Department of Defense Appropriations for 2011: Part 2 - PSM

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2011
HEARINGS
BEFORE A
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington, Chairman
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN,New Jersey
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
ALLEN BOYD, Florida KAY GRANGER, Texas
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
TIM RYAN, Ohio
NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Lewis, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.
PAUL JUOLA, GREG LANKLER, SARAH YOUNG, PAUL TERRY, KRIS MALLARD, ADAM HARRIS,
ANN REESE, BROOKE BOYER, TIM PRINCE, BG WRIGHT, CHRIS WHITE,
CELES HUGHES, and ADRIENNE RAMSAY, Staff Assistants
SHERRY L. YOUNG, and TRACEY LATURNER, Administrative Aides
PART 2
Page
Navy and Marine Corps Posture ......................................... 1
Contingency Contracting ...................................................... 113
Air Mobility Programs ............................................................ 215
Army Posture ............................................................................ 293
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2011
HEARINGS
BEFORE A
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington, Chairman
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN,New Jersey
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
ALLEN BOYD, Florida KAY GRANGER, Texas
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
TIM RYAN, Ohio
NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Lewis, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.
PAUL JUOLA, GREG LANKLER, SARAH YOUNG, PAUL TERRY, KRIS MALLARD, ADAM HARRIS,
ANN REESE, BROOKE BOYER, TIM PRINCE, BG WRIGHT, CHRIS WHITE,
CELES HUGHES, and ADRIENNE RAMSAY, Staff Assistants
SHERRY L. YOUNG, and TRACEY LATURNER, Administrative Aides
PART 2
Page
Navy and Marine Corps Posture ......................................... 1
Contingency Contracting ...................................................... 113
Air Mobility Programs ............................................................ 215
Army Posture ............................................................................ 293
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington JERRY LEWIS, California
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
NITA M. LOWEY, New York JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
JOSE´ E. SERRANO, New York RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New
ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut Jersey
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
ED PASTOR, Arizona TOM LATHAM, Iowa
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
CHET EDWARDS, Texas JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island KAY GRANGER, Texas
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
SAM FARR, California MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
ALLEN BOYD, Florida JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey KEN CALVERT, California
SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia JO BONNER, Alabama
MARION BERRY, Arkansas STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio
BARBARA LEE, California TOM COLE, Oklahoma
ADAM SCHIFF, California
MICHAEL HONDA, California
BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota
STEVE ISRAEL, New York
TIM RYAN, Ohio
C.A. ‘‘DUTCH’’ RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
BEVERLY PHETO, Clerk and Staff Director
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2011
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2010.
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS POSTURE
WITNESSES
SECRETARY RAY MABUS, U.S. NAVY
ADMIRAL GARY ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, U.S. NAVY
GENERAL JAMES T. CONWAY, COMMANDANT, U.S. MARINE CORPS
OPENING STATEMENT OF MR. DICKS
Mr. DICKS. The committee will come to order. This afternoon, the
committee will hold an open hearing on the posture of the Depart-
ment of the Navy. We will focus on Navy and Marine Corps per-
sonnel, training, equipment readiness, and we will also touch on
equipment acquisition issues to gain insights into the Department’s
priorities and decision making. It will be extremely valuable to the
committee to hear from Navy leadership about the fiscal year 2011
budget, as well as their plans for the future years. Our discussions
also may address Navy and Marine Corps supplemental budget re-
quirements for the remainder of fiscal year 2010.
We are pleased to welcome the Secretary of the Navy, Raymond
Mabus, former governor, Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral Gary
Roughead and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General
James Conway. These distinguished gentlemen comprise the De-
partment of The Navy’s senior leadership team and they are well
equipped to speak for the Department of the Navy regarding the
Department’s current posture and the budget request for fiscal year
2011.
Secretary Mabus, Admiral Roughead, General Conway, thank
you all for being here today. Our sailors and Marines are per-
forming magnificently in Iraq, Afghanistan, across the world’s
oceans and in many hot spots around the globe, and also in places
where we have had some major earthquakes. In typical Navy and
Marine Corps fashion, despite the difficult conditions in which they
operate, we hear not a single complaint from these exceptional
young men and women. We salute them. The members of this com-
mittee are dedicated to providing the resources and equipment that
these sailors and Marines require to continue to defend our Nation
on the high seas and on foreign shores. The committee is eager to
hear what you consider to be the key issues facing the Department
of the Navy and your strategy for addressing these issues.
For instance, the Department is facing a large strike fighter
shortfall in the very near term, which will ultimately mean there
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will not be enough tactical aircraft to fill the decks of our carriers.
That is worrisome to the committee since the carriers are the Na-
tion’s most visible form of power projection. Even more concerning
is that this is not a new issue. It has been creeping up on the Navy
for several years. The Navy intends to manage this issue by doing
such things as reducing the number of aircraft assigned to non-de-
ployed squadrons and changing the order of transition of legacy air-
craft squadrons into new aircraft.
However, at the end of the day, none of the things that the De-
partment is doing result in the procurement of additional strike
fighter aircraft. In fact, the recent submission pushed out the final
year of procurement of the Super Hornet F–18 aircraft to procure
additional electronic attack aircraft, which only exacerbates the
problem. The committee is also concerned with the nation’s ship-
building program. To reach and sustain a force level of 300 ships,
approximately 10 ships per year are required to be constructed, as-
suming a 30-year service life of those ships. However, the Navy has
not constructed 10 or more ships in a single year since 1992. Over
the last decade, you have averaged approximately seven new con-
struction ships each year. This year’s submission shows the Navy
plans to contruct 50 ships over the next 5 years which is encour-
aging; however the committee is somewhat skeptical as we have
seen these promises of higher shipbuilding rates in the out years
for the past several years, but they never seem to result in more
ships.
Gentlemen, we look forward to your testimony and to an inform-
ative question-and-answer session. Now, before we hear your testi-
mony, I would like to ask Congressman Frelinghuysen if he has
any comments and/or Mr. Lewis if he has any comments.
REMARKS OF MR. FRELINGHUYSEN
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would also
like to welcome our distinguished guests. Gentlemen, the Navy and
the Marine Corps are the best equipped and best trained forces in
the world, yet that does not mean that you are not facing signifi-
cant challenges, as the fiscal year 2011 budget before us today
highlights. The Navy has long been striving as the chairman said
for a fleet size of 313 ships. Your budget funds only nine new ships.
Although better than previous years it is still short of the min-
imum 10 to 11 ships needed to ultimately reach a 313-ship fleet.
There is also a long-term risk being taken in our fast attack sub-
marine fleet and the Marine Corps’s amphibious assault fleet that
may be too much to bear.
And still other challenges remain. While both services await the
joint strike fighter which has only been further delayed, the budget
does not address the significant fighter shortfall looming in the
near future. While these are all significant challenges, I trust the
Navy and Marine Corps will meet them head on and I look for-
ward, as I am sure Mr. Lewis and all members do, to your testi-
mony. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
NG Mr. DICKS. Mr. Secretary.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SECRETARY MABUS
Mr. MABUS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To you, Mr. Chairman,
to the distinguished members of this committee, it is a pleasure to
be here today to testify with the House Appropriation Sub-
committee on Defense. I would like to congratulate our new chair-
man today, and at the same time, remember the previous chairman
who had such an impact on this committee and on the Navy and
the Marines.
Mr. DICKS. We thank you for that.
Mr. MABUS. The CNO, the Commandant and I are very grateful
for the commitment of the members of this committee, that they
have shown to our men and women in uniform in the Navy and the
Marine Corps. We are exceptionally proud to be here representing
Sailors, Marines, civilians and their families who work in the De-
partment. The Navy and Marine Corps remain the most formi-
dable, expeditionary fighting force in the world, capable of global
operations across the entire spectrum of warfare. Today, more than
40 percent of our forces are deployed and over half of our fleet is
at sea.
In Helmand Province, Afghanistan, more than 16,000 Marines
are engaged in major combat, counterinsurgency and engagement
operations, including finishing up a successful effort to clear the
Taliban’s stronghold of Marja. They are supported there by naval
aircraft flying close air support from Eisenhower and our forward
deployed expeditionary aviation assets. A total of 12,000 of our
Sailors are on the ground in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the
broader Middle East and another 9,000 Sailors and Marines are
embarked on our ships at sea in Central Command.
Off the coast of Africa, our ships are protecting international
commerce over Somalia. Our ships are operating as partnership
stations with our regional allies around Africa. Off the coast of
South America, other ships are stemming the flow of illegal nar-
cotics into the United States. Our ballistic missile defense forces
are ready to defend against any threat, to international peace in
Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Pacific Rim,
where our forward deployed forces continue their role as a strategic
buffer and a deterrent against rogue regimes and potential com-
petitors alike. And in Haiti, today six ships and 1,200 Marines
from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit continue to provide hu-
manitarian aid, medical assistance and disaster relief. The hospital
ship COMFORT departed there after performing almost a thousand
surgeries earlier this week. The Navy and Marine Corps are flexi-
ble, responsive and they are everywhere that our Nation’s interests
are at stake. Our global presence reduces instability, deters aggres-
sion and allows us to rapidly respond to any crisis that borders the
sea.
I believe the President’s FY 2011 budget for the Department of
the Navy is a carefully considered request that gives us the re-
sources we need to conduct effective operations and meet all the
missions we have been assigned. Our shipbuilding and aviation re-
quests concur with the findings of the Quadrennial Defense Review
(QDR) and its objectives of prevailing in today’s war, preventing
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With this budget, the Navy and Marine Corps will continue to
maintain the maritime superiority of our forces, sustain a strong
American shipbuilding industrial base and ensure our capacity for
rapid global response. Across the future year’s defense plan, we
have requested the funds to build an average of 10 ships a year,
including one carrier, one big deck amphib, 10 Virginia class sub-
marines and 17 littoral combat ships. We will leverage the tech-
nologies captured from the cancelled CG(X) program and the trun-
cated DDG 1000 program into what will become our flight 3 Burke
class DDGs. These technologies include the SPY–3 and air and
missile defense radar.
Through the submitted shipbuilding plan we will increase the
size of our fleet to approximately 320 ships in the early 2020s. In
our shipbuilding program, I think we have made the most cost ef-
fective decisions to achieve the most capable force, one that
achieves equal flexibility to confront missions across a spectrum of
conflict, from the technically complex light ballistic missile defense
and integrated air defense to low intensity humanitarian response
and regional engagement.
In aircraft procurement, we have requested just over 1,000 air-
craft across the FYDP, including both fixed and rotary wing. Over
the next year, the Navy and Marine Corps will continue to move
ahead with changes to our acquisitions process. In compliance with
the weapons systems acquisition reform, we are aggressively devel-
oping our acquisition strategies to ensure that on time and on
budget become the standard for the Navy and Marine Corps.
I am grateful for the support of this committee for the decision
to recompete the LCS program when it failed to meet program
standards. I assure you that we will not hesitate to recompete or
cancel other programs when other substandard performance de-
mands change. Change is also required to address the way in
which the Navy and Marine Corps use and produce energy. Energy
reform is an issue of national security and it is essential to main-
taining our strategic advantage, warfighting effectiveness and tac-
tical edge. By 2020, I have committed the Navy to generate half of
all the energy we use from alternative sources. This is an ambi-
tious goal, but a doable one.
Forty years ago, I stood watch on the deck of the USS LITTLE
ROCK as a very young junior officer. Today I have the solemn
privilege of standing watch on behalf of our Navy and Marine
Corps in a time of war. I am honored by the trust the President
and the Congress have placed in me and fully recognize the solemn
obligation I have to those that defend us. I, along with the CNO
and the Commandant look forward to hearing your thoughts and
answering your questions concerning our budget request, our pro-
grams and our policies. I also look forward to working closely with
Congress as we move forward to sustain the Navy and Marine
Corps as the most formidable expeditionary fighting force in the
world. Thank you.
[The statement of Secretary Mabus follows:]
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