The Navy and Marine Corps are performing at top level and maintaining high morale, but the high operational tempo is seriously overtaxing equipment and vehicles, service leaders told Congress this week.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway provided overviews of the Navy and Marine Corps during hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee today and the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. Both hearings addressed the Defense Department’s proposed fiscal 2011 budget.
Mabus outlined the operational tempo and accomplishments of the two services, beginning with the 15,000 Marines “at the forefront of our nation’s defense” in Helmand province, Afghanistan. That number will grow to 20,000 this spring, he said.
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