of the equipment needed if we have to respond, that's the area of syria, egypt, israel, lebanon, ta tanisia. was it the marines' proposal to. >> senator, discussion came about the time i became what i am today. i want to put it in context. i looked at this thing, having looked for many, many years, and i said, what do i understand to be from do we have? i think we make adjustments on some of the narz you just talked. we'll have to be more questionable, no doubt about it. but my concern. let's make sure that in other word words. training, but. it was brief last night that -- and it hasn't come to the secretary of the navy for his final decision yet, among the that -- that's where i know it. i just want to make sure they're defended in the certification. i asked for the certification rez iness, reducing the status of one of the. obviously from the chief of naval this he doubted tlfts. i'm fw so many. we need to understand what additional risks we're taking on with that and whether, in all of your he is teamed opinions that this is sufficient in terms of our readiness in a critical area of the