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- Good morning and welcome to the 2018

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National Defense Transportation
Association fall meeting.

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Unfortunately, I can't
be there with you today,

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but I'm leaving you in
the very capable hands

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of the 15th Trans-Com Deputy Commander,

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Lieutenant General John Broadmeadow,

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a marked improvement
over the previous TCDC.

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I'd like to start by thanking
the NDTA Board of Directors,

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Chairman John Dietrich,
Vice Chairman Bill Woodhour,

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and President and CEO,
Vice Admiral Andy Brown,

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US Navy retired and TCDC number 13

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for their leadership and
providing this excellent venue

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for collaboration amongst
Trans-Com's fourth component,

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our industry partners.

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When speaking with senior audiences,

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I typically leave them
with three key points

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about the Trans-Com mission.

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First, is a reminder that
the National Defense Strategy

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describes a security environment
that is rapidly changing

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and indeed challenges traditional
assumptions that the joint

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deployment and distribution enterprise

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will operate with impunity.

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Second, I pointed out that
our ability to project

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military power globally at
our time and place of choosing

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is a strategic comparative advantage

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unparalleled by any other nation,

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something this crowd understands well.

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And third, I remind them

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that our strategic comparative advantage

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is inextricably linked
to our industry partners,

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which General McDew liked to
call the fourth component.

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As this audience knows,

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it is the joint deployment
and distribution enterprise

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that connects the military services

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and other national providers

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with war fighting combatant command.

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Our military and
commercial global networks

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combined with transportation capacity

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and enabled by global command and control

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are laser focused on ensuring
our nation can always achieve

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its security objectives.

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Within this framework,
resiliency equals strength,

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while a single point of
failure can equal weakness.

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Together, we must remain capable

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of providing multiple options
to our national leaders,

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while creating multiple dilemmas

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for potential adversaries.

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This is our North Star.

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So, to be clear, Trans-Com's
number one priority

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is war fighting readiness,

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and our purpose remains unchanged

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to protect, to project, and
sustain military power globally

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at our time and place of choosing.

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We will need the collaboration
of all stakeholders

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to insure we have an effective

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and efficient defense
transportation system,

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one that remains a strategic
comparative advantage

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in the face of rapidly emerging
multi-domain challenges.

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Former Pacific Fleet Commander
Admiral Swift said it best,

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"If we forget about logistics,
we can forget about victory."

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So, again, please allow me to thank you

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for attending the NDTA fall meeting,

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an excellent venue for
education and collaboration.

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I look forward to catching up

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with all of you very, very soon.

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Together we will deliver.