1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:33,960 mhm . Mhm . 3 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:38,260 Oh , mm . 4 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,450 Yeah . Mhm . 5 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:55,050 Yeah . Mm . 6 00:00:57,340 --> 00:01:00,050 Mhm . Right . Mm . Right . 7 00:01:07,940 --> 00:01:09,340 Uh huh . Yeah . 8 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:14,160 Mhm . Where are ? Mm 9 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,860 hmm , 10 00:01:17,940 --> 00:01:18,260 mm . 11 00:01:28,940 --> 00:01:29,940 Mhm . 12 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:37,360 Yeah . Mhm . Mhm . 13 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,440 Uh huh . Yeah . 14 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:48,740 Right . 15 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:55,640 Yeah , 16 00:01:58,140 --> 00:01:59,850 retire the colors . 17 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,950 Oh part 18 00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:29,030 ladies and gentlemen . The 2021 thomas 19 00:02:29,030 --> 00:02:30,974 parr ham award winner . Lieutenant 20 00:02:30,974 --> 00:02:33,141 Commander Adrian benton will now offer 21 00:02:33,141 --> 00:02:36,150 our invocation . Let us pray 22 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,170 God . Oh today we have come from near 23 00:02:40,170 --> 00:02:42,630 and far to gather together at the 24 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:44,990 largest maritime exposition in the 25 00:02:44,990 --> 00:02:47,700 United States . We thank you for the 26 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:50,160 visionary leadership of the Navy League 27 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:52,770 that continues to preserve and provide 28 00:02:52,780 --> 00:02:55,440 the invaluable innovative extension of 29 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,920 leaders in ways that impact our forces 30 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:00,210 deliberately , intentionally and 31 00:03:00,210 --> 00:03:02,890 resiliently . As we dine . May we be 32 00:03:02,890 --> 00:03:05,001 strengthened in our sense of devotion 33 00:03:05,001 --> 00:03:07,510 and dedication to expand our military 34 00:03:07,510 --> 00:03:10,310 advantage at sea . May we be 35 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:12,800 strengthened as you propel our 36 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,290 persistence and patience to 37 00:03:15,290 --> 00:03:18,370 strategically impact the 24 7 readiness 38 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:21,500 of our forces and families . And today 39 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:24,140 may we seek to be strengthened by the 40 00:03:24,150 --> 00:03:26,840 indispensable communication of our 41 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,120 current interrogated integrated 42 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,340 concepts components and emergent 43 00:03:31,340 --> 00:03:35,040 capability . So God , as we invoke 44 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:38,100 your peace and prosperity right here 45 00:03:38,110 --> 00:03:41,860 and right now to abide abundantly and 46 00:03:41,860 --> 00:03:44,480 to flow quietly and decisively through 47 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,702 this room , we pray that you will bless 48 00:03:46,702 --> 00:03:48,758 the food that we eat to nourish us . 49 00:03:48,758 --> 00:03:50,869 Keep our hearts in good faith and May 50 00:03:50,869 --> 00:03:53,920 the words that we speak and the 51 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,920 thoughts that we think may , the words 52 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,031 that we hear and the thoughts that we 53 00:03:59,031 --> 00:04:01,780 each will share be acceptable in your 54 00:04:01,780 --> 00:04:04,060 sight . Keep us true to our heritage 55 00:04:04,060 --> 00:04:06,690 and selfless in our freedom . May God 56 00:04:06,690 --> 00:04:10,170 bless our deliberate intentional 57 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:13,820 resilience and interrogated naval power 58 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:17,280 and may God bless the USa in your 59 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:20,150 mighty name . We do pray Amen . 60 00:04:21,940 --> 00:04:23,829 It's now my pleasure to introduce 61 00:04:23,829 --> 00:04:26,160 today's esteemed keynote speaker 62 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,120 General Mark A Milley is the 20th 63 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,342 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , 64 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,990 the nation's nation's highest ranking 65 00:04:34,990 --> 00:04:37,630 military officer and the principal 66 00:04:37,630 --> 00:04:40,800 military adviser to the president , the 67 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,690 Secretary of Defense and the National 68 00:04:43,690 --> 00:04:46,670 Security Council . Prior to becoming 69 00:04:46,670 --> 00:04:49,060 the chairman on October one of 2019 , 70 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:52,750 General Milley served As the 39th Chief 71 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,060 of Staff of the United States Army 72 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,662 General Milley has had multiple command 73 00:04:58,662 --> 00:05:01,550 and staff positions in eight divisions 74 00:05:01,550 --> 00:05:03,717 and special forces throughout the last 75 00:05:03,890 --> 00:05:07,790 39 years to include Command of the 1st 76 00:05:07,790 --> 00:05:11,270 Battalion , 5 6 Infantry , 2nd 77 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:15,130 Infantry Division , 2nd Brigade , 10th 78 00:05:15,130 --> 00:05:18,050 Mountain Division , Deputy Commanding 79 00:05:18,050 --> 00:05:21,250 General 101st Airborne Air Assault , 80 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,984 Commanding General , 10th Mountain 81 00:05:23,984 --> 00:05:26,410 Division , Commanding General , 3rd 82 00:05:26,410 --> 00:05:29,680 Corps and Commanding General U . S . 83 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,420 Army Forces Command . While serving as 84 00:05:32,420 --> 00:05:34,476 the commanding general . Third Corps 85 00:05:34,740 --> 00:05:36,462 General Milley deployed as the 86 00:05:36,462 --> 00:05:38,407 Commanding General , International 87 00:05:38,407 --> 00:05:40,296 Security Assistance Force , Joint 88 00:05:40,296 --> 00:05:42,940 Command and Deputy Commanding General U . 89 00:05:42,940 --> 00:05:46,300 S . Forces Afghanistan . General 90 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:48,522 Millie's joint assignments also include 91 00:05:48,522 --> 00:05:50,689 the Joint Staff Operations directorate 92 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:52,850 and as military assistant to the 93 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:56,350 Secretary of Defense General Milley , 94 00:05:56,350 --> 00:05:58,517 sir . It is our honor to have you here 95 00:05:58,517 --> 00:06:00,930 with us today . And we certainly look 96 00:06:00,930 --> 00:06:03,152 forward to your remarks . And the floor 97 00:06:03,152 --> 00:06:04,152 is yours , sir . 98 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:18,110 Yeah . So this is a great opportunity 99 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,050 for me to say go Navy . Mhm . 100 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,660 And I might actually mean it . So 101 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,650 that's important . How about sacrifice ? 102 00:06:30,940 --> 00:06:32,996 So I just sort of curious . I really 103 00:06:32,996 --> 00:06:34,996 can't see because the lights really 104 00:06:34,996 --> 00:06:37,162 bright . But just go by a voice vote . 105 00:06:37,162 --> 00:06:41,160 How many marines we got ? Mm . 106 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:44,250 How many sailors ? 107 00:06:48,540 --> 00:06:50,873 Let's try that again . How many marines ? 108 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,860 Uh huh . How long are you gonna do with 109 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:56,916 you guys ? Any soldiers by the way , 110 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,184 look at that . You got a couple of 111 00:06:59,540 --> 00:07:01,850 anybody from the Air Force 112 00:07:03,740 --> 00:07:07,450 Coast Guard space for us . 113 00:07:09,940 --> 00:07:12,162 Alright , well they're up in space . So 114 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,400 hey look , I do want to thank uh mike 115 00:07:16,410 --> 00:07:19,560 stevens . Uh , Ceo , this is my first 116 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:24,010 time at the Navy League and I'm sure he 117 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:26,232 told me it's the first time and perhaps 118 00:07:26,232 --> 00:07:28,454 the last time an Army officer will ever 119 00:07:28,454 --> 00:07:30,980 address the Navy League . But I do want 120 00:07:30,980 --> 00:07:34,360 to thank Mike for 33 years of 121 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:36,860 tremendous service to our nation . 122 00:07:37,340 --> 00:07:39,562 Obviously rising to the senior enlisted 123 00:07:39,562 --> 00:07:41,673 rank of the Navy . But mike thank you 124 00:07:41,673 --> 00:07:43,840 for so many years and decades actually 125 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,729 of great service to our country . 126 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,730 And there's a lot of admirals , 127 00:07:54,730 --> 00:07:58,340 generals , senior uh civilians , 128 00:07:58,340 --> 00:08:01,980 Ceos , lots of folks here that I 129 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:04,850 should call out my name , but I won't 130 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,407 because there's just too many of you . 131 00:08:07,407 --> 00:08:09,184 But just so that , you know , I 132 00:08:09,184 --> 00:08:11,240 recognize that each and every one of 133 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,129 you is very special and it's very 134 00:08:13,129 --> 00:08:15,351 important . And I want to thank you all 135 00:08:15,351 --> 00:08:17,462 for taking the time to be here . I do 136 00:08:17,462 --> 00:08:19,940 want to address a few things . This is 137 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:23,350 the 55th year of the Navy League 138 00:08:23,350 --> 00:08:25,572 putting on this luncheon and putting on 139 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:28,200 this event where we bring together not 140 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,300 only Naval leaders and Marine Corps 141 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:32,580 leaders and also space and air , but 142 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:34,691 all the industry leaders . And that's 143 00:08:34,691 --> 00:08:36,858 important because it's a team , it's a 144 00:08:36,858 --> 00:08:39,024 team of teams that goes into defending 145 00:08:39,024 --> 00:08:41,150 our country and also the allies and 146 00:08:41,150 --> 00:08:43,430 partners that are here . There are 42 147 00:08:43,430 --> 00:08:46,480 countries at this conference and that's 148 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,060 not unimportant . Anyone who's read the 149 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:51,630 National Defense strategy knows that 150 00:08:51,630 --> 00:08:53,852 one of its principles , one of the core 151 00:08:53,852 --> 00:08:56,520 elements of the NDS , is to leverage 152 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,750 our Allies and partners . Secretary in 153 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:00,750 Austin and I were in a session this 154 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:02,528 morning , in fact where we were 155 00:09:02,528 --> 00:09:04,750 discussing how better to do that in the 156 00:09:04,750 --> 00:09:06,694 future . And it's one of the great 157 00:09:06,694 --> 00:09:09,040 asymmetric advantages that we have . So 158 00:09:09,050 --> 00:09:10,990 thanks to all of you , allies and 159 00:09:10,990 --> 00:09:13,046 partners uh , for being here because 160 00:09:13,046 --> 00:09:15,157 the United States , you know , armies 161 00:09:15,157 --> 00:09:17,379 and navies and air forces and marines , 162 00:09:17,379 --> 00:09:20,050 we don't fight wars , nations fight 163 00:09:20,050 --> 00:09:22,880 wars and we fight wars as a joint force 164 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:25,280 and we fight in a combined environment 165 00:09:25,290 --> 00:09:27,890 with our allies and partners . So thank 166 00:09:27,890 --> 00:09:30,112 you all for being here . And I'd like a 167 00:09:30,112 --> 00:09:32,279 quick round of applause for the allies 168 00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:34,250 and partners that are here . Mhm 169 00:09:36,540 --> 00:09:40,450 Yeah . And I'd like 170 00:09:40,450 --> 00:09:43,650 to say that I'm very proud of the 171 00:09:43,650 --> 00:09:46,640 United States Navy in part because both 172 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:50,040 of my parents were in the Navy in World 173 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,690 War Two . My Father was a Navy Corman 174 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:56,050 who served with the 4th Marine Division 175 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,560 and made the assault landings at 176 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:02,080 Kwajalein Atoll , The SaiPan , Tinian 177 00:10:02,430 --> 00:10:05,560 and then finally Uwajima . And he was 178 00:10:05,570 --> 00:10:08,650 teed up Uh for the invasion of the home 179 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:10,706 islands . In fact , his division was 180 00:10:10,706 --> 00:10:13,300 slated to invade Kyushu in the fall of 181 00:10:13,310 --> 00:10:17,150 1945 . He passed away a few years ago , 182 00:10:17,540 --> 00:10:19,620 but he always remembered with great 183 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:21,842 fondness , his time and service and the 184 00:10:21,842 --> 00:10:24,009 cause for which he fought . And I will 185 00:10:24,009 --> 00:10:26,580 say that he hated officers . He was one 186 00:10:26,580 --> 00:10:28,750 of those guys who is your classic E 187 00:10:28,750 --> 00:10:30,972 four E five and just couldn't deal with 188 00:10:30,972 --> 00:10:33,139 the officers because none of them ever 189 00:10:33,139 --> 00:10:35,472 talked to him . Uh , as far as generals , 190 00:10:35,472 --> 00:10:37,472 he had no idea what the general was 191 00:10:37,472 --> 00:10:39,583 until his son became one . And that's 192 00:10:39,583 --> 00:10:39,180 about the only time he ever gave a 193 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:41,347 compliment to any officer in my life . 194 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,162 You talk about a great Santini 195 00:10:44,162 --> 00:10:46,218 household . I can tell you stories , 196 00:10:46,218 --> 00:10:48,273 but I won't do it right now . And my 197 00:10:48,273 --> 00:10:50,273 mother , God bless her . She passed 198 00:10:50,273 --> 00:10:52,530 away as well . But she served in what 199 00:10:52,530 --> 00:10:54,863 was called in World War Two , the waves . 200 00:10:54,863 --> 00:10:56,974 And she was a Navy wave and served in 201 00:10:56,974 --> 00:10:59,141 the Medical corps . And she served out 202 00:10:59,141 --> 00:11:01,363 of a hospital in Seattle taking care of 203 00:11:01,363 --> 00:11:03,197 the wounded coming back from the 204 00:11:03,197 --> 00:11:05,530 pacific and today we enjoy the world's 205 00:11:05,530 --> 00:11:07,586 greatest navy , perhaps the greatest 206 00:11:07,586 --> 00:11:09,752 navy in the history of the world . And 207 00:11:09,752 --> 00:11:11,752 that's because , not because of the 208 00:11:11,752 --> 00:11:13,974 ships , planes , trains and automobiles 209 00:11:13,974 --> 00:11:16,197 that the navy has . It's because of the 210 00:11:16,197 --> 00:11:18,363 people that are in the Navy . And just 211 00:11:18,363 --> 00:11:18,140 as my parents served in this navy , 212 00:11:18,150 --> 00:11:20,420 just as you serve in this Navy , just 213 00:11:20,420 --> 00:11:22,198 as the uh , several hundreds of 214 00:11:22,198 --> 00:11:24,420 thousands of sailors that are out there 215 00:11:24,420 --> 00:11:26,476 around the world today , keeping the 216 00:11:26,476 --> 00:11:28,587 global comments free and open . I can 217 00:11:28,587 --> 00:11:30,587 say with certainty that the Navy is 218 00:11:30,587 --> 00:11:32,753 with the Navy is because of the people 219 00:11:32,753 --> 00:11:34,809 who are serving in it . So thank you 220 00:11:34,809 --> 00:11:36,864 all for what you do every single day 221 00:11:36,864 --> 00:11:39,087 and the United States and it's not lost 222 00:11:39,087 --> 00:11:41,198 on me as an army officer . The United 223 00:11:41,198 --> 00:11:44,530 States is indeed a maritime nation and 224 00:11:44,530 --> 00:11:47,090 from the very earliest days of our 225 00:11:47,090 --> 00:11:49,034 country . In fact , even before we 226 00:11:49,034 --> 00:11:51,780 became a country , we are dependant 227 00:11:51,790 --> 00:11:54,530 absolutely dependent economically and 228 00:11:54,530 --> 00:11:57,130 for our security on a free and open 229 00:11:57,130 --> 00:12:00,480 ocean C control and power 230 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,780 projection are not new concepts . Those 231 00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:06,310 are concepts that date way back in our 232 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:09,070 nation's history . Shortly later this 233 00:12:09,070 --> 00:12:11,430 month , I'll be going up to visit the 234 00:12:11,430 --> 00:12:13,319 oldest ship on active duty in the 235 00:12:13,319 --> 00:12:15,374 United States Navy , the U . S . S . 236 00:12:15,374 --> 00:12:17,374 Constitution and from those days to 237 00:12:17,374 --> 00:12:20,300 today , C control and power projection 238 00:12:20,310 --> 00:12:22,254 have been the fundamental task and 239 00:12:22,254 --> 00:12:24,477 purpose of the United States Navy . And 240 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:26,620 in my mind , no one has ever done it 241 00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:28,731 better than the United States Navy in 242 00:12:28,731 --> 00:12:31,320 the history of the world . The same is 243 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,430 true for air and space and cyber and 244 00:12:34,430 --> 00:12:36,750 our ground forces . In fact , our joint 245 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,840 force is second to none . And 246 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,070 maintaining and bolstering our 247 00:12:42,070 --> 00:12:44,420 competitive advantage and sea air space 248 00:12:44,420 --> 00:12:47,460 cyber in on the ground is apparent 249 00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:50,390 mount for our paramount importance to 250 00:12:50,390 --> 00:12:52,990 our future security and the Navy in 251 00:12:52,990 --> 00:12:56,260 particular the Navy that we have today 252 00:12:56,270 --> 00:12:58,492 is the best in the world and we want to 253 00:12:58,492 --> 00:13:00,603 keep it that way . It requires a very 254 00:13:00,603 --> 00:13:02,880 deliberate balance of our present day 255 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,520 urgency , urgency and our future 256 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,350 priorities decisions that we are making 257 00:13:08,350 --> 00:13:11,190 now right now in the pentagon right now 258 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:13,301 with me and the Cno and the Secretary 259 00:13:13,301 --> 00:13:15,470 of Defense . Those decisions that are 260 00:13:15,470 --> 00:13:17,810 being made now are going to spell the 261 00:13:17,810 --> 00:13:20,060 future of our Navy and whether we 262 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:23,550 succeed or fail in our future task of c 263 00:13:23,550 --> 00:13:25,780 control and power projection , how we 264 00:13:25,780 --> 00:13:28,600 invest our time and how we allocate our 265 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,910 financial resources and talent . That 266 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:33,550 is going to set the agenda for future 267 00:13:33,550 --> 00:13:36,390 generations to come . And why don't you 268 00:13:36,390 --> 00:13:38,660 think back a little bit because we have 269 00:13:38,660 --> 00:13:40,460 not had a great power conflict 270 00:13:41,140 --> 00:13:45,020 1945 ? To be sure , we've had a 271 00:13:45,020 --> 00:13:47,460 lot of very serious and high casualty 272 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:49,880 producing conflicts . The korean war in 273 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,470 Vietnam gulf war one in gulf war two 274 00:13:52,470 --> 00:13:54,470 and the present conflicts that were 275 00:13:54,470 --> 00:13:56,414 engaged in . There's been a lot of 276 00:13:56,414 --> 00:13:58,359 conflict and there's been a lot of 277 00:13:58,359 --> 00:14:00,581 casualties but there's not been a great 278 00:14:00,581 --> 00:14:02,740 power conflict and there hasn't been 279 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:05,740 for many , many reasons . one of those 280 00:14:06,050 --> 00:14:09,040 is the United States Navy , another is 281 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,873 the nuclear weapons and mutually 282 00:14:10,873 --> 00:14:12,984 assured destruction and the doctrines 283 00:14:12,984 --> 00:14:15,370 of strategic deterrence . Another as 284 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:17,537 we've invested in an amazing amount of 285 00:14:17,537 --> 00:14:19,537 time and energy over the last seven 286 00:14:19,537 --> 00:14:22,040 decades and our allies and partners in 287 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,400 the valuable relationships like NATO or 288 00:14:24,410 --> 00:14:26,577 mutual defense treaties with Japan and 289 00:14:26,577 --> 00:14:29,270 South Korea . We've had an incredible 290 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,090 innovative workforce in our population 291 00:14:32,090 --> 00:14:34,880 and enables our industry to thrive and 292 00:14:35,030 --> 00:14:37,308 gives our economy it uncommon strength , 293 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,380 capacity and resilience . But one of 294 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:42,713 those reasons , as I mentioned up front , 295 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,007 one of those reasons we have not had a 296 00:14:45,007 --> 00:14:47,480 great power war is because of our 297 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,060 incredible navy and I would add because 298 00:14:50,060 --> 00:14:52,830 of our incredible air force twice 299 00:14:52,830 --> 00:14:55,480 before in west european history that 300 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,570 I'm aware of . We've had two 301 00:14:57,570 --> 00:15:00,590 international orders . Each lasted 302 00:15:00,890 --> 00:15:03,760 about 100 years . The first followed 303 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,290 the 30 years war And in 1648 there was 304 00:15:07,290 --> 00:15:09,401 a thing called the Treaty was failure 305 00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:13,330 And from 1648 to 1750 , they 306 00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:15,480 established a international order on 307 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,369 the continent of europe to try to 308 00:15:17,369 --> 00:15:19,980 prevent great power war war between the 309 00:15:19,980 --> 00:15:23,500 powers of the day . The second follow 310 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:26,540 the Napoleonic wars . So that order of 311 00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:30,540 1648-1750 broke down and to 312 00:15:30,540 --> 00:15:32,707 what was called the Seven Years war in 313 00:15:32,707 --> 00:15:34,818 europe , or the french and indian war 314 00:15:34,818 --> 00:15:36,707 in north north America . And from 315 00:15:36,707 --> 00:15:40,650 1752 , 1815 , 65 consecutive 316 00:15:40,650 --> 00:15:43,750 years europe toward itself . Apart 317 00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:47,670 In 1815 , at the end of the Napoleonic 318 00:15:47,670 --> 00:15:49,559 Wars , they came up with what was 319 00:15:49,559 --> 00:15:52,120 called the concert of Europe and that 320 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,760 lasted Until the summer of 1914 . 321 00:15:56,940 --> 00:15:59,240 These were orders were established to 322 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,560 prevent war and they both lasted 323 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,930 about a century . Today We are in the 324 00:16:06,930 --> 00:16:10,550 76th year of the 325 00:16:10,550 --> 00:16:13,640 current international order and the 326 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,980 current international order is under 327 00:16:15,980 --> 00:16:18,620 intense and growing stress . 328 00:16:19,540 --> 00:16:22,520 Nations , non state actors , 329 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,640 terrorists , cybercriminals are all 330 00:16:26,650 --> 00:16:29,960 stressing the system and the rise of a 331 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,400 pierre nation state china is coming 332 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,310 at us rapidly with increasingly 333 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,030 diplomatic capabilities , economic 334 00:16:40,030 --> 00:16:42,860 capabilities and military capabilities 335 00:16:43,340 --> 00:16:47,020 to include a world class navy with 336 00:16:47,020 --> 00:16:49,340 surface capability , undersea 337 00:16:49,340 --> 00:16:52,360 capability and naval air capability . 338 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,470 China will be a major agent of change 339 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,620 to the current international order of 340 00:16:59,620 --> 00:17:02,700 that . There is little doubt and in 341 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,850 this dynamic geo strategic context , 342 00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:08,690 there is another factor . We are 343 00:17:08,690 --> 00:17:11,790 currently experiencing a significant 344 00:17:11,820 --> 00:17:15,190 and very fundamental change in the 345 00:17:15,190 --> 00:17:18,840 character of war , not just the nature 346 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,840 of war , which more or less stays 347 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,600 constant because it's based on politics 348 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,600 and human nature and its fog and 349 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,630 friction and chance . Those sort of 350 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:29,574 things will be constants that will 351 00:17:29,574 --> 00:17:31,519 always have to deal with . But the 352 00:17:31,519 --> 00:17:34,330 character of war , how we fight the 353 00:17:34,330 --> 00:17:36,460 organizations we fight with , the 354 00:17:36,460 --> 00:17:39,550 technology we use . Those change often , 355 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,607 but they don't change in a fundamental 356 00:17:42,607 --> 00:17:45,510 way . Very often . The last fundamental 357 00:17:45,510 --> 00:17:48,010 change that we can see in the character 358 00:17:48,010 --> 00:17:50,820 of war really occurs Between World Wars 359 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:53,330 one and 2 , where we witness 360 00:17:53,490 --> 00:17:55,490 mechanization and tanks and tracked 361 00:17:55,490 --> 00:17:57,601 vehicles for the ground forces and we 362 00:17:57,601 --> 00:17:59,657 see the introduction of the airplane 363 00:17:59,657 --> 00:18:01,657 and all the implications it had for 364 00:18:01,657 --> 00:18:04,250 naval and ground based air power . We 365 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:06,970 combine those with advances that led to 366 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:08,920 wireless communications and 367 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,976 specifically the introduction of the 368 00:18:10,976 --> 00:18:13,142 radio which allowed commanding control 369 00:18:13,142 --> 00:18:14,976 from great distances to become a 370 00:18:14,976 --> 00:18:17,142 possibility . And there are many other 371 00:18:17,142 --> 00:18:19,364 capabilities . Radar , approximate fuse 372 00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:21,950 artillery and so many more . All of 373 00:18:21,950 --> 00:18:25,100 those in combination changed the 374 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:28,320 fundamental character of war and every 375 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,660 country . The United States , Japan 376 00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:33,140 Germany Russia Britain France . Every 377 00:18:33,140 --> 00:18:36,440 country had access to all of those 378 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,050 technologies and every one of them 379 00:18:39,540 --> 00:18:41,484 combined them in a different way . 380 00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:44,396 Every one of them having a different 381 00:18:44,396 --> 00:18:46,396 tactic , different organization , a 382 00:18:46,396 --> 00:18:48,340 different technique and they train 383 00:18:48,340 --> 00:18:50,507 their leaders differently . But one of 384 00:18:50,507 --> 00:18:53,480 those countries Germany combined those 385 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,600 technologies in a very specific german 386 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,230 way of war , which we now call 387 00:18:59,230 --> 00:19:02,490 Blitzkrieg . They integrated these 388 00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:03,990 technologies through their 389 00:19:03,990 --> 00:19:06,212 organizations and leader development in 390 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:08,960 such a way that Nazi Germany was able 391 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,170 to overrun Western europe In only 18 392 00:19:12,170 --> 00:19:15,530 months , right here . At this very 393 00:19:15,530 --> 00:19:18,150 moment . Here in national harbor where 394 00:19:18,150 --> 00:19:20,400 we are , we can see a fundamental 395 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,178 change in the character of wars 396 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,660 currently underway and it's not the 397 00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:26,950 first time the city has experienced 398 00:19:26,950 --> 00:19:30,860 such a thing . Go back 1916 , 399 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,750 just outside these walls , America had 400 00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:36,110 not yet entered World War One , But 401 00:19:36,110 --> 00:19:38,110 within a year , the purpose of this 402 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,600 port would revolutionize in the state 403 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,660 of Maryland , converted a small 404 00:19:42,660 --> 00:19:44,980 maritime organization into Squadron 405 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:47,820 eight of the Fifth Naval District With 406 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:50,710 about 100 men and 19 small boats . The 407 00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:52,543 Oyster Navy , as it was called , 408 00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:55,330 Patrolled Maryland waters until 1918 . 409 00:19:55,390 --> 00:19:58,170 Even after the war had ended , Marilyn 410 00:19:58,170 --> 00:20:00,281 had become a naval hub for recruiting 411 00:20:00,281 --> 00:20:02,337 intelligence and waterway security . 412 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:05,562 But at the beginning of World War One , 413 00:20:05,562 --> 00:20:07,673 and later , at the beginning of World 414 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,784 War Two , we , the United States were 415 00:20:09,784 --> 00:20:12,650 terribly unprepared . We headed across 416 00:20:12,650 --> 00:20:16,500 the Atlantic in 1917 , already for the 417 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:19,170 rigors of trench warfare , The training , 418 00:20:19,170 --> 00:20:21,880 the doctor in the weaponry of 1917 and 419 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,840 1918 , And then again in 1939 and 40 420 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,730 and 41 and 42 and so on . All of that , 421 00:20:29,740 --> 00:20:33,240 we were unprepared for Marylanders , 422 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,300 with a lion's share of the 29th 423 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,710 Division , in the newly formed 79th 424 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:41,360 Division , that both served in France , 425 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,580 and both of them fought in the bloody 426 00:20:44,580 --> 00:20:46,469 Battle of the Meuse Argonne . The 427 00:20:46,469 --> 00:20:48,860 bloodiest battle in american history , 428 00:20:50,340 --> 00:20:52,173 quote . Those divisions suffered 429 00:20:52,173 --> 00:20:54,284 tremendous casualties . In fact , one 430 00:20:54,540 --> 00:20:57,170 in every three soldiers were killed 431 00:20:57,740 --> 00:20:59,700 were wounded . And put that in 432 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,700 perspective , Look to your left and 433 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:03,533 your right in this very room and 434 00:21:03,533 --> 00:21:06,060 imagine that one out of three is killed 435 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,060 were wounded . To give us a broader 436 00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:13,160 sense of great power war . Consider 437 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,350 The 26,000 26,000 438 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,630 U . S . Soldiers and marines were 439 00:21:20,630 --> 00:21:23,960 killed In the six weeks from october to 440 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,590 november 1918 . In the battle , the 441 00:21:27,590 --> 00:21:31,350 meetings are gone , consider the Second 442 00:21:31,350 --> 00:21:35,130 World War Were 26,000 U . S . 443 00:21:35,130 --> 00:21:37,690 Troops were killed In the eight weeks , 444 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,300 the landings at Normandy to the 445 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:43,790 liberation paris . At the same 446 00:21:43,790 --> 00:21:47,160 time , 18,000 more , 447 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,040 Americans were killed in the central 448 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,840 pacific where my father was in the 449 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,960 marianas campaign , SaiPan and Tinian 450 00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:58,851 in the south , pacific in china burma 451 00:21:58,851 --> 00:22:00,740 India and Italy . In that fateful 452 00:22:00,740 --> 00:22:03,050 summer of 1944 , 453 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,000 58,000 americans were 454 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,740 killed in action in the air , at 455 00:22:10,740 --> 00:22:14,440 sea inland In five 456 00:22:14,450 --> 00:22:17,390 weeks and five theaters of war . In a 457 00:22:17,390 --> 00:22:20,500 very short period of time . That is the 458 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:23,000 human cost , the human cost of great 459 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,680 power war . From 19 14 , the 460 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,460 beginning of World War I , 1945 461 00:22:31,340 --> 00:22:35,320 More or less a 30 year period , About 462 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,230 150 million people gave their lives in 463 00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:40,610 the slaughterhouse of war . In World 464 00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:43,330 Wars one and 2 , those are the grim 465 00:22:43,330 --> 00:22:46,920 calculations . The butcher's bill in 466 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,640 blood and in neither war was America 467 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,160 prepared failure to recognize 468 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:58,120 adapt and capitalized on the changing 469 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,650 character of war . Tell you to see the 470 00:23:00,650 --> 00:23:03,300 future produces devastating 471 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:06,550 consequences and it did for our 472 00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:10,180 military results and losses on a scale 473 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:13,430 that's difficult to fathom . Then none 474 00:23:13,430 --> 00:23:16,360 of us alive today I've ever experienced 475 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,880 today . There's a whole set of 476 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,930 technologies that are driving the 477 00:23:21,930 --> 00:23:24,097 fundamental change in the character of 478 00:23:24,097 --> 00:23:27,530 war . And if we fail to adapt , if we 479 00:23:27,530 --> 00:23:29,660 fail to change that , we will be 480 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:32,270 condemning a future generation to that 481 00:23:32,270 --> 00:23:34,492 which preceded us in the last century . 482 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,984 If we , the United States military 483 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,218 along with our industry and our 484 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:41,890 international partners do not adapt and 485 00:23:41,890 --> 00:23:45,160 do not change . If we don't increase 486 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,660 and accelerate Our change over the next 487 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,140 10 years , then we are condemning that 488 00:23:50,140 --> 00:23:52,270 future generation to what occurred 489 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,440 three decades ago . It's 490 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,960 not about this year , volume of weapons , 491 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:03,630 it's not about numbers , not about the 492 00:24:03,630 --> 00:24:06,420 machines we possess , it's about having 493 00:24:06,420 --> 00:24:08,460 a different set of capabilities , 494 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,180 capabilities that can to turn our 495 00:24:11,180 --> 00:24:13,513 adversary and win . If deterrence fails , 496 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:15,940 it isn't about how much money we're 497 00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:18,107 spending , it's what we're spending it 498 00:24:18,107 --> 00:24:20,880 on and how it reflects the operating 499 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,660 environment of tomorrow . Consider 500 00:24:23,660 --> 00:24:25,660 right now , precision munitions and 501 00:24:25,660 --> 00:24:28,160 combination with our ubiquitous is our 502 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,580 capability and where we can now see a 503 00:24:31,580 --> 00:24:34,070 map and sense the world around us like 504 00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:36,790 at no time in human history and we can 505 00:24:36,790 --> 00:24:40,160 shoot at rangers never before known 506 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,960 add that artificial intelligence which 507 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,016 is an incredibly powerful technology 508 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,751 and the information capabilities that 509 00:24:49,751 --> 00:24:51,850 accompanied the speed of decision 510 00:24:51,850 --> 00:24:54,800 making the man machine interface . 511 00:24:55,540 --> 00:24:57,950 Think today of robotics and what that's 512 00:24:57,950 --> 00:25:00,110 going to mean to the navy to NATO air 513 00:25:00,110 --> 00:25:03,310 forces , ground forces in the very near 514 00:25:03,310 --> 00:25:06,740 future add biotechnology , human 515 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:09,073 engineering , miniaturization , three D . 516 00:25:09,073 --> 00:25:11,330 Printing and many many more . It's 517 00:25:11,330 --> 00:25:14,350 about 40 or 50 technologies that are 518 00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:18,080 all converging very very rapidly in the 519 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,970 near future In the next five years , 10 520 00:25:20,970 --> 00:25:24,810 years or at most 15 and 521 00:25:24,810 --> 00:25:27,590 combined are going to fundamentally 522 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,570 change the conduct of war . It's 523 00:25:31,570 --> 00:25:34,810 not easy to strike the balance between 524 00:25:34,810 --> 00:25:37,550 preserving present readiness and future 525 00:25:37,550 --> 00:25:40,160 modernization . But we must shift now 526 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:42,751 towards the future operating 527 00:25:42,751 --> 00:25:45,040 environment . In the joint force we 528 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,318 have prioritized nuclear modernization , 529 00:25:47,540 --> 00:25:49,980 long range fires , hypersonic 530 00:25:49,980 --> 00:25:52,147 technology , artificial intelligence , 531 00:25:52,340 --> 00:25:55,020 shipbuilding , microelectronic space , 532 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:58,830 cyber and five G . As the top tier 533 00:25:58,830 --> 00:26:00,941 technologies we want to fully develop 534 00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:03,680 for the navy in particular . And 535 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,736 Admiral Gilda has alluded to several 536 00:26:05,736 --> 00:26:07,736 times and I think he was on a panel 537 00:26:07,736 --> 00:26:09,902 with the commandant a little earlier . 538 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,958 A significant proportion of both sea 539 00:26:11,958 --> 00:26:13,736 and air assets probably will be 540 00:26:13,736 --> 00:26:17,440 unmanned as early as next decade . He's 541 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,980 projected by that time frame Up to a 542 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:22,860 3rd of our subsurface and surface fleet 543 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:26,820 to be unmanned . Additionally , about 544 00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:30,420 40 to 60 of future air forces . Air 545 00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:32,860 wings and squadrons will be robotic 546 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:37,040 pilotless And they'll be teamed up with 547 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:38,818 manned aircraft and 4th and 5th 548 00:26:38,818 --> 00:26:41,690 generation And I would imagine by then 549 00:26:41,950 --> 00:26:44,890 6th generation on the way those 550 00:26:44,890 --> 00:26:48,520 technologies are available right now to 551 00:26:48,530 --> 00:26:51,210 every country in the world , there is 552 00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:53,377 nothing particularly secret about many 553 00:26:53,377 --> 00:26:55,432 of them . And I would argue that the 554 00:26:55,432 --> 00:26:57,654 country that masters those technologies 555 00:26:57,654 --> 00:26:59,654 combines them with their doctrine , 556 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,820 develops our talent . Our troops are 557 00:27:02,820 --> 00:27:05,530 sailors , are admirals , all of the 558 00:27:05,530 --> 00:27:07,660 leadership teams to take maximum 559 00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:11,440 advantage . That country is likely to 560 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,920 have a significant and perhaps decisive 561 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,060 advantage at the beginning of the next 562 00:27:17,060 --> 00:27:20,060 war . I want to believe that 563 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,040 war will be purged from the human being 564 00:27:24,290 --> 00:27:27,590 experienced , but I seriously doubt it 565 00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:30,840 will be in our lifetime . So it's 566 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,170 incumbent upon us , those of us in 567 00:27:33,170 --> 00:27:35,800 uniform now to set the table and set 568 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,560 the conditions so that future 569 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,630 generations don't operate a significant 570 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,400 disadvantage . And in fact as long as a 571 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,250 lot more or less mastering the changes 572 00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:49,194 that are occurring , mastering the 573 00:27:49,194 --> 00:27:51,390 change in this fundamental change in 574 00:27:51,390 --> 00:27:53,612 the character of war is going to be the 575 00:27:53,612 --> 00:27:55,680 most important thing we will do As a 576 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,736 professional military in the next 10 577 00:27:57,736 --> 00:28:00,480 years . All of us should be confident 578 00:28:00,490 --> 00:28:02,650 in our collective ability to ensure 579 00:28:02,650 --> 00:28:04,860 that whether it's in the Caribbean or 580 00:28:05,330 --> 00:28:07,552 in the arctic or across the atlantic or 581 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,719 the pacific or whether it's in space , 582 00:28:09,719 --> 00:28:11,941 cyberspace , on the sea , undersea your 583 00:28:11,941 --> 00:28:14,570 on the land or in the air , the United 584 00:28:14,570 --> 00:28:16,626 States shoulder to shoulder with our 585 00:28:16,626 --> 00:28:18,792 partners and allies . We will continue 586 00:28:18,792 --> 00:28:20,903 to project the most powerful military 587 00:28:20,903 --> 00:28:23,760 the world has ever seen and together we 588 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,927 have to maintain that readiness in the 589 00:28:25,927 --> 00:28:28,560 present . But we also must as an 590 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,550 imperative modernize for the future . 591 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,480 We recognize that we are a very 592 00:28:35,490 --> 00:28:37,850 expensive capability for our nation . 593 00:28:38,540 --> 00:28:42,170 We cost billions of dollars to operate 594 00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:46,310 every single year . There are 595 00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:49,970 very few things as expensive as 596 00:28:49,970 --> 00:28:53,170 preventing a war . But there are two 597 00:28:53,180 --> 00:28:56,040 that are more expensive . one is 598 00:28:56,050 --> 00:28:58,670 fighting a war and the most expensive 599 00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:01,670 at all is fighting and losing a war . 600 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,090 Every single cent spent on the U . S . 601 00:29:06,090 --> 00:29:09,280 Military is an investment . It's an 602 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,160 investment to maintain global great 603 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,960 power piece in order to deter war . 604 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,940 Our task as a military is to 605 00:29:20,940 --> 00:29:24,750 be prepared for war and by doing 606 00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:27,860 that task we hopefully will prevent war . 607 00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:31,780 But if war does break out then our task 608 00:29:31,790 --> 00:29:35,540 is to win that war . We exist for no 609 00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:39,240 other purpose . We are ready right now 610 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,120 today and we must be ready in the 611 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,110 future and that future begins right now 612 00:29:46,370 --> 00:29:48,592 with our United States Navy . Thank you 613 00:29:48,592 --> 00:29:49,592 very much . 614 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:04,840 Yeah 615 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,207 let's give our chairman one more round 616 00:30:11,207 --> 00:30:13,429 of applause as he leaves the building . 617 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:20,670 Yeah .