admiral locklear: yes. it is a large region. we talked about the beginning of the global rebalance discussion was to try to move ourselves from what had been a postwar to a location in northeast asia to bring that to be more relevant to the security challenges throughout the region. a number of initiatives. one is that with our filipino allies reinvigorating that alliance and looking at the capabilities to help them improve minimum defense, but also to improve access to the region to improve better security. we have opened partnerships with nations in southeast asia that we would not have considered possible in the last couple decades. vietnam, malaysia, indonesia. they have become increasingly important to the security of the region. senator reed: as the chinese are creating artificial islands in the pacific, there are real geographic islands that our allies control. are we thinking about in conjunction with our allies positioning forces, in effect, using islands as a sort of a way to deny, you know, ocean

admiral locklear: yes. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. take give for your testimony and service. general locklear, think you for hosting me a couple of weeks ago. i appreciate your time. please send my regards to your staff. three hours on a saturday is above and beyond the call of duty for anybody, so let them know how much i appreciate that. i have been critical in many aspects of the president's national security strategy in part because i think we have lacked credibility when we say something that we are going to do as a country, we need to do it, and i think that there are certain areas in the world are we have not done that. i think it undermines our national security we do that. one area of the president's strategy that i have been supportive both militarily and economically is, as the chairman sir stated, the rebalance of the asia-pacific, i believe we need to make sure this rebalance and optimization of our military forces in the region is credible . we are saying that we are going to reb

>> i agree with admiral locklear. we rely on those forces as part of our quick response which we'll need in crisis. we also train with them regularly, and wal send force toss train there too. >> do you think if we removed one or two bcts from alaska that would show that we're committed to a rebalance or undermine our rebalance commitment? again, this goes to credibility. >> well, i think that from the perspective of, you know, what the other outcomes were of that, from a regional perspective there'd be questions about the loss of troops -- >> and the credibility of our rebalance strategy? >> i think you'd is to look at that -- you'd have to look at that holistically. i'd prefer not to take it from just one perspective. i'd have to understand the remainder of the changes that were taking place if, in fact, that were to happen. >> admiral lock roar, do you think that would undermine our rebalance of credibility two bcts in the region leaving? >> i would answer interms, i think that any significant force structure moves

admiral locklear. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator reed, and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for this opportunity to appear with you today. before we begin, i would like my written statement to be submitted to the record. for three years, i have had the honor and privilege to lead the men and women of the united states pacific command. these volunteers are skilled professionals, dedicated to the defense of our nation. they are serving as superb ambassadors to represent the values, the strengths that make our nation great. i want to go on record to formally thank them for their service and their families for their sacrifices. in u.s. pay com, we continue to strengthen alliances, our partnerships, maintain an asured presence in the region, and demonstrate an intent and resolve to safeguard u.s. national interests. when i spoke to you last year, i highlighted my concern for several issues that could channel the security environment across the indo pacific. those challenges included responding to humani

>> i agree with admiral locklear. we rely on those forces as a part of our quick response which we'll need in crisis. we also train with them regularly, and we also send forces to train them, too. >> you think if we remove onory two bcts from alaska that would show that we're committed to a rebalance or undermine the rebalance commitment? again, this goes to credibility. >> well, i think that from a perspective of what the other outcomes were of that, from a regional perspective, there could be questions about the loss of troops. >> and the credibility of our rebalance strategy? >> you would have to look at it holistically. i prefer not to take it from just one perspective, but you have to understand the remainder of the changes taking place if they were to happen. >> admiral locklear, you think that would undermine our rebalance credibility, two bcts in the region leaving the region? >> i would answer in general terms. i think any significant force structure moves out of my aor in the middle of a rebalance would have

>> i agree with admiral locklear. we rely on those forces as part of our quick response we need in crisis. we also train with them regularly and we also send forces to train there too. >> you think if we removed one or two bcts from alaska, do you think that would show that we're committed to a rebalance or undermine our rebalance commitment? again, this goes to credibility? >> i think that from a perspective of what the other outcomes were of that from a regional perspective there would be questions about the loss of troops -- >> in the credibility of our rebalance strategy? >> i think you to look at it wholistically. i prefer not to take it from just one perspective here, but i think i would have to understand the remainder of the changes that were taking place if that were to happen. >> admiral locklear, do you think that would undermine our rebalance credibility? two bcts in the region leaving? >> in general terms i think that any significant force structure moves out of my oar in the middle of a rebalance would h

locklear: yes sir. sen. graham: all right, so the likelihood of an armed conflict between south korea and north korea, how would you evaluate that on a one to 10 scale, one being very unlikely, 10 being highly likely, say, in the next 10 years? general? gen. scaparrotti: i caveat by saying that i think he knows that a conventional attack on south korea would be the end. i don't think that is his purpose. i think it is to maintain his regime. but over a 10-year period, it's above a five. it's a six probably. sen. graham: and the more real -- the more we reduce our forces a less turned, it may go up to seven? gen. scaparrotti: with less deterrence, it becomes more likely that we have a conflict. sen. graham: admiral, from your point of view, if we reduce our forces in your theater of operations to sequestration levels, do you think that encourages china to be more provocative? adm. locklear: i think any signal that we send that we are less interested in the asia-pacific on the security side than we currently a

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>> well, from -- from a holistic point of view sequestration would, as admiral locklear just said, end up with a smaller force, a less ready force -- >> if the army goes down to 420,000, let's say that's the number they one day hit if we don't fix southwest operation. >> yes, sir. >> how does your theater of operations fair in terms of threats and -- >> sir, in high intensity conflict that you will have on the korean peninsula i would be concerned of having a force that had enough depth collateral for sustained operation. >> so it would be seen as weakening our position in asia, right? >> yes, sir. >> admiral, under sequestration the navy would have approximately how many ships if it was fully implemented? >> well, i would have to refer that back to the navy after the exact numbers. >> how many do you have is this. >> i have about 150 ships in my or that are assigned all the way from san diego to the theater, probably about 50 or so are west of the date line at any given time. so what would be impacted by the eyes of the navy is their ability to rotate forces forward to augment the one

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