Troy Meink
67:52 - 68:34
“Without a reconciliation and a year-long CR that keeps us at the $890-ish total, that would have significant impacts on our readiness. A lot of the investments we've just been talking about to meet the the unmanned vehicles, as well as, you know, the increased readiness for weapons systems to increase the F-35 readiness, as well as the munitions procurement. All that is substantially impacted if we stayed at 890 without a reconciliation or other mechanism.”
- Speaker
- Troy Meink
- Timestamp
- 67:52 – 68:34
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
Without a reconciliation and a year-long CR that keeps us at the $890-ish total, that would have significant impacts on our readiness. A lot of the investments we've just been talking about to meet the threats from the the unmanned vehicles, as well as, you know, the increased readiness for weapons systems to increase the F-35 readiness, as well as the munitions procurement. All that is substantially impacted if we stayed at 890 without a reconciliation or other mechanism. Well, I think you should prepare for it. Again, I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.
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