| House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (7) hearings the week of March 23-27, 2015.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Fiscal Year 2016 Atomic Energy Defense Hearing
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
(3:30 PM, 2118 Rayburn, Open)
Witnesses:
Lieutenant General Frank Klotz (USAF, ret.)
Administrator
National Nuclear Security Administration
Mr. Mark Whitney
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
Department of Energy
Ms. Jessie Hill Roberson
Vice Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Supporting Witnesses:
Admiral John M. Richardson
Director
Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program
Dr. Donald L. Cook
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs
National Nuclear Security Administration
Ms. Anne Harrington
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
National Nuclear Security Administration
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Stakeholder's Views on the Military Compensation Retirement Modernization Commission
Subcommittee on Military Personnel
(2:00 PM - 2212 Rayburn - Open)
Witnesses:
Mr. Scott Bousum
Legislative Director
Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
Mr. Brendon Gehrke
Senior Legislative Associate
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Colonel Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret)
Director, Government Relations
Military Officers Association of America
Mr. Chris Neiweem
Legislative Associate
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
Mr. John Stovall
Director of National Security
The American Legion
Ms. Karen Ruedisueli
Government Relations Deputy Director
National Military Family Association
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Strategy and the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Chemical Biological Defense Program
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats & Capabilities
(3:30 PM - 2118 Rayburn - Open)
Witnesses:
Mr. Eric Rosenbach
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security
Dr. Chris Hassell
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense (DASD(NCB/CBD))
Mr. John Burnham
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control (DASD(NCB/TRAC))
Mr. Kenneth Myers
Director
Defense Threat Reduction Agency and U.S. Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (Director DTRA/SCC-WMD)
Mr. Douglas Bryce
Deputy, Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical and Biological Defense (Deputy, JPEO-CBD)
Fiscal Year 2016 National Security Space Hearing
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
(5:00 PM - 2212 Rayburn - Open)
Witnesses
General John E. Hyten, USAF
Commander
Air Force Space Command
Mr. Douglas L. Loverro
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
Department of Defense
Mr. Dyke Weatherington
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space, Strategic, and Intelligence Systems
Department of Defense
Ms. Betty Sapp
Director
National Reconnaissance Office
Mr. Robert Cardillo
Director
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General John "Jay" Raymond, USAF
Commander
Joint Functional Component Command for Space
Thursday, March 26, 2015
The Department of Defense's Readiness Posture
Subcommittee on Readiness
(8:00 AM – 2212 Rayburn – OPEN)
Witnesses:
General Daniel Allyn, USA
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
Admiral Michelle Howard, USN
Vice Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
General Larry Spencer, USAF
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
General John Paxton, USMC
Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
Combat Aviation Modernization Programs and the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
(9:00 AM – 2118 Rayburn – OPEN)
Witnesses:
Vice Admiral Paul A. Grosklags, USN
Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition)
U.S. Navy
Lieutenant General Jon M. Davis, USMC
Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Aviation
U.S. Marine Corps
Rear Admiral Michael C. Manazir, USN
Director of the Air Warfare Division
U.S. Navy
Lieutenant General Ellen M. Pawlikowski, USAF
Military Deputy
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Lieutenant General James M. "Mike" Holmes, USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Requirements
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Department of Defense (DOD) Fiscal Year 2016 Science and Technology Programs: Laying the Groundwork to Maintain Technological Superiority
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
(10:30 AM - 2212 Rayburn - OPEN)
Witnesses
Mr. Alan Shaffer
Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Ms. Mary Miller
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology
Rear Admiral Upper Half Mattias Winter, USN
Chief of Naval Research
Dr. David Walker
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering
Dr. Arati Prabhakar
Director
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
