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HRG. 114–204, PT. 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1376 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 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 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET POSTURE NAVY POSTURE U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND AND U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND ARMY AND AIR FORCE POSTURES U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND, AND U.S. CYBER COMMAND U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND AND U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND AND U.S. FORCES KOREA U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET MARCH 3, 10, 12, 18, 19, 26; APRIL 16, 30, 2015 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:11 Jan 23, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 C:\USERS\WR47328\DESKTOP\23397.TXT WILDA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM—Part 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET POSTURE ● NAVY POSTURE ● U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND AND U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND ● ARMY AND AIR FORCE POSTURES ● U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND, AND U.S. CYBER COMMAND ● U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND AND U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET ● U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND AND U.S. FORCES KOREA ● U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:11 Jan 23, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 C:\USERS\WR47328\DESKTOP\23397.TXT WILDA S. HRG. 114–204, PT. 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1376 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 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 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET POSTURE NAVY POSTURE U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND AND U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND ARMY AND AIR FORCE POSTURES U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND, AND U.S. CYBER COMMAND U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND AND U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND AND U.S. FORCES KOREA U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET MARCH 3, 10, 12, 18, 19, 26; APRIL 16, 30, 2015 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 23–397 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 13:11 Jan 23, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\USERS\WR47328\DESKTOP\23397.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 (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:11 Jan 23, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 C:\USERS\WR47328\DESKTOP\23397.TXT WILDA C O N T E N T S MARCH 3, 2015 Page DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET POSTURE ........................................................ 1 Carter, Hon. Ashton B., Secretary of Defense; Accompanied by Hon. Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer .................................................................................................................... 5 Dempsey, GEN Martin E., USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff ...................... 22 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 72 MARCH 10, 2015 NAVY POSTURE ......................................................................................................... 109 Mabus, Hon. Raymond E., Jr., Secretary of the Navy .......................................... 113 Dunford, Gen. Joseph F., Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps ......... 132 Greenert, ADM Jonathan W., USN, Chief of Naval Operations ......................... 145 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 200 MARCH 12, 2015 U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND AND U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND ................................. 239 Gortney, ADM William E., USN, Commander, U.S. Northern Command, and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command .......................... 242 Kelly, Gen. John F., USMC, Commander, U.S. Southern Command .................. 244 MARCH 18, 2014 POSTURES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ..................................................................................................... 279 McHugh, Hon. John M., Secretary of the Army .................................................... 283 James, Hon. Deborah Lee, Secretary of the Air Force ......................................... 300 Odierno, Gen. Raymond T., USA, Chief of Staff of the Army .............................. 308 Welsh, Gen. Mark A., III, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force ........................ 310 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 349 MARCH 19, 2015 U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND, AND U.S. CYBER COMMAND .............................................................................................................. 387 Haney, ADM Cecil D., USN, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command ................. 390 Selva, Gen. Paul J., USAF, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command ......... 401 Rogers, ADM Michael S., USN, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Services ............................. 412 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 437 MARCH 26, 2015 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND AND U.S. SPECIAL OPER- ATIONS COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET ........................................................ 543 Votel, GEN Joseph L., USA, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command . 547 Rodriguez, GEN David M., USA, Commander, U.S. Africa Command ............... 556 Austin, GEN Lloyd J., III, USA, Commander, U.S. Central Command ............. 566 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 614 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:11 Jan 23, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\WR47328\DESKTOP\23397.TXT WILDA IV Page APRIL 16, 2015 U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND AND U.S. FORCES KOREA ................................................. 621 Locklear, ADM Samuel J., III, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command ........ 624 Scaparrotti, GEN Curtis M., USA, Commander, United Nations Command/ Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea ................................................ 639 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 679 APRIL 30, 2015 U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND PROGRAMS AND BUDGET ............................................. 687 Breedlove, Gen. Philip M., USAF, Commander, U.S. European Command/ Supreme Allied Commander, Europe ................................................................. 691 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 737 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:11 Jan 23, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\USERS\WR47328\DESKTOP\23397.TXT WILDA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, DC. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET POSTURE The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:43 p.m. in room SH– 216, Hart Senate Office Building, Senator John McCain (chairman) presiding. Committee members present: Senators McCain, Inhofe, Wicker, Ayotte, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Tillis, Sullivan, Lee, Gra- ham, Reed, Nelson, Manchin, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Donnelly, Hirono, Kaine, King, and Heinrich. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, CHAIRMAN Chairman MCCAIN. Good afternoon. I want to apologize for keep- ing you waiting, Secretary Carter and General Dempsey and Sec- retary McCord. We had a vote, and members will be arriving. The committee meets today to receive testimony on the Depart-