WEBVTT 00:00.870 --> 00:03.420 This year marks 250 years of marines 00:03.420 --> 00:05.531 fighting and adapting faster than the 00:05.531 --> 00:08.060 adversary . We've never been the 00:08.060 --> 00:10.171 biggest force , but we've always been 00:10.171 --> 00:11.949 the fiercest . That's where our 00:11.949 --> 00:15.279 reputation was earned . From bayonet 00:15.279 --> 00:17.390 charges with 8 inches of cold steel . 00:18.389 --> 00:20.790 To closely coordinated combined arms , 00:20.860 --> 00:23.420 sensors , fires , drones , and marines 00:23.420 --> 00:25.780 integrated to strike fast and finish 00:25.780 --> 00:29.270 decisively in contested terrain . We 00:29.270 --> 00:31.270 won't sit back and watch as warfare 00:31.270 --> 00:33.540 evolves . We'll drive it forward . We 00:33.540 --> 00:35.707 bring the same intensity to innovation 00:35.707 --> 00:37.651 that we bring to the fight . Every 00:37.651 --> 00:39.762 generation of Marines has added a new 00:39.762 --> 00:41.984 page to the playbook , and now it's our 00:41.984 --> 00:44.819 turn . Force design stand in forces , 00:44.909 --> 00:47.470 long range precision fires , maritime 00:47.470 --> 00:49.619 denial and control from the shore . 00:49.830 --> 00:51.997 These aren't experiments . They're our 00:51.997 --> 00:54.219 contribution to the next fight and like 00:54.219 --> 00:56.386 every era before us , they're built on 00:56.386 --> 00:58.663 lessons learned by Marines in conflict . 00:59.819 --> 01:01.930 We've been doing this for 250 years . 01:04.000 --> 01:06.160 But we're just getting started . We 01:06.160 --> 01:08.438 have to remain focused on force design , 01:08.438 --> 01:10.604 modernizing how we equip our marines , 01:10.604 --> 01:13.040 how we organize our formations , and 01:13.040 --> 01:15.769 how we fight . We're entering our 6th 01:15.769 --> 01:18.330 year of force design . We made hard 01:18.330 --> 01:20.959 calls to divest and we reinvested every 01:20.959 --> 01:22.903 dollar back into your war fighting 01:22.903 --> 01:24.660 capabilities . We're in the 01:24.660 --> 01:26.559 implementation phase , and those 01:26.559 --> 01:28.781 investments are showing up in the fleet 01:28.781 --> 01:30.940 time now . We set up two marine lit 01:30.940 --> 01:33.680 regiments , the 3rd MLR in Hawaii and 01:33.680 --> 01:36.540 the 12th MLR in Okinawa , designed to 01:36.540 --> 01:39.860 fight and win inside contested maritime 01:39.860 --> 01:42.027 terrain . They fielded the Gator , the 01:42.027 --> 01:44.339 ground air task oriented radar for 01:44.339 --> 01:46.617 integrated air and ground surveillance . 01:47.400 --> 01:49.949 Last summer during Resolute Dragon 24 , 01:50.720 --> 01:53.120 Marines even deployed one to Yanaggui , 01:53.839 --> 01:56.959 68 miles off of Taiwan alongside our 01:56.959 --> 02:00.410 Japanese allies . The 3rd MLR is 02:00.410 --> 02:02.410 operating Nemesis , the Navy Marine 02:02.410 --> 02:04.688 Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System , 02:04.688 --> 02:06.688 our shore-based missile system that 02:06.688 --> 02:09.520 puts enemy ships at risk out at a range 02:09.809 --> 02:13.029 that is extensive and growing . And a 02:13.029 --> 02:15.196 couple of weeks ago during Excise Bala 02:15.196 --> 02:17.669 Catan 25 , Marines deployed these 02:17.669 --> 02:19.789 systems to northern Luzon and Basco 02:19.789 --> 02:22.270 Island positioned with our Filipino 02:22.270 --> 02:24.429 allies at the doorstep of the South 02:24.429 --> 02:27.270 China Sea . Mattis , the Marine Air 02:27.270 --> 02:29.214 Defense integrated systems is also 02:29.214 --> 02:31.429 being fielded now . It's giving units 02:31.429 --> 02:34.020 the ability to detect and engage drones 02:34.309 --> 02:36.476 and manned aircraft using both kinetic 02:36.476 --> 02:39.110 and non-kinetic means . These systems 02:39.110 --> 02:41.929 are not limited to the MLRs . We're 02:41.929 --> 02:44.151 pushing them to the news and across the 02:44.151 --> 02:46.529 mess . Every 4 deployed formation must 02:46.529 --> 02:48.729 be ready to fight the fight that we 02:48.729 --> 02:51.619 know is coming . We're making small 02:51.619 --> 02:53.675 units more lethal , more connected , 02:53.699 --> 02:56.589 and harder to kill . The equipment is 02:56.589 --> 02:58.367 arriving and the formations are 02:58.367 --> 03:00.949 evolving , and the feedback coming from 03:00.949 --> 03:03.190 the fleet is driving our next steps . 03:03.229 --> 03:05.396 We're modernizing with a clear purpose 03:05.396 --> 03:07.820 to keep marines lethal , survivable , 03:07.949 --> 03:09.389 and one step ahead of the enemy .