PROJECTED MEDICARE SPENDING
OVER 10 YEARS JOINING ME RIGHT
NOW TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS THE
UNDERSECRETARY UNITED STATES
ARMY RYAN MCCAR THEE HONOR TO
HAVE THANK YOU FOR GREAT
SERVICE IN WONDERFUL U.S. ARMY
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET,
HERE WE HAVE, 22
TRILLION-DOLLAR DEBT ALL
TALKING ABOUT CALLS TO PULL IT
BACK, YET THE PRESIDENT
PROPOSES ADDING MORE, TO THE
DEFENSE SIDE OF THE BUDGET,
YOU ARE HERE ON FRONT LINES,
YOU ARE GOING TO TALK TO US
ABOUT WHERE THE PRIORITIES
ARE.
CAN YOU DO THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MARIA THE WORLD IS A VERY
COMPLEX DANGEROUS PLACE U.S.
ARMY HAS BEEN IN SUSTAINED
COMBAT OPERATIONS FOR 17
YEARS.
AND ALL THE WHILE -- OTHER
NATIONS AND AROUND THE WORLD
HAVE STUDIED OUR OPERATING
CAPABILITIES WEAPONS SYSTEMS,
HAVE MADE THE VAST INVESTMENTS
ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY TO
CURRENT CAPABILITIES SO THE
REFLECTION OF TOP LINE AS WELL
AS U.S. ARMY BUDGET IS
AGGRESSIVE IT IS SUBSTANTIAL,
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
FI 18-19 DEAL WE GOT WE HAVE
TO KEEP GOING TO REBALANCE
INSTITUTION AND BE ABLE TO
FORESEE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES
WORLDWIDE.
>> ONE PRIORITY IS REBUILDING
READINESS TELL ME ABOUT THAT,
AS WELL AS, STRENGTHENING
ALLIANCES PARTNERSHIPS
IMPROVING PERFORM
AFFORDABILITY THROUGH REFORM
HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT TELL US
WHERE YOU SEE MONEY ALADIES
READINESS WE USE LIBERALLY
LIKE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE
GETTING THOUSANDS OF
REPETITIONS SUMMER BEFORE
SEASON, NBA SEASON TAKING
FREQUENT SHOTS SOLDIERS HAVE
TO ABOUT READY WHEN YOU HAVE
OVER 60% REQUIREMENTS
WORLDWIDE TO SUPPORT NATIONAL
OBTS MILITARILY -- U.S. ARMY
READIES ALWAYS NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY OVER HALF OF OUR
BUDGET, IS PERSONNEL OPERATING
IN MAINTENANCE WE HAVE TO DO
WHAT WE MUST TO HAVE PEOPLE
READY AS THEY CAN BE, THE REST
OF THE INVESTMENTS ARE
MODERNIZATION, MODERNIZATION
BUDGET, IS GOING TO BE VERY
AGGRESSIVE WE HAVE SIGNALED
THAT, WITH F.
DAGEN: 18-19 REALIGNING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PORTFOLIO
80% AGAINST 6 SIGNATURE
PRIORITIES FIRST, NEXT
GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLES
FIGHTER -- HELICOPTERS I
OBJECT TO GRAITSDZ, MOST
SYSTEMS ARE OVER 40 YEARS OLD
IF MOST CASES FOR SIGNATURE
WEAPONS SYSTEMS FORMATIONS SO
WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE CHOICES,
TO MOVE FORWARD.
MARIA: THEN MODERNIZATION
THAT YOU ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
OF OR EFFORTING, HAS A
COMMAND, NEW COMMAND ARMY
FUTURES COMMAND TELL ME ABOUT
THAT HOW DOES THAT HEL MORE
THANIZATION.
>> WITH MOVES OF INVESTMENTS
WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE
OURSELVES HOW WE DO BUSINESS,
AND WHAT ARMY RECOGNIZES IS
THAT IT WAS DISPARATE PEOPLE
WITH THE DECISIONS WHETHER
REQUIREMENT WHAT IS THE HOW
FAST IS THE WEAPON SYSTEM ARE
THE RANGE CAPABILITIES
NECESSARY THAT IS THE CUSTOMER
THE WAR FIGHTERS THEN THE
SPRMENTATION ACQUISITION,
SPREAD ACROSS THE MILL PERSON
ORGANIZATION, SO WHAT WE NEED
TO DO BRING UNDER ONE ROOF WE
WENT THROUGH RESTRUCTURING
MOST COMPLEX IN A WE HAVE DONE
SINCE 1973 FOUR STAR COMMAND
BECAME BRIDGE IN ACADEMIA
BUSINESS BACK TO THE
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF THE
COUNTRY, WHERE WE HAVE
DEVELOPED SOME OF THE FINEST
SIMS WAR FIGHTERS EVER USED IN
THE HISTORY OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, WE HEADQUARTERED IN
AUSTIN, TEXAS, FOUR STAR
HEADQUARTERS OPERATE IN
CIVILIAN CLOTHES FOOTPRINT IN
ACCELERATOR HUB CAMPUSES
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN
FOUR STAR COMMANDERS IN
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM.
>> WHILE YOU HAVE DONE THAT TO
TRY TO CENTRALIZE THINGS YOU
HAVE BEEN MAKING CUTS IN THE
ARMYY RIGHT UP AGAINST LOTS OF
PRIORITIES, TO SPEND LESS
MONEY?
>> SO WE WANT TO SHOW TWO
THINGS IN THIS BUDGET, WAS
REALLY FISCAL DISCIPLINE SO
LOOK AT EVERY -- EVERY PROGRAM
ZERO BASED BUDGET APPROACH,
THE ARMY LEADERSHIP SECRETARY,
IS VERY CHIEF CHAIRMAN AND I
BROUGHT IN MARRIAGE XHAERNZ
ALL FOUR STAR GENERALS SELECT
STAFF CODES THE ARMY CALL IT
NIGHT COURT, WE SAT THERE 70
PLUS HOURS PRINCIPALS ONLY
EVERYBODY HAD TO DO THEIR
HOENL WORK THEN PROPOSE THEIR
BUDGETS, AND OVER TIME, WE
WOULD LOOK AT HOW IT LAID IN
AGAINST PRIORITIES IF YOU
COULDN'T DEFEND IN THAT ROOM
SLAPPED THE TABLE WE TAKE
MONEY OR FINANCE THOSE
EFFORTS.
WAS VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE,
LONG, HOT SUMMER BUT WE MADE
VERY COMPLEX CHOICES
REALIGNING OVER 31 BILLION
DOLLARS ACROSS THE FIVE YEAR
FUTURES DEFENSE PLAN, SO IN
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WE ARE
WE DO OVER FIVE-YEAR HORIZON,
SO THE MODIFIES THAT ARE MADE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP
MOST OF THE WEAPONS SYSTEMS
SCALE TO INSTITUTION OVER A
MILLION PEOPLE.
>> ALL OF THIS WHILE SOME OF
THE THREATS OUT THERE, ARE
TRYING HARD TO KEEP UP OR EVEN
BEAT U.S. MILITARY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CHINA FOR
EXAMPLE HAS MORE NAVY SHIPS IN
AN U.S. HAS NAVY SHIPS MAJOR
CONCERN FOR THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HUAWEI,
AND THE TELECOM SECRETARY OF
STATE POMPEO WAS HERE A FEW
WEEKS AGO LISTEN TO WHAT HE
HAD TO SAY.
>> EUROPE IS PUSHING BACK ON
THIS IDEA THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION WANTS
TO BAN OR POTENTIALLY STOP
SLOW DOWN USE OF HUAWEI
TECHNOLOGY IS THAT WHAT YOU
FOUND IN EUROPE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN OUT AROUND THE
WORLD JUST MAKING SURE
EVERYBODY HAD INFORMATION,
THAT COUNTRIES UNDERSTAND THE
RISK OF PUTTING THIS HUAWEI
TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR I.T.
SYSTEMS.
WE CAN'T FORGET THESE SYSTEMS
WERE DESIGNED BY WITH THE
EXPRESS WORK ALONGSIDE CHINESE
PLA, THEIR MILITARY IN CHINA.
THEY -- THEY ARE CREATING A
REAL RISK FOR THESE COUNTRIES
AND SYSTEMS THE SECURITY OF
THEIR PEOPLE, IF A COUNTRY
ADOPTS THIS PUTS IN SOME
CRITICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SHARE
INFORMATION WITH THEM.
>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC WARFARE GOING ON
BETWEEN U.S. AND CHINA, BUT
THERE IS REALLY MILITARY
GREFGS AS WELL THIS IS A
CONCERN FOR THE ARMY?
>> IT IS.
>> WE HAVE -- LOOKS AT COUPLE
THINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT
STANDPOINT AS WELL AS
OPERATING CONTENT, THE ARMY
HAD OUR FOUR YEARS OPERATING
BUSINESS MODEL WE CALLED
AIRLINE BATTLE, AND WE ARE IN
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING WHAT WE
CALL MULTIDEMAND OPERATIONS
YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THOSE AIR
LAND COMPONENTS TO MAJOR
COMBAT THAT WE FIGHT TOGETHER
AS JOINT FORCE BUT ADDING
CYBERSPACE, IN SPACE SO THIS
IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE
DO BUSINESS, COUPLED WITH THE
ARMY NETWORK INVESTMENT
PRIORITY, LAYING IN OVER 20
BILLION DOLLARS ACROSS THE
FIVE YEAR FUTURE DEFENSE PLAN
SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT HOW WE
PROTECT OUR INFORMATION.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THAT
TECHNOLOGY IS CRITICAL HERE,
AND A LOT OF COUNTRIES ARE
USING AI IN MANY PEOPLE SAY
THAT THEY ARE AHEAD OF THE
U.S. IN TERMS OF AI, ARE WE
USING AI WITHIN THE MILITARY?
WHAT HOW WOULD YOU
CHARACTERIZE TECHNOLOGY IN
U.S. ARMY.
>> SOS WE DEVELOPED ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE.
TYING IN WITH WORLD CLASS
ACADEMIC OUTLETS AS WELL AS
COMPANIES A LOT OF CHALLENGE
WITH AI AS MUCH CULTURAL
CONDITION OF HOW WE WILL USE
THAT IN OUR OPERATING MODEL AS
WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT
WILL INVEST AGAINST AI WILL BE
QUITE FRANKLY, THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT WILL CHANGE WARFARE IN
THE FUTURE WHOEVER GETS THEIR
FIRST WILL DOMINATE.
>> AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO --
BECOME NUMBER ONE.
>> WE ARE PUTTING OUR BEST AND
BRIGHTEST FORWARD, WE ARE
INVESTING SUBSTANTIALLY, AND
IT WILL BE A PRIORITY FOR US
IN THE FUTURE.
>> BEFORE YOU GO QUICK IN
TERMS OF OF THE PRIORITIES FOR
U.S. ARMY TODAY.
>> READINESS, ALWAYS NUMBER
ONE, WE HAVE 180,000 TROOPS
THE DEPLOYED IN 140 COUNTRIES
ON 17TH YEAR SUSTAINED COMBAT
OPERATIONS, AND MIDDLE EAST,
SO WE WILL ALWAYS BE FOCUSED
THERE.
TO PUT OUR MEN AND WOMEN BEST