the nds obviously focused on that, buto the nss. i think what it did for us as part of the naval force, it reallygrsts e navy marine corps team back to our title ten sp andow we would look at long-term strategic competition as a forward deployed force across the globe. i think the oorni there is toet back to our navy roots, back to working with the navy in partnership. that's been very exciting across the operating forces. general hedelund can talk about at. certainly fro headquarters marine corps standpoint, i also co-chair the naval board. there's a lot of things going on to really drive towards bringing the two services together, as we were in the cold war, towards major strategic competition. so i would say that would be the main part that i would say the excitement of that opportunity. the other opportunity, and it's a challenge, is where have we been with our investments over the last 16, 17 years? at's been a real challenge. we, in fact, used to have.okme for example, we used t light anti-aircraft missile battalions. when i ta

if you look at the nds and the nss, those types of things are being deemphasized. ou might need to recoup equipment, aircraft, and people to build readiness for a higher priority mission in the nds and the nss. they are place i'm going to go. i'm going to talk about how we get those back and prepare a different force for a different conflict or different crisis. >> will thank you very much. -- well thank you very much. >> can i add one thing? we have three. we have one that we put down. a different focus in its training. one in the central command. one that we have in europe. support in africa is also different in its own right in terms of organization and focus. challenge in terms of time distance. primarily, i just want to reinforce the point that general hedlund had. yes, we worked these elements up. the one down in south america is not designed to be combat credible. it is for humanitarian purposes. the one in the central command region is combat credible. the one in europe is also combat credible but would need some augmentati from the joint force in terms of f

i think the nds, nss, and importantly for us, planning guidance that followed proceeded. gives us a focus that we haven't had for a while. we prioritize the threat, which, now allows the institution at large to focus on that threat. it means we have to look at what we are ng in our school houses and how we train officers for a high-end threat. what do we know about adversaries and what don't we know? the competitors, lets say. this is more than just operational forces preparing, this is institutional refocus on high-end war fighting and all that comes with it. with a good strategy comes good resourceing and we are very pleased with the budget we have had in 2018 and what is for 2019. in order to restors strategy, to modern-- resource the strategy, to modernize, to maintain the competitive advantage that we do not want to lose against china or russia, this is not just the vernnt or military, it h tobe a whole nation approach, how students stud aand they-- study and what they study, to have resilient capacity, should we have high end war fare we can regenerate a force. recru

if you look at the nss, those types of things are being deemphasized. if you need to recoup equipment aircraft and people to build readiness for a higher priority mission, those special-purpose magtfs, where are we going to get them back, a different force for a different crisis. >> we have three to put down in south america during the storm season primarily, different purpose organized differently in the central command region. and it is also different in its own right in terms of organization and challenges in terms of time, distance. i want to reinforce the point that we work these elements up, and designed to be combat credible or humanitarian purposes for security engagement. the rest is combat credible but will need augmentation from the joint force with fixed wing support and it is the real world. the idea we would need to employ it in total would be desirable but the real world gets in the way of having to provide small elements and detachments to us personnel and facilities and making an enormous difference in all 3 locations. the one in south