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Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program S. HRG. 114–658, PT. 3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2943 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 3 READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT MARCH 15; APRIL 5, 12, 2016 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM—Part 3 READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA S. HRG. 114–658, PT. 3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2943 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 3 READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT MARCH 15; APRIL 5, 12, 2016 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov/ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 26–717 PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, Chairman JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma JACK REED, Rhode Island JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama BILL NELSON, Florida ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia DEB FISCHER, Nebraska JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire TOM COTTON, Arkansas KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut JONI ERNST, Iowa JOE DONNELLY, Indiana THOM TILLIS, North Carolina MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska TIM KAINE, Virginia MIKE LEE, Utah ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico TED CRUZ, Texas CHRISTIAN D. BROSE, Staff Director ELIZABETH L. KING, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire, Chairman JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma TIM KAINE, Virginia DEB FISCHER, Nebraska CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire JONI ERNST, Iowa MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii MIKE LEE, Utah MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 8486 Sfmt 8486 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA C O N T E N T S MARCH 15, 2016 Page THE CURRENT STATE OF READINESS OF UNITED STATES FORCES ........................ 1 Allyn, General Daniel B., USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army .......... 5 Howard, Admiral Michelle J., USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy .......................................................................................................... 10 Paxton, General John M., Jr., USMC, Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps ........................................................................................................ 16 Goldfein, General David L., USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force ...................................................................................................................... 27 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 71 APRIL 5, 2016 THE STATE OF PUBLIC SHIPYARDS TO MEET CURRENT MISSION NEEDS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ..................................................................................... 95 Hilarides, Vice Admiral William H., USN, Commander, United States Naval Sea Systems Command ....................................................................................... 99 Smith, Vice Admiral Dixon R. USN, Commander, United States Navy Instal- lations Command ................................................................................................. 103 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 123 APRIL 12, 2016 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND BASE CLOSURE PRO- GRAMS .................................................................................................................... 127 Potochney, Peter J., Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment ....................................................... 132 Hammack, Honorable Katherine G., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment ............................................................. 146 McGinn, Honorable Dennis V., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment ........................................................................... 152 Ballentine, Honorable Miranda A.A., Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy ....................................................... 159 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 192 APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................... 203 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 8486 Sfmt 8486 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 8486 Sfmt 8486 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, DC. THE CURRENT STATE OF READINESS OF UNITED STATES FORCES The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:03 a.m. in Room SR–222, Russell Senate Office Building, Senator Kelly Ayotte (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Senators Ayotte, Inhofe, Fischer, Ernst, Kaine, Shaheen, Hirono, and Heinrich. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR KELLY AYOTTE Senator AYOTTE. Good morning. I want to welcome our witnesses here today, the Vice Chiefs of Staff of our Armed Forces, and thank them for their leadership. This is a very important hearing of the Readiness and Management Support Committee. As we begin this subcommittee’s second hearing of the year to re- ceive testimony on the current readiness of our military forces, I want to thank the Ranking Member, Senator Kaine, for his contin- ued leadership on defense issues and work with me in a bipartisan manner on these incredibly important issues to the readiness of our forces. We’re joined this morning by General Daniel Allyn, the Vice Chief of Staff for the Army; Admiral Michelle Howard, the Vice Chief of Staff of Naval Operations; General John Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; and General David Goldfein, the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. I want to thank each of you for your leadership and service to our country, and all of those who serve underneath you. We’re grateful for what they do for our country. General Paxton, I understand that today may be one of your last, certainly, readiness force-posture hearings, but you’re also the long- est serving Assistant Commandant in the Marine Corps in the last 100 years. [Laughter.] (1) VerDate Nov 24 2008 09:32 Sep 14, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 Y:\REIER-AVILES\2016\2016 HEARINGS SENT FOR PRINTING\26717.TXT WILDA 2 Senator AYOTTE. You have been in that position since December of 2012. I just want to thank you for your amazing service to our country, your leadership. You are the finest. I’ve appreciated get- ting to know you in this position, and I speak for all my colleagues in saying that we just very much appreciate your distinguished service to our country and all that you and your family have done for us. [Applause.] General PAXTON. Thank you, Chairman. Honored to serve and to be with great battle buddies like this and to be with great marines. Thank you, Senator. Senator AYOTTE. Thank you. Semper Fi. On February 9th, the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said, ‘‘In my 50-plus years in the intelligence business, I cannot recall a more diverse array of challenges and crises that we confront as we do today.’’ When we consider just a few develop- ments, it is easy to understand why Director Clapper would say that from where we even met from
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