corps and sailors who collectively form the backbone of the marine corps reserve. the marine score as strong today as ever in its 236-year history. our marines have been doing what they have done best since 1775, standing shoulder to shoulder to fight our nation's battles. i'm pleased to report to you today that today's marine corps attends to its commitments as a total force, and as such, the marine corps reserve is integrated in all areas of the marine corps as never before. since 2001, this great nation required the marine corps reserve to be continuously engaged in combat operations in iraq and afghanistan as well as in regional security cooperation and crisis prevention activities in support of various geographical combatant commanders. almost 80,000 reservists have been activated or mobilized since september 11th. this operational tempo has built a momentum among our war fighters and a depth of experience throughout our ranks that is unprecedented in generations of marine corps reservists. this operational tempo has enabled the marine force's reserve to evolve

the marine corps is as strong today as ever in the 236-year history. the marines have been doing what they have done best since 1775. standing shoulder to shoulder, to fight our nation's battles. i'm pleased to report to you today that today's marine corps attends to the commitments at a total force. it's integrated into all areas since never before. since 2001 the great nation required the marine corps to be continuously engaged in combat operations in iraq and afghanistan, as well as in regional security cooperation and crisis prevention activities in support of various geographical combatant commanders. almost 80,000 reservists have been activated and mobilized since september 11th. this has been unprecedented in the generations of marine corps reservists. they evolve from a strategic cold war reserve to an operational force, capable of filling both roles. both the strategic and the operational role. in the operational role the marine sources has formed routine combatant commander and service requirements across a variety of military operations. mari

i mean she has two tours in iraq with marine corp. she made some bad mistakes, she made some bad decisions. i believe that her duis, her substance abuse her, --are related actually to her ptsd that she received while she was serving in iraq. >> lindsey: and my situation when you apply for a job and it always asks if you were veteran and asks for the list of your discharge so usually if you don't have the honorable they think you are just a big mess up and you can't do the job so they usually don't hire you so i tend to go for a jobs that don't ask that . with encouragement and support lindsey has decided to fight her dishonorable charging court, to receive the benefits that she deserves ...such as her health care and her financial assistance for school. >> mary: i e-mailed jay this morning and i told him that you have decided that you are ready to do this! >> lindsey: yes ma'am ! i mean i wanna fight for because i think i deserve to get to go to school after going, you know, to iraq twice, you know, i don't care about money, i don't c

i'm also pleased that the army and marine corps -- i'm also pleased that the army and marine corps has funded facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization at the 90% level, which is the dod's stated goal. unfortunately, the air force and navy funded this same fsrm at 82% and 80% respectively. i'd like to hear from the air force and the navy what level of risk they are taking on as a result of these lower funding levels and what steps they plan to take to avoid large bills down the road. finally, we have learned the department of defense will face at least a $1.3 billion bill as a result of the rise in fuel prices. this price increase has been exacerbated by the continued closure of the pakistan border, forcing supply convoys for our force in afghanistan to use the northern distribution network at an increased expense of about $38 million per month. given all of these challenges we face, we must strive to protect our readiness accounts, but we can also do a better job in managing funds like operation and maintenance. we can improve the execution rates and unobligated balances i

[applause] the marine corps is as strong today as ever in its 236 year history. our marines have been doing what they do best since 1775, standing shoulder to shoulder to fight our nation's battles. i am pleased to report to you today that today's marine corps attend to its commitment as a total force. as such, they are integrated in all areas of the marine corps as ever before. since 2001, the required the reserve to be continuously engaged in combat operations in iraq and afghanistan as well as in regional crisis prevention activities. almost 80,000 reservists have been activated or mobilize since september 11. this tempo has built a momentum among our war fighters with a depth of experience that is unprecedented in the generations of marine corps reservist. this operational tempo as an able the marine force reserve to evolve from a strategic reserve to an operational force capable of filling pulp roles, the strategic and the operational. in the operational role, and they have source comment preplanned, and routine combat and requirements. they continue to perfo

been lowered and our shipbuilding plans to 28, i overheard someone recently say you can give the marine corps a can and a mission and they'll complete their mission. the marines are -- given the tools at their disposal, this is not a time to take on additional risks. we have all heard about the pivot to the pacific, many of these threats have no greater enemy than the united states marine corps embarked on amphibious assault shows. the marine corps needs to fulfill this need for ships and maintaining this valuable capability in the shipbuilding industry that supplies our united states marine corps. i thank the chairman for entering this amendment and need back my time. >> any further debate on the unblocked amendment? no questions on the -- so all those in favor will say aye. the opposed no, the aye's have it, the amendment is agreed to. the gentleman will recognize mr. akin for the purpose of offering a motion. >> mr. chairman, i move that we adopt the amendment. >> the subcommittee report. >> the question is on the motion of the gentleman from missouri of adopting the subcommittee report as

and overall readiness of the united states marine corps. it is because of their sacrifice that the mv-22 is successfully carrying marines in and out of combat today. mr. speaker, the letter i just read has been approved by the marines who wrote the investigation, colonel mike morgan, colonel ron radish, and major phil stackhouse, and has been approved by the widows, connie gruber, down in jacksonville, and trish brow in california, maryland, and her two sons, michael and matthew. the letter does not go against any word in investigation. the commandant should send these letters to both wives. and, mr. speaker, i have said to the commandant a few months ago, sir, if you would call a press conference at marine headquarters in washington, d.c., and you invite the families of john brow and brooks gruber, you would present the two wifes, connie and trish, on your stationary exactly, mr. speaker, what i just read, this would bring a tragedy to a close . i'm going to continue to beat this drum, mr. speaker, for as long as i can. because the dead can

. >>> benjamin busch served the tours in iraq as a marine corps infantry officer. he recounts his childhood, his military career and adjustment to life upon his return from iraq next on booktv. this is just over an hour. >> thank you so much for coming out and supporting independent bookstores and in support of books. i wrote a book, kind of shocked actually, but it's my great pleasure tonight my editor mcclelland who was pivotal in keeping under control as i tried to craft perhaps the most unlikely structured book in the history of writing where i am tempted to replicate fairly closely the way we've remember which of course has no chronology, and he was kind enough to suggest each chapter might just begin and chronologically progress towards its and which is how it is in its final form. each chapter does reset to childhood. it does replicate in some ways that have wasted we remember, and that's how this book was built, choosing elements and following them. if my hair catches on fire tonight, please excuse that i've had a dangerous amounts of hair spray. thank you.

pages i started the marine corps knew one.s you put a disclaimer up, you would be covered and that came back to running the page and one of five administrators on it and founding it and that's what they hammered on. >> mike: that was a facebook page that was public. >> public. >> mike: one that you helped co-found, but it was not the one where you had the. >> no. >> mike: quote, and it was fiscal policy. >> free market, fiscal responsibility and government. >> mike: one of the champions on your cause is the aclu. an unlikely ally typically for a conservative tea party card carrying person. >> that shows you how much this is crossing party lines, how free speech does and aclu, of counsel and justice foundation, who are doing all the fund raising, who are doing all the leg work, so to speak, but to see these two groups come together and fight for one cause, freedom of speech is amazing especially for a tea party member. >> mike: gary, i appreciate your service to the country and marine corps, anybody could get in the marine corp

i overheard someone say you can give the marine corps a can opener and a mission and they will figure out a way to get the job done and that is so true. the marines will also do the best to complete the mission. this is not a time to take on additional risks. we all know about the threats that face us on the pacific. many of the threats have no greater enemy than the united states marine corps embarked on. the navy needs to consider it a priority to place a priority on investment and procurement of survivable warships in according with current requirements and maintaining the capability. i thank the chairman for accepting this amendment and block and yield back my time. >> any further debate on the amendment? questions on the adoption of the amendment offered by mr. aikman. in favor say aye. the amendment is agreed to. if there are no further amendments the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri for the purpose of offering a motion. >> i move that we adopt the amendment. >> the subcommittee report? the questions on the motion of the gentleman from missouri of adopting the subcom

. >> i served in the marine corps. in january 2002, i deployed in support of operation enduring freedom. i want to tell the folks behind us, in these enclosed walls where they build more policies based on lies and fear, we no longer stand for their lives, their failed policies, and they're on just wars. bring the troops home and and more now. they can have these back. >> i served in the army national guard for 12 years. all have to say is this is not something i'm proud of. >> i am from ohio. i served in the air force from 2000 to 22008. the military is where i learned what integrity meant. i believe i serve with integrity. at this point in my life, if i want to continue to live with integrity, i must get rid of these. >> my name is greg miller. i am a veteran of the united states industry. in an attempt to fill the void where their consciences to be once they indoctrinate it out of you, but that did not work on me, so i am here to return my medals because they are both lies. >> my name is jerry, i am from new york cit

to the marine corps museum. we have competition with color guard and marching can he tigs as well. >> reporter: and you -- competitions as well. >> reporter: and you have been a part of this since you were 8 and coming every year. what is it like to be a part of this and to honor those who have fallen. >> well. for me it means a great deal. i have a big military family. it means a lot that i can remember the ones who have fallen for us to have the united states and for those who are still fighting to this day. it means a lot. also to respect my family. >> reporter: great. thanks for joining us and thank you for taking the time over the weekend. you spent five hours on saturday here setting up the flags with people in the young marines and think that's great. thanks again and this ceremony starts at 10 this morning. it's open to the public. so if you plan to be here, they will have a shuttle service and parking is available. so if you are looking for a ceremony to honor those, you are welcome to attend. again it

wright himself joined the marine corps at the age of 17. he's from georgia lean that disturb galena, illinois, a small town near dubuque, iowa, where i went to school. and if college president, my college president, dr. couchman who is now deceased knew i was with dr. wright -- because i graduated with only the slimmest of margins. [laughter] from the university of dubuque. he'd be rolling over in his grave about 5,000 rpms. so, dr. wright, please, allow me to continue. after his tour in the marine corps, he went to college, university of wisconsin, and eventually became a history professor at dartmouth. in 1969. he served as the president of dartmouth from 998 -- 1999 to 2009, and since 2005 he has visited most of our military hospitals and has encouraged support for the wounded veterans in those hospitals. he is a director on the board of the injured marines semper fi fund, one of the ten top charities recently rated by charity navigator. his writings have been featured in "the new york times," boston globe, christian science monitor, npr

marine corp.etired it is wonderful to meet you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> our pleasure indeed. this book i was talking to sarah before, who doesn't want their story told we don't tell the story of these brave men and women enough do we. >> no, and the problem is the people, the veterans don't talk about their stories. we had one veteran who liberated another veteran on 29/april, 1945 and they were in the same post together for 15 years, and they didn't know about each other. >> wow. >> it wasn't until we did the book, a year later, the two different stories, came into my mind at night and i ran down stairs and looked at my notes and said this guy liberated that guy on april 29th. >>> this is why the book is so great you are talking about carl hall and gerry wolf during world war ii. i will hold this you have and hopefully capture this image in the book, you also had these wonderful picture that is tell the story. can you explain what the viewer is seeing there. >> what viewers are see

said what about the mess hall, that's all civilian contract, and i said what's happened to my marine corps? i was on mess duty all the time. [laughter] and doing things. but i think that's good that marines are not as the eye peeled potatoes in japan. i worked in the scullery on an lsd. i worked in a pod shack. i have done it all. i think it's good that they are not asked to do that now. but more solution of course is the people who were on guard duty, or serving other roles on the basis in afghanistan and iraq, and i do know if i want to say there's too much of it. that's a harder question to do with. if they can really the military of certain obligations, that's good, but what does happen is we don't have to account for this. they are not military so there's a different accounting system, and the numbers of people who have been over there have really been quite significant, and only when there's a significant incident like some of the killing of, the hanging of those bodies in falluja in the spring of '04, do we realize just how may of them are over there. i think there's needs to be a f

. >> i'd only been out of the state of west virginia a couple times when i joined the marine corps. >> in 1960, earn any wallace was a 16-year-old. >> on graduation there were two things to do around our area that was work in the coal mines or construction. i was not very much for work. i wanted to see the world. >> i always wanted to be the marine. >> ed joined the marines on the eve of the war in vietnam. >> i went in the marine corps in december of 1959, went through boot camp in '60. >> three years after he arrived in boot camp, ed martin from ohio tried to join the army. >> the army recruiter wasn't there and then we went over to the marines and marine recruiter wasn't there. the navy chief said hey, step in. we joined the navy. >> had you heard of vietnam? >> i had heard of it when i was in high school but it was just another country. >> just another country? >> as manyening wills are much like the history, complex and dangerous. >> edwin is professor of history. >> in the mid 19th century catholic missionaries were being persecuted in vietnam and in china and this issue was a p

>> i left the marine corps.fter the second door i came back and i left, 16 years, no retirement, no benefits. i walked cold. i walked cold. that was because i knew that i would continue to go back until they brought me back, you know, in a bag probably, just because afghanistan was next for me. and i wanted to go, and it's hard for me to see marines deployed now. it's really hard for me, personally pulls at me, and they feel a certain level of betrayal because i feel responsible always our marines. it's just that thing they breed into marine leadership, which i think every marine will tell you this family, all the way down to lance corporal. they have a responsibility, is one of the hardest steps they'll ever take its the hardest decision i ever made was to leave. and the marine corps didn't care. i know the organization -- with a whole lieutenant colonel ranks, don't worry, put another one there. it did notice me coming. it didn't notice me going because that's what the organization is. it's much like the earth

from a marine corps perspective, we are at 182,000 right now at the margin of being able to meet the strategy, we balance the risk, talked to you in private, that we believe 182,000 marines, with that number we can meet the strategy that secretary panetta articulated. but just like what general austin mentioned an automatic 10% personnel cut unless personnel is exempted. an automatic 10% personnel cut on the marine corps. another 18,000 right away. if we were to be reduced. if we were to be cut another 18,000 we would not have adequate capabilities and capacities to meet a single major contin jegency operation. that's significant. another point that you raised that was true, we absolutely would not keep faith with our people. if sequesteration would go into effect. not only would we cut additional 18,000 people, flat 10% was executed. but we right now are budgeted in fy '13 for 182,000 marines. relying on overseas contingency funds to have a ramp to take us from the authorization in '12 down to 182,000 we'll be at in fy '16. if sequesteration quent inwent effect and not given the ramp

i can tell from you a marine corps perspective, we're at 182,000 right now. we're at the margin of being able to meet the strategy, in other words, we balance the risk. i have talked to you in private that we believe that 182,000 marines with that number we can meet the strategy that secretary panetta articulated and just like with general austin mentioned automatic 10% personnel cut unless personnel is exempted and an automatic 10% cut on the marine corps which is another 18,000 right away if we were to reduce. if we were to be cut another 18,000 we would not have adequate capabilities and capacities to meet a single major contingency operation, so that's fairly significant. i think the other point that you raise that is absolutely true is we would absolutely not be able to keep faith with our people. the

afghan allies >>> our next guest is one of the çft4vyÑocrack reporters th sister publication marine corpsnt is just back from six weeks embedded with marines in afghanistan. while dan was in afghanistan, president obama signed a deal with afghan president hamid karzai to keep u.s. troops in the country through 2024. obama's strategy which will be the key topic at this week's nato summit? chicago depends largely on how well u.s. and allied troops work with afghan forces and ñgo the afghans' ability to take a bigger leadership roll -- role in providing for their security. w the marines, dan got a look with how the marines are working now with newly trained afghan forces. dan, welcome back to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> there's a debate in washington whether afghan and making progress in fighting the taliban, especially as american forces are beginning their drawdown. you were there, is there lasting process that's being made against the taliban? >> the easy thing to say is there's definitely progress w8zo being made. whether it's lasting, i think it's kind of hard to say ctorig no

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next we'll have general joseph dunford, the assistant commandant of the united states marine corps. welcome, general. >> madam chair, thank you for the opportunity to represent the marines this morning. i'd like to begin by just making a few key observations regarding our current and future readiness. today of the 197,000 marines on active duty and the 39,000 selected marine corps reserve, 26,000 are forward deployed. 18,000 of those are in afghanistan. our number one priority is assuring that our forward deployed forces are wellmaned, trained, and equipped. and as a result of your support, i can assure you that those marines and sailors that are forward deployed are at the highest state of readiness. but a forward deplayed units have personnel and equipment requirements that exceed standard allowances. the additional equipment is due to the nature of the fight in afghanistan and the very distributed nature of operations. the additional personnel required to support staffs and trainers for afghan security forces. we meet these additional requirements by pulling equipment and personne

we say something for army and marine corps. army and marine corps are two services that are facing the most titanic transitions as the iraq and afghanistan wars wind down because they have been so deeply and wholeheartedly committed to those two conflicts. ad they're trying to make transition from this necessary focus on counterinsurgency or coin over the last decade to a wider spectrum of capabilities that we need for the future so they are the dominant ground force, full spectrum combat capability best in the world future. that's what we want. so we are not going to size the army or the marine corps for long protracted stability operations any longer. we're not going to retain the large rotation forces that we have needed to constantly rotate brigades in and out of iraq and afghanistan. we're not going to retain it not because we are abandoning coin. as i said we are going to retain that important and hard one excellence in coin, but we don't need the bulk of the force structure. you can't predict the future. obviously no one

army and marine corps is a little bit different. large numbers of the jobs, the billets both the units and occupations are closed to women because they're infantry, armor, special forces or short range field artillery. and because so many jobs are closed to women, it drives the number of women below say what the air force could take. on the other hand, particularly the army, since the gulf war began could recruit more women if more women particularly on the enlisted side wanted to enlisted in army. so they have not run out of room for women, but fewer women have actually enlisted in the army. percentage wide, the army is about 13% are now women. officers, it's closer to 16%. so there are limitations on the number that can be allowed initial entry, but it's not a formal quota. also, over the past couple of years, the service academy, west point, naval academy and air force academy, they used to artificially, i think, this is me speaking, lower the -- keep a lid on the number of women going through the academies. it was sort of not of

. >> let me thank the marine corps division band and the color guard for joining us and making this such a very special occasion. let me welcome each and every one of you on behalf of the war memorial opera house board, last that i come for dissipate, and they extend an invitation to each one of you to for this update because this retired member of the united states marine corps, a veteran and his wonderful wife, george n. charles schulz -- george and charlotte shultz. this afternoon, we are doing something that, frankly, should have been done a long time ago. in this city, when the concept of a memorial for veterans what spurs done, they said it would be right here. of course, we have finally, after many, many tries, got this right. in 1936, the construction produced it, and then there was six or seven additional times from the original time, and it does not to work, but finally, about two or three years ago, we got it right. the board of trustees decided in their wisdom to say thank-you to two incredible san franciscans in making the horseshoe circle named in their honor. all of you ha

i was in the marine corps, and a company commander. about seven of my marines by going back into the battle and going forward with those that were knocked down, including my battalion commander. but there is more to that story. it tied in with an golden keys that my brothers gave to me. on the that i was about to go in to the corps. a lot of what transpired in my particular situation is based on those keys, and i am going to share them with you. hopefully some of you can put them in your pocket and maybe use a couple of them. i parents were immigrants could my mother was from italy and my dad was from spain. two of her sons were in world war ii. one fought on iwo jima and one fought in open now. --okinawa. the case they get me as i was departing one evening from a small town in northern arizona real very useful. it all came true. my mother, for example, already had three marines, one in korea and to in world warii --two in world war ii. when i came home, i was devastated, having not been able to climb that ladder all the way up, but i

our current plan is to develop and maintain an active force of 182,000 marines and a selected marine corps reserve of 39,500 marines. we believe that structure filled with high quality marines and combined with our aviation and ground modernization initiatives will allow us to meet the requirements of the new strategy. with your continued support, that force will be manned and equipped as a force of readiness. it will designed to be forward employed and forward engaged and will be prepared for a wide range of crises and contingencies. thank you. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general. finally, general philip breedlove, vice chief of staff of the united states air force. welcome, general. >> madam chairman, senator ayotte, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for your opportunity to be here today and tell our air force story. these are challenging times, and i commend you for your leadership and your efforts to ensure we have the best equipped and best trained military on the globe. it's an honor to be here to serve on behalf of our 690,000 active duty, guar

i'm also pleased that the army and marine corps -- no i'm also pleased the army and marine corps has funded facilities as same as modernization at the 90% level which is the dod's stated goal. unfortunately the air force and navy funded this same ssr m. and 82 and 80% respectively. i would like to hear from the air force and the navy what level of risk they are taking on as a result of these lower funding levels and what steps they plan to take to avoid large bills down the road. finally we have -- that they at least a $1.3 billion bill as a result of the rising fuel prices. this price increase has been exacerbated by a continued closure of the pakistan border forcing envoys for our force in afghanistan to use the northern distribution network and added increased in expensive $38 million per month. given all of these challenges we face we must strive to protect our readiness account and we can also do a better job in managing funds like operation maintenance. we can improve the execution rates and on obligated balances in these accounts. in addition to her operational readiness model

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the marine corp gave you other than than honorable discharge. what does that mean when they say you are dismissed. >> i had 60 days on the contract and i went from being a sergeant doing an important job and having full benits to 60 days discharged out of the marine with no ben tis so to speak. depends on. >> did you say these things because you meant them or were they said heatedly. would you not salute. >> that was heated. if he walk in the room i would show the respect. but as far as the policy. from the american citizen i do not agree with the policies and i have to live with the policiless he sets forth in the administration. >> one of the questions that come forth when you join the military you give up rights of what you wear and wake up and go to bed and eat and live. all of those things somebody else decides for you x. if the military was a democracy where people voted on the orders it would be chaos and disaster. do you understand where the marine corp comes from in saying it is one thing to have an opinion but you don't get to express