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- But there are some near-term things I think we should

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pay attention to.

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Logistics, clearly one of them.

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Relevant to this partnership

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between Australia and the US

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and operating in this region,

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logistics, logistics, logistics.

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That is the limiting factor.

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That's the driving factor

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in how far and how fast you can go.

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- [Narrator] Logistics:

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The ability to deploy, arm,

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feed and fuel our forces,

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globally, has been a competitive advantage

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that we have enjoyed for decades.

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However, recent conflicts illustrate

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that even a numerically superior force

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will struggle to sustain itself

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and protect supply routes against precision attacks

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and disruption from a determined enemy.

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We can no longer expect to close

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and sustain forces

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from secure forward bases

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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

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will be a liability on the modern battlefield.

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We must expect to be 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 and partners.

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(indistinct radio chatter)

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Force design accelerates the modernization

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of the Marine Corps to meet the challenges

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of the future operating environment.

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The Marine Corps is uniquely positioned

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to provide the nation options in 
support of integrated deterrents.

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Our stand-in forces are forward-postured,

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steady state forces operating in contested areas,

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capable of transitioning rapidly

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from competition to crisis to conflict

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and back again.

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These forces are small but lethal,

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low-signature, mobile and agile,

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designed to operate with allies and partners

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across the competition continuum

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and along the leading edge of 
maritime defense and depth.

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To sustain these forces,

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we must modernize our logistics enterprise.

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We require systemic change, now.

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The future calls for an

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agile integrated sustainment network,

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a network capable of generating

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multiple logistics webs that 
provide options to commanders,

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create resiliency,

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contribute to deterrence,

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and overcome the precision-driven lethality

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of the modern battlefield.

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Tomorrow's logistics network must be agile enough

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to overcome both kinetic and non-kinetic attacks.

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Building this network requires 
the development and resourcing

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of several critical capabilities,

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four of which are central to our ability

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to generate logistics webs and sustain our warfighters.

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First, we need

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multi-capable distribution platforms.

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The 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.

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Much of this technology is in development,

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to include the medium landing ship,

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which is smaller than our recognizable ships

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but larger than our current ship-to-shore connectors.

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However, the unmanned logistics systems-air,

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the CH-53K,

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and our amphibious warfare ships

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are examples of capabilities mature enough

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to sustain distributed naval forces today.

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Second, we need to increase,

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disperse and diversify

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the forward positioning of sustainment.

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In addition to working closely with allies and partners

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to expand access to shared resources,

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we must modernize our prepositioning.

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The global positioning network, GPN,

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will consist of a dynamic, integrated,

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afloat and ashore network to support

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the stand-in force and global crisis response.

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Third, we must make our installations ready

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for the contested environment.

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Every operation begins and ends 
with our bases and stations.

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Indo-Pacific installations must transform

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into advanced spaces that serve

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as vital nodes in the network,

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enabling early-phase operational maneuver

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while demonstrating commitment 
to our allies and partners.

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These critical advanced bases

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require resourcing and modernization

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to generate combat power, 
provide sustainment of forces,

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and to recover quickly from adversary attacks

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across all domains.

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Fourth, an integrated logistics 
command and control framework

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is required to bring together these distribution platforms,

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forward sustainment and advanced bases.

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This new C2 architecture

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consists of new organizations,

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improved command arrangements,

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and modernized information technology.

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This includes artificial intelligence
to enable faster decision-making,

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allowing commanders to match resources to requirements

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in a manner that is threat-informed.

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Among these four core capabilities,

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developing a logistics C2 framework

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will be the most challenging to produce.

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We seek the resourcing to work with

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industry and the joint force

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to deliver what will serve as the most

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critical capability for the pacing function.

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Without these, we will be hard-pressed to continue

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the current pace of modernization

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and meet the requirements of 
the new operating environment.

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However, to retain our competitive advantage,

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we must modernize our logistics

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to meet new challenges and threats.

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The Marine Corps stands ready

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to lead the modernization in this area.

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- [General Jacqueline Van Ovost] As we work in the Indo-Pacific

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with Admiral Aquilino,

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we are looking at a strategy of

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diverse and disperse.

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In other words, we are seeing

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that we're going to have more distributed operations

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in more locations, which will provide us

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that redundancy and resilience,

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and then diversity to have some

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capability to move with respect to

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ships on the water that are in motion,

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which are harder to target

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than a large single location

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where we stack up our logistics.

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So we are very much looking at

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how we do intra-theater dispersement

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at a time and place where we'll be able to

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resupply the forces, securely,

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but keep it moving so that they 
don't become targets in the future.

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That gets back to the agility

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of the force that we need.

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And to do that, our forces need to be connected.

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They need to be on the network.

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Our ability to securely command and control,

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and understand where the forces are,

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where the logistics are, and where they need to go.

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