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- But there are some near-term things I

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think we should pay attention to.

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Logistics, clearly one of them.

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Relevant to this partnership between

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Australia and the US and

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operating in this region, logistics,

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logistics, logistics. That is the

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limiting factor. That's the driving

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factor in how far and how fast you can go.

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- [Narrator] Logistics. The ability to deploy,

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arm, feed and fuel our forces

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globally has been a competitive

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advantage that we have enjoyed for

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decades. However, recent conflicts

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illustrate that even a numerically

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superior force will struggle to sustain

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itself and protect supply routes

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against precision attacks and

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disruption from a determined enemy.

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We can no longer expect to close and

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sustain forces from secure forward

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bases built up over weeks or months

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from areas of sanctuary as we did in

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Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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A handful of major supply routes

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emanating from large iron mountains at

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forward bases, ports and airfields will

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be a liability on the modern

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battlefield. We must expect to be

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contested by future adversaries.

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From our industrial base to the front line,

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our logistics and sustainment

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capabilities are already being targeted.

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Adversaries will employ systems and

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tactics to hold the fleet and joint

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force at arm's length, allowing them

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to employ a strategy that uses

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contested areas as a shield behind

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which they can apply a range of

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coercive measures against our allies

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and partners. Force design accelerates

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the modernization of the Marine Corps

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to meet the challenges of the future

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operating environment. The Marine

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Corps is uniquely positioned to provide

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the nation options in support of

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integrated deterrents. Our stand-in

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forces are forward-postured, steady

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state forces operating in contested

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areas capable of transitioning rapidly

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from competition to crisis to conflict

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and back again. These forces are small

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but lethal, low-signature, mobile and

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agile designed to operate with allies

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and partners across the competition

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continuum and along the leading edge of

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maritime defense and depth. To sustain

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these forces, we must modernize our

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logistics enterprise. We require

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systemic change now. The future

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calls for an agile integrated

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sustainment network, a network capable

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of generating multiple logistics webs

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that provide options to commanders,

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create resiliency, contribute to

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deterrence, and overcome the precision

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driven lethality of the modern

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battlefield. Tomorrow's logistics

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network must be agile enough to

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overcome both kinetic and non-kinetic

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attacks. Building this network

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requires the development and resourcing

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of several critical capabilities, four

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of which are central to our ability to

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generate logistics webs and sustain our

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warfighters. First, we need multi-

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capable distribution platforms. The

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Marine Corps will require a mix of

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crude and autonomous capabilities

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designed to operate from and alongside

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naval platforms and bases. Much of

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this technology is in development, to

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include the medium landing ship, which

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is smaller than our recognizable ships

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but larger than our current ship-to-

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shore connectors. However, the

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unmanned logistics system air, the CH-53K,

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and our amphibious warfare ships are

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examples of capabilities mature enough

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to sustain distributed naval forces

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today. Second, we need to increase,

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disperse and diversify the forward

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positioning of sustainment. In

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addition to working closely with allies

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and partners to expand access to shared

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resources, we must modernize our pre-positioning.

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The global positioning

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network, GPN, will consist of a

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dynamic, integrated, afloat and ashore

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network to support the stand-in force

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and global crisis response. Third, we

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must make our installations ready for

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the contested environment. Every

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operation begins and ends with our

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bases and stations. Indo-Pacific

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installations must transform into

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advanced spaces that serve as vital

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nodes in the network, enabling early

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phase operational maneuver while

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demonstrating commitment to our allies

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and partners. These critical advanced

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bases require resourcing and

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modernization to generate combat power,

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provide sustainment of forces and to

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recover quickly from adversary attacks

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across all domains. Fourth, an

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integrated logistics command and

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control framework is required to bring

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together these distribution platforms,

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forward sustainment and advanced bases.

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This new C2 architecture consists of

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new organizations, improved command

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arrangements, and modernize information

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technology. This includes artificial

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intelligence to enable faster decision-

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making, allowing commanders to match

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resources to requirements in a manner

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that is threat-informed. Among these

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four core capabilities, developing a

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logistics C2 framework will be the most

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challenging to produce. We seek the

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resourcing to work with industry and

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the joint force to deliver what will

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serve as the most critical capability

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for the pacing function. Without these,

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we will be hard-pressed to continue the

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current pace of modernization and meet

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the requirements of the new operating

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environment. However, to retain our

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competitive advantage, we must

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modernize our logistics to meet new

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challenges and threats. The Marine

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Corps stands ready to lead the

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modernization in this area.
- [General Jacqueline Van Ovost] As we work

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in the Indo-Pacific with Admiral

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Aquilino, we are looking at a strategy

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of diverse and disperse. In other

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words, we are seeing that we're going

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to have more distributed operations in

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more locations which will provide us

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that redundancy and resilience and then

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diversity to have some capability to

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move with respect to ships on the water

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that are in motion which are harder

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to target than a large single location

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where we stack up our logistics. So we

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are very much looking at how we do

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intra-theater dispersement at a time

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and place where we'll be able to

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resupply the forces securely but keep

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it moving so that they don't become

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targets in the future. That gets back

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to the agility of the force that we

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need. And to do that, our forces need

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to be connected. They need to be on

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the network. Our ability to securely

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command and control and understand

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where the forces are, where the

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logistics are, and where they need to go.

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