WEBVTT 00:00.949 --> 00:03.430 This year marks 250 years of Marines 00:03.430 --> 00:05.541 fighting and adapting faster than the 00:05.541 --> 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 --> 00:15.289 reputation was earned . From bayonet 00:15.289 --> 00:17.400 charges with 8 inches of cold steel . 00:18.389 --> 00:20.389 It's a closely coordinated combined 00:20.389 --> 00:22.549 arms , sensors , fires , drones , and 00:22.549 --> 00:25.469 marines integrated to strike fast and 00:25.469 --> 00:28.690 finish decisively in contested terrain . 00:29.149 --> 00:31.316 We won't sit back and watch as warfare 00:31.316 --> 00:33.509 evolves . We'll drive it forward . We 00:33.509 --> 00:35.676 bring the same intensity to innovation 00:35.676 --> 00:37.790 that we bring to the fight . Every 00:37.790 --> 00:39.901 generation of Marines has added a new 00:39.901 --> 00:42.123 page to the playbook , and now it's our 00:42.123 --> 00:44.799 turn . Force design , stand in forces , 00:44.880 --> 00:47.439 long range precision fires , maritime 00:47.439 --> 00:49.630 denial and control from the shore , 00:49.840 --> 00:52.007 these aren't experiments , they're our 00:52.007 --> 00:54.229 contribution to the next fight and like 00:54.229 --> 00:56.396 every era before us , they're built on 00:56.396 --> 00:58.673 lessons learned by marines in conflict . 00:59.849 --> 01:01.990 We've been doing this for 250 years . 01:03.979 --> 01:06.169 But we're just getting started . We 01:06.169 --> 01:08.447 have to remain focused on force design , 01:08.447 --> 01:10.613 modernizing how we equip our marines , 01:10.613 --> 01:13.050 how we organize our formations , and 01:13.050 --> 01:15.779 how we fight . We're entering our 6th 01:15.779 --> 01:18.300 year of force design . We made hard 01:18.300 --> 01:20.660 calls to divest , and we reinvested 01:20.660 --> 01:22.438 every dollar back into your war 01:22.438 --> 01:24.660 fighting capabilities . We're in the 01:24.660 --> 01:26.550 implementation phase and those 01:26.550 --> 01:28.772 investments are showing up in the fleet 01:28.772 --> 01:30.717 time now . We've set up two marine 01:30.717 --> 01:33.190 litoral regiments , the 3rd MLR in 01:33.190 --> 01:35.349 Hawaii and the 12th MLR in Okinawa , 01:36.099 --> 01:38.470 designed to fight and win inside 01:38.470 --> 01:40.900 contested maritime terrain . They 01:40.900 --> 01:43.067 fielded the GATR , the ground air task 01:43.067 --> 01:45.389 oriented radar for integrated air and 01:45.389 --> 01:48.769 ground surveillance . During Resolute 01:48.769 --> 01:52.250 Dragon 24 , Marines even deployed one 01:52.250 --> 01:56.050 to Yananagui , 68 miles off of Taiwan 01:56.370 --> 01:59.849 alongside our Japanese allies . The 3rd 01:59.849 --> 02:01.860 MLR is operating Nemesis , the Navy 02:01.860 --> 02:04.027 Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction 02:04.027 --> 02:06.379 System , our shore-based missile system 02:06.379 --> 02:08.820 that puts enemy ships at risk out at a 02:08.820 --> 02:12.119 range that is extensive and growing . 02:13.949 --> 02:16.990 During Exercise Balaatan 25 , Marines 02:16.990 --> 02:18.934 deployed these systems to northern 02:18.934 --> 02:21.509 Luzon and Basco Island positioned with 02:21.509 --> 02:23.949 our Filipino allies at the doorstep of 02:23.949 --> 02:26.830 the South China Sea . Mattis , the 02:26.830 --> 02:28.997 Marine Air Defense Integrated System , 02:28.997 --> 02:31.219 is also being fielded now . It's giving 02:31.219 --> 02:33.386 units the ability to detect and engage 02:33.386 --> 02:35.949 drones and manned aircraft using both 02:35.949 --> 02:38.789 kinetic and non-kinetic means . These 02:38.789 --> 02:41.089 systems are not limited to the MLRs . 02:41.740 --> 02:43.684 We're pushing them to the muse and 02:43.684 --> 02:45.850 across the mess . Every 4 deployed 02:45.850 --> 02:48.179 formation must be ready to fight the 02:48.179 --> 02:50.940 fight that we know is coming . We're 02:50.940 --> 02:53.179 making small units more lethal , more 02:53.179 --> 02:56.119 connected , and harder to kill . The 02:56.119 --> 02:57.786 equipment is arriving and the 02:57.786 --> 03:00.110 formations are evolving , and the 03:00.110 --> 03:01.999 feedback coming from the fleet is 03:01.999 --> 03:03.721 driving our next steps . We're 03:03.721 --> 03:05.721 modernizing with a clear purpose to 03:05.721 --> 03:08.160 keep Marines lethal , survivable , and 03:08.160 --> 03:09.440 one step ahead of the enemy .