WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:03.489 - But there are some near-term things I think we should 00:03.740 --> 00:05.363 pay attention to. 00:05.363 --> 00:07.378 Logistics, clearly one of them. 00:08.169 --> 00:11.026 Relevant to this partnership 00:11.026 --> 00:13.610 between Australia and the US 00:13.610 --> 00:15.694 and operating in this region, 00:15.694 --> 00:18.103 logistics, logistics, logistics. 00:18.921 --> 00:20.511 That is the limiting factor. 00:20.511 --> 00:21.791 That's the driving factor 00:21.791 --> 00:23.398 in how far and how fast you can go. 00:23.701 --> 00:25.224 - [Narrator] Logistics: 00:25.224 --> 00:27.473 The ability to deploy, arm, 00:27.473 --> 00:30.089 feed and fuel our forces, 00:30.089 --> 00:32.594 globally, has been a competitive advantage 00:32.594 --> 00:34.716 that we have enjoyed for decades. 00:34.716 --> 00:37.569 However, recent conflicts illustrate 00:37.569 --> 00:39.516 that even a numerically superior force 00:39.516 --> 00:41.683 will struggle to sustain itself 00:41.683 --> 00:44.438 and protect supply routes against precision attacks 00:44.438 --> 00:46.673 and disruption from a determined enemy. 00:48.509 --> 00:50.393 We can no longer expect to close 00:50.393 --> 00:51.719 and sustain forces 00:51.719 --> 00:53.520 from secure forward bases 00:53.520 --> 00:56.076 built up over weeks or months 00:56.076 --> 00:58.480 from areas of sanctuary as we did in 00:58.480 --> 01:00.964 Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. 01:01.939 --> 01:03.680 A handful of major supply routes 01:03.689 --> 01:05.856 emanating from large iron mountains at 01:05.856 --> 01:08.164 forward bases, ports and airfields 01:08.164 --> 01:10.739 will be a liability on the modern battlefield. 01:11.619 --> 01:14.477 We must expect to be contested by future adversaries. 01:15.199 --> 01:17.421 From our industrial base to the front line, 01:17.639 --> 01:19.306 our logistics and sustainment 01:19.306 --> 01:21.639 capabilities are already being targeted. 01:21.919 --> 01:23.940 Adversaries will employ systems and 01:23.949 --> 01:26.120 tactics to hold the fleet and joint 01:26.129 --> 01:28.349 force at arm's length, allowing them 01:28.360 --> 01:30.540 to employ a strategy that uses 01:30.550 --> 01:32.669 contested areas as a shield behind 01:32.680 --> 01:34.458 which they can apply a range of 01:34.458 --> 01:36.816 coercive measures against our allies and partners. 01:37.523 --> 01:39.124 (indistinct radio chatter) 01:39.124 --> 01:41.536 Force design accelerates the modernization 01:41.536 --> 01:43.161 of the Marine Corps to meet the challenges 01:43.161 --> 01:45.000 of the future operating environment. 01:45.000 --> 01:47.021 The Marine Corps is uniquely positioned 01:47.021 --> 01:50.519 to provide the nation options in support of integrated deterrents. 01:51.605 --> 01:53.778 Our stand-in forces are forward-postured, 01:53.778 --> 01:56.897 steady state forces operating in contested areas, 01:56.897 --> 01:59.061 capable of transitioning rapidly 01:59.061 --> 02:02.048 from competition to crisis to conflict 02:02.048 --> 02:03.383 and back again. 02:03.383 --> 02:05.961 These forces are small but lethal, 02:05.961 --> 02:08.666 low-signature, mobile and agile, 02:08.666 --> 02:11.457 designed to operate with allies and partners 02:11.457 --> 02:13.235 across the competition continuum 02:13.235 --> 02:16.236 and along the leading edge of maritime defense and depth. 02:16.236 --> 02:18.079 To sustain these forces, 02:18.079 --> 02:20.233 we must modernize our logistics enterprise. 02:20.788 --> 02:23.558 We require systemic change, now. 02:23.558 --> 02:25.215 The future calls for an 02:25.215 --> 02:27.290 agile integrated sustainment network, 02:27.717 --> 02:30.045 a network capable of generating 02:30.045 --> 02:33.461 multiple logistics webs that provide options to commanders, 02:33.461 --> 02:35.050 create resiliency, 02:35.050 --> 02:36.563 contribute to deterrence, 02:36.563 --> 02:38.839 and overcome the precision-driven lethality 02:38.839 --> 02:40.455 of the modern battlefield. 02:41.406 --> 02:43.879 Tomorrow's logistics network must be agile enough 02:43.879 --> 02:46.709 to overcome both kinetic and non-kinetic attacks. 02:47.345 --> 02:50.137 Building this network requires the development and resourcing 02:50.137 --> 02:51.983 of several critical capabilities, 02:51.983 --> 02:54.287 four of which are central to our ability 02:54.287 --> 02:57.247 to generate logistics webs and sustain our warfighters. 02:58.415 --> 03:00.005 First, we need 03:00.005 --> 03:02.293 multi-capable distribution platforms. 03:02.293 --> 03:04.260 The Marine Corps will require a mix of 03:04.260 --> 03:06.587 crude and autonomous capabilities 03:06.587 --> 03:09.102 designed to operate from and alongside 03:09.102 --> 03:11.194 naval platforms and bases. 03:11.194 --> 03:13.409 Much of this technology is in development, 03:13.409 --> 03:15.307 to include the medium landing ship, 03:15.307 --> 03:17.176 which is smaller than our recognizable ships 03:17.176 --> 03:20.134 but larger than our current ship-to-shore connectors. 03:20.745 --> 03:23.601 However, the unmanned logistics systems-air, 03:23.601 --> 03:25.064 the CH-53K, 03:25.064 --> 03:27.136 and our amphibious warfare ships 03:27.136 --> 03:29.807 are examples of capabilities mature enough 03:29.807 --> 03:32.348 to sustain distributed naval forces today. 03:32.348 --> 03:34.507 Second, we need to increase, 03:34.507 --> 03:36.240 disperse and diversify 03:36.240 --> 03:38.255 the forward positioning of sustainment. 03:38.255 --> 03:40.873 In addition to working closely with allies and partners 03:40.873 --> 03:43.330 to expand access to shared resources, 03:43.330 --> 03:45.970 we must modernize our prepositioning. 03:45.970 --> 03:48.863 The global positioning network, GPN, 03:48.863 --> 03:51.146 will consist of a dynamic, integrated, 03:51.146 --> 03:53.407 afloat and ashore network to support 03:53.407 --> 03:56.192 the stand-in force and global crisis response. 03:56.811 --> 03:59.362 Third, we must make our installations ready 03:59.362 --> 04:01.043 for the contested environment. 04:01.043 --> 04:04.634 Every operation begins and ends with our bases and stations. 04:04.634 --> 04:07.291 Indo-Pacific installations must transform 04:07.291 --> 04:09.317 into advanced spaces that serve 04:09.317 --> 04:11.013 as vital nodes in the network, 04:11.013 --> 04:13.553 enabling early-phase operational maneuver 04:13.553 --> 04:16.264 while demonstrating commitment to our allies and partners. 04:16.264 --> 04:18.414 These critical advanced bases 04:18.414 --> 04:21.188 require resourcing and modernization 04:21.188 --> 04:24.417 to generate combat power, provide sustainment of forces, 04:24.417 --> 04:27.200 and to recover quickly from adversary attacks 04:27.200 --> 04:28.832 across all domains. 04:29.855 --> 04:32.725 Fourth, an integrated logistics command and control framework 04:32.725 --> 04:35.808 is required to bring together these distribution platforms, 04:35.808 --> 04:38.671 forward sustainment and advanced bases. 04:39.537 --> 04:41.690 This new C2 architecture 04:41.690 --> 04:43.429 consists of new organizations, 04:43.429 --> 04:45.246 improved command arrangements, 04:45.246 --> 04:47.535 and modernized information technology. 04:48.171 --> 04:51.631 This includes artificial intelligence to enable faster decision-making, 04:51.631 --> 04:54.637 allowing commanders to match resources to requirements 04:54.637 --> 04:56.755 in a manner that is threat-informed. 04:56.755 --> 04:59.149 Among these four core capabilities, 04:59.149 --> 05:01.460 developing a logistics C2 framework 05:01.460 --> 05:03.448 will be the most challenging to produce. 05:04.281 --> 05:06.667 We seek the resourcing to work with 05:06.667 --> 05:08.334 industry and the joint force 05:08.334 --> 05:10.377 to deliver what will serve as the most 05:10.377 --> 05:13.005 critical capability for the pacing function. 05:13.643 --> 05:16.447 Without these, we will be hard-pressed to continue 05:16.447 --> 05:18.285 the current pace of modernization 05:18.285 --> 05:21.017 and meet the requirements of the new operating environment. 05:21.685 --> 05:24.401 However, to retain our competitive advantage, 05:24.401 --> 05:26.359 we must modernize our logistics 05:26.359 --> 05:28.790 to meet new challenges and threats. 05:29.743 --> 05:31.193 The Marine Corps stands ready 05:31.193 --> 05:33.287 to lead the modernization in this area. 05:33.287 --> 05:35.711 - [General Jacqueline Van Ovost] As we work in the Indo-Pacific 05:35.711 --> 05:37.309 with Admiral Aquilino, 05:37.309 --> 05:39.141 we are looking at a strategy of 05:39.141 --> 05:41.166 diverse and disperse. 05:41.166 --> 05:43.211 In other words, we are seeing 05:43.211 --> 05:46.097 that we're going to have more distributed operations 05:46.097 --> 05:48.630 in more locations, which will provide us 05:48.630 --> 05:50.441 that redundancy and resilience, 05:50.441 --> 05:52.833 and then diversity to have some 05:52.833 --> 05:55.401 capability to move with respect to 05:55.401 --> 05:57.226 ships on the water that are in motion, 05:57.226 --> 05:59.393 which are harder to target 05:59.393 --> 06:01.943 than a large single location 06:01.943 --> 06:03.515 where we stack up our logistics. 06:03.515 --> 06:05.384 So we are very much looking at 06:05.384 --> 06:07.847 how we do intra-theater dispersement 06:07.847 --> 06:10.216 at a time and place where we'll be able to 06:10.216 --> 06:12.756 resupply the forces, securely, 06:12.756 --> 06:15.847 but keep it moving so that they don't become targets in the future. 06:15.847 --> 06:17.375 That gets back to the agility 06:17.375 --> 06:19.158 of the force that we need. 06:19.158 --> 06:22.201 And to do that, our forces need to be connected. 06:22.201 --> 06:24.065 They need to be on the network. 06:24.065 --> 06:26.884 Our ability to securely command and control, 06:26.884 --> 06:29.194 and understand where the forces are, 06:29.194 --> 06:31.473 where the logistics are, and where they need to go. 06:32.391 --> 06:34.822 (dramatic music)