Stay focused on your mission, remain steadfast in your pursuit of excellence, and always do the right thing.
Our legacy platforms have served us well for decades, but we're running out of upgrades that will keep us ahead. Technology is changing too fast, and our enemies are too adaptable.
I think artificial intelligence will likely change the character of warfare, and I believe whoever masters it first will dominate on the battlefield for many, many, many years.
You have to give the soldiers, the Army, a clear vision.
Good alliances are made of strong, capable partners.
Clearly, we need a strong economy to build a strong military.
The goal is to deter war, and this can only be done with a strong, modern, and ready military that has overmatch in all domains.
If confirmed, my overall guiding objective for our relationship with India would be to solidify an enduring strategic partnership underpinned by strong defence cooperation with an Indian military able to collaborate effectively with the United States to address shared interests.
It's my commitment to the nation's security, it's my commitment to the men and women in uniform that drives me. Not anything else.
The Brits are escorting their ships, and we will escort our ships, and I assume other countries will escort their ships.
I think, generally, the NCOs and officers in a platoon or company want to take care of their soldiers, and they understand it doesn't run from nine to five, like in the civilian world.
We do not want war with Iran.
Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs.
I've been studying China for quite some time now, and I'm big on China as well. And I think we need to be very concerned about Chinese technology getting into our systems or the systems of our allies.
At the age of 18, I went to West Point, and I swore an oath to defend this Constitution, and I embraced a motto called duty and honor and country. And I've lived my life in accordance with those values ever since then.
AI will allow the soldier to act and think much more quickly. Whoever gets to AI first, I believe, will have dominance for many years afterward.
I felt that I had, again, great freedom to do what I wanted to do. I felt that I was trusted to train my soldiers, and I was accountable for it.
The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.
We are at war, if you will, in the cyber domain now, constantly battling countries, such as Russia or China, who are trying to do everything from steal our technology to influence our elections to put out disinformation about the United States.
If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.
