gen. walsh: i will just start said,as gen. beaudreault, the strategy is the most clear strategy i have seen since 1980 nine, the reagan administration, clear strategy. the department is clearly turned in that direction. so clear strategy is telling us to move in that direction. i will start with concepts. our training, our equipping, our manning, how we organize. with the clear guidance from in operationslike the in a contested environment gned b the commandant -- getting very close to being signed from the commandant and mainno, and another one, a battle that we are working on with the army, another concept, so the concepts will drive very much where we drive our , where we put our s&t. that is driving everything we do. the concepts are unifying, socom on the main battle site, but certainly in base operations, driving everything we are doing in the department all the way down to the operating forces. so, i would just hope the concepts, as a piece, are a major driver, and the operating concept that the commandant signed in the

there are things like what gen. walsh had with the subset. one would be an armed us, and could operate from a ship so we are pursuing the technology in that way. and into 18-19, logistics modernization. if we had a concept of expeditionary bases, with logistics distribution, and what the surface connectors, in what volume. it will be the ch 53, could lift 91,000 pounds gross weight, lift loads up words, and has three independent sling loads that can supply and sustain 12,000 pounds each. that is ammunition, fuel and whatever we need. that is just one piece of several things we are looking at in development that help us get through logistics challenges of resupplying and sustaining, quickly setting up, breaking down and relocating, maybe 24 hours, breakdown in moves, 72 hours, and we need a log system that can support the concept. >> i'm going to ask maren about the think tanks, and what should the marine corps be thinking more about. >> i completely agree with the general themes in my mind, focus on information, spectrum warfare is overdue an