patterson is here. i don't know if there are any other members of the commission that are here. i don't see any out there, but we had a breadth of experience and expertise that i found just to be extraordinary. that's the first point that i wanted to make. the second is that while it's been said

forces are set to change. currently commonwealth citizens can onlyjoin the army, navy or air force if they have lived in the uklth national will be eligble to join up. 0ur defence correspondent jonnathan beale can tell us more. why are they making the change? they are making the change because there isa are making the change because there is a serious shortfall in the armed forces. it is 6% below the full strength. it should be 82,000 soldiers but at the moment it is 77,000 soldiers. they are struggling to recruit in the time of full employment. they don't have the recruiting sergeant of a major operation, a combat operation going on. it is more difficult for the armed forces to recruit when there is no war. the third point to make is no war. the third point to make is the in a hole because of the government's own making. they have outsourced recruitment to a private contractor. speak to anybody who's tried to get into the army or the other forces over the last few yea rs, other forces over the last few years, the army in particular, they will tell you it is a painful process. it is taking people longer than a

navy. what i'm not trying to do is pick army against navy or air force or marine corps but the decision was at some point we have further discussion to decide how much longer to continue to put strain on readiness and other core requirements they can do. at the same time we need a really good short solution for missile defense so i brought in a couple of my guys to say i want to let you know i am seeing this through my own particular lens. at some time we need to do an independent study on emissions of joint civil defense. this is aside from the missile defense review we are still awaiting. this is something that could lead from a giant perspective or service lead or independent study, you get disinterested person out there or body of work to put together an analysis in the sense that we are not there yet. over the summer i started drying up this conversation and what i want to do is we can't do these things anymore, only have a couple focus areas out there. the point was we need to bring this to the forefront. we could come up with a couple venues to keep this conversation going. i just wa

previous speakers in the series include the acquisition executives of the army, navy, air force and the special operations command also the sector the air force now former secretary and the consecutive of the army had been speakers in this series. it shall suffice to say this series is a further expression of what the scowcroft said his namesake general brent scowcroft had in mind for us. just be an institution which creatively cultivates a transatlantic constituency for strategic thinking about and practical solutions for the problems of international security throughout the globe. today's discussion i claim of a implement the defense industrial policy leads directly to that mission and i want to thank again the entire panel for adding their names to the series distinguished posture of alumni. thank you. now let's welcome eric chewning. eric is a deputy assistant secretary of defense for induction of policy in which capacity he served as the principal author of the report to the president of the interagency task force responding to executive order 13806. as i said or implied that repor

like what we just did in the ndaa, increasing the end strength of the army, navy, air force, and marines, this bill works today to increase the end strength of the u.s. coast guard. and importantly, it starts to really accelerate what we are doing in terms of recapitalizing the fleet. the coast guard fleet. so, for example, this bill authorizes the building of six more fast response cutters. these are critical cutters for the u.s. coast guard and three more national security cutters for the u.s. coast guard. these are incredible vessels, huge, 400-plus feet. i had the honor going out to a commissioning of the douglas monroe, one of the new national security cutters, and these ships can do it all. can do it all. they look like navy -- they look like navy arleigh class -- big navy ships that can do it all, and that's what these national security cutters are doing. mr. president, this legislation also helps streamlining the building of navy ships, which is important as we recapitalize the fleet and directs the overall policies of the coast guard. now, i want to talk a little bit about some

million dollars worth of wasteful spending and errors essentially at this point we've got the army the navy the air force the marine corps the defense logistics agency u.s. special command operations and the u.s. transportation command all of them receiving a disclaimer saying that they have multiple issues with their spending that need to be fixed now some of the more interesting examples that were discovered apparently at an air force base in utah fifty three million dollars worth of missile motors were were being stored and they were listed as not working or not being operational the auditors looked into it and discovered that these missile motors actually were operational so they subsequently then took them out of storage and put them into service about this is not a surprise the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending let's take a review of some of the interesting cases over the years. theresa may is battling for her political future after almost two dozen m.p.'s from the ruling conservative party went public with letters of no confidence the lawmakers call for the british prime minister to go o

forces are set to change. currently, commonwealth citizens can onlyjoin the army, navy or air force if they have lived in the uk scrapped — meaning any commonwealth national will be eligble to join up. our defence correspondent jonathan beale can tell us more. let's just clear up exactly what the rule has been up until now. the rules change over time, the truth is, and since 2016, there has been a limit to the number of people from commonwealth nations who can join the british armed forces. that cap is 200. above that, if you are from a commonwealth nation and you have beenin a commonwealth nation and you have been in the uk for five years, you can then apply to join the armed forces. so this tap is turned on and off, depending on where recruitment is in the armed forces, and depending on the size of the armed forces. so after the 2010 defence cuts, a lot of british soldiers were joining thejob queue, and that meant the government had to clamp down on the number of people applying from the commonwealth. now we are at another era, which is essentially they can't fill the ranks. there is a recruitment crisis, and

questions remain as to the level of effort being placed in pursuit of this program by the army navy and air force reserves as they seek to balance the needs of competing priorities. additionally there's concern over the services respond or responded to the crash of the kc-130 t, and c-130 h with navy and marines grounding their fleets and air force choosing to continue to fly those aircraft. and more specifically this committee is interested in learning how and why the legacy c-130 propeller systems are serviced differently between the marine corps air national guard and aircraft at the depots. george patton once said the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. our most urgent responsibilities is to insure enough sweat is being shed to reduce this bleeding with that i'll go to our ranking member, mr. courtney, for his opening remarks. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to the witnesses for their testimony today. the sea power projection forces subcommittee meets once again to consider a rash of tragic mishaps that have cost the lives of many service members. in 2017 we held a se

than 55,000 veterans and true honor to serve them in congress whether part of the marines, army, navy, air force and coast guard. they have sacrificed greatly to secure the freedoms we have at home. when they come home, it is our responsibility to ensure they receive quality health care, provide them with the tools to start their own business and find educational opportunities. they stood for us and we must stand for them. to all our veterans, thank you what you have done. you truly represent the best in america and make a special thank you to every veteran who continues to serve in this great body on both sides of the aisle and with a special thank you to our presiding speaker who has served in our military. and final thank you to all my friends in the marine corps for my dear son captain tray cleary and u.s. naval academy graduate. thank you for your service. we are indebted to you for our service to keep our freedoms and continuing to make this a great nation. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence reque

air force? michael: what year could the army and navy academy graduates go to the air force? of thefrom the creation air force academy in a 1947 to years.o, 13 >> as a child in the mid-50's in , my father worked in -- in huntsville. to knowbe interested about what his relationship with that institution was, mr. abbey . s. michael: nas site is composed of 11 different centers. there is the johnson sits race -- johnson space center, that gets about 70% of the agency's money. there is the center in alabama with hate johnson because they get 80% of the money. jpl that others like has their own -- everyone has her own constituency and vision and expertise. marshall's is in building rockets, they were the lead for , the spacefive shuttle and now, the new space launch system. abby would make jokes about nasa, marshall come as a former head of the space center word. there was an early plan to have the space shuttle be a two-part vehicle, not only the orbiter, but a big booster that would be reasonable, a giant aircraft the size of an a380, and they would launch together and the orbit

navy. what i am not trying to do here is to pit the army against the navy against the air force against the marine corps, but at some point in time, he said, we needed further discussion to decide, how much longer can they continue with this requirement putting strain on readiness and other missions? at the same time, we still need to come up with a solution for missile-defense. so i brought in a couple of my guys and wanted to say, i want to let you know how i am seeing this, through my own particular lands. i thought, at some point in time, we need an independent joint missile-defense. the is separate from missile-defense review we are still waiting for. we could lead, like an independent study. the personnel, the body of work they can put together, analysis an assessment. we are not there yet. before i left over the summer, i started this conversation. we areot want to say, too small, we cannot do these at somenymore, but point in time we need to bring this to the forefront. so i figured we could come up with a couple venues to keep this conversation going, as tom indicated up front. i w

we are also using technologies now -- the army, navy and air force are working together on advanced manufacturing. but the chafing on rivet holes on aircraft or on the hydraulics lines -- to be able to repair those by low temperature but high-speed spraying of nanoparticles of metal to basically repair the metal rather than replace the part. it is much less expensive and keeps our mission capable rates higher. so the rapid sustainment office is intended to use these technologies, rapidly get them into the field onto our aircraft and reduce the cost and increase our mission capable rates. >>> love that, incredible cost savings and innovation and to be able to do it right on the spot, too. very good. thank you very much. >> senator purdue. >> to follow up, i want to applaud what you are doing in shared services. back in the '80s manufacturers in the commercial space did this where they can have multiple divisions you have a tech knick and specialty, you develop that specialty. before every one of the divisions would have, that they would protect it and they were jealous of it. we took it away and d

they set up to assist the army, the navy, the air force.d we have to remember the incredible bravery of the female ambulance drivers, driving the wounded man, and the bravery of the women on the western front across the fonts, and here at home and they were working in all kinds ofjobs that they had never worked in the fourth and they really kept the country going, kept the world going. this is a great time to talk about one woman in particular, particularly poor ignorant, grace jones is the oldest person in britain, 112 and was just a schoolgirl when world war i broke out. she vividly remembers the euphoria of the war ending, and the pain of losing her brother. david garmston went to meet her. lovely to meet you. this is grace jones, the oldest lady in the united kingdom at 112 years. i went to see her at her home in the cotswolds. that's my father and that is me. she is one of the very few with personal memories of 1914, when war was declared. i can remember people saying the war had started and people crying and then, of course, it was th

we have a great army today and you should be proud to be serving in it if you go in the army, air force, navy, marines or any military organization. you're going to be working with americans who really believe in what they're doing. >> let's give our panelists a hand. thank you. ron and fill, great panel. we really benefitted from the personal sign it'sexperiences a wisdom at the end for our future junior leaders. on behalf of the superintendent, the staff and faculty and, of course, our corps of cadets, thank you for taking time to come with us to share those insights today and, please, accept this small token of our appreciation. >> thank you. sn >>> interested in american history tv? visit our website, c-span.org/history. you can view our schedule, view upcoming programs. american history tv at c-span.org/history. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. here's a brief look at one of our recent trips. >> there's an explosion of music that occurs largely out of new york. you see the top, i didn't raise my boy to be a soldier.

and certainly, what i'm not trying to do here is pit the navy against the army, against the air force or the marine corps. but his discussion was, you know, at some point in time we've got to have a further discussion to decide how much longer can they continue with this requirement which puts a strain on their readiness and other missions and core requirements that they can do. at the same time, we still need to come up with a really good shore solution for ballistic missile defense. and to i brought in dom -- so i brought in dom and a couple of my guys, and i just wanted to say, hey, i want to let you know how i'm seeing this through my own particular lens. and i thought we needed to do an independent study of roles and missions of joint missile defense. and this is really aside from the ever-awaiting still missile defense review that we're still waiting. i think this is something that we really couldn't lead from a service -- more like an independent study, okay? you get some disinterested personnel out there or a body of work that can put together some type of analysis and assessm

to recruit, nonetheless the royal navy and the royal air force, doing at the old way, are pretty close to hitting their targets. if you go in and try to join the armyow, you won‘t get a quy join the army now, you won‘t get a guy with a chest full of medals, exactly as you say, you will have a civilian. if you are a youngster and you join the army, you want the senior nco who has been there, seen it and done it, but someone who has been doing thejob it and done it, but someone who has been doing the job six months and is now the difference between a tank and a helicopter. thank you for joining us, good to talk to you. now i look at the weather was, as with a rather beautiful image. —— tomasz is here. err this was last night in

years old and we have young people that, today, are going to still walk into the army, the marine corps, air force, navying center, still raise their right hand to protect and defend this country despite the fact this war has been going on a long time. whether we fight, terrorism is not our choice. where we fight terrorism is. i would much rather fight the terrorists in afghanistan, as a brave soldier and the three that lost their lives yesterday gifted, instead of on the streets of the united states of america. i wear on my wrist, a friend of mine, i flew with him in iraq in 2008. and he was just killed this year in a iraq. think about this, mr. o'keefe has been in iraq multiple times over a time of ten years, at least over the time i knew him, and he gave his life. we have a brave, brave group of people that struck protect ray demott i think it is essential that we put the terrorists on their heels of their home area instead of letting them come here. unless we are willing to convert to their brand, there are strict, narrow brand of islam as a country, they will be determined to kill us and we have th

this is one base where you have the army, the navy, marines and air force.e biggest reason we wanted to go over there was to say thank you for everything you do, our men and women. these young soldiers away from their families, they're overseas. we want to say thank you and we learned about their day-to-day life. arthel: you mentioned how young they are. we don't realize that. it just always strikes me that they are so young with such enormous unimaginable weight on their soldiers. >> exactly. for me, i think about it football is one of the ultimate team sports. if i miss a block, my quarterback may get hit. if one of our soldiers misses a block, that could be someone's life. you don't think about it. but these are young men and women. the sacrifices that they make -- the biggest thing i was humbled by. the troops kept telling us thank you for what you do. i'm like i haven't done anything. they say we love watching the gales because that gives us -- the games because that gives us a chance to get our minds off the day-to-day stuff they have to do. they love

in reality, you have to take a hard look at whether we are increasing the size of our air force, marines, army, navyi don't know what that correct number is. i think it needs to grow some percentage. it is considered untoward for theservice chiefs to say president's budget was insufficient. that is not what they will do. [laughter] we are talking about battlefield numbers. now, there is a new battlefield. it is an expensive one to fight. what i hear from officials is we don't have enough youth in the ranks for cyber warfare because they are taking high-paying jobs out of college. they can run the world on their phone. [laughter] my child runs my world. that is real, that battlefield. i know it is virtual but with certain technology, you can see it. that is a whole other area that we have got to get to. quickly. i think this speaks to the work that my fellow scholars and i are doing to havee that our young still a propensity to serve. that is a challenge. the military has become a family business. we need to move away from that. peace corps. to be different. [laughter] .his is the 1% we are building

navy has representation. host: every branch of the military was represented in the parade. mitchell: right. we didn't have an independent u.s. air force. they were part of the army. but it would have been the navy, marine corps -- the marine corps being part of the navy as well , plus the army. host: there's obviously a reviewing stand in downtown washington, d.c. mitchell: right. it looks so much different. almost looks like a village in france. host: is that pennsylvania avenue, do we know? boy, it almost is unrecognizable to me what part of town that is. that's interesting. allison: it's important to know that the navy and the marine corps were there, because even though it's called the tomb of the unknown soldier, the term "soldier" was meant to represent every member of the military, not just those in the united states army. host: and the parade continues in downtown washington from the u.s. capitol, and there is the casket of the chosen unknown soldier representing fallen in world war i. allison: i think one reason so many people came out to this parade and this ceremony was that they were really seeking a sense of closure from the world war. they were try