Dunford testified yesterday but Glueck is up today...that's the one to watch!

via Defense News.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., questioned the Marine Corps' strategy for one of its key acquisitions priorities, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Calling it an "interesting and tortured path" from the canceled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) to an ACV that Marines consider off-the-shelf, Reed asked Dunford, "What are you trying to accomplish by this?"
The Marine Corps, Dunford said, sought in vain to develop a platform to replace its 40-year-old Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) that could balance protection and ship-to-shore self-deploying capability at the right price.
"The reason we are where we are is we simply couldn't reconcile those three things — the cost, the capability and the protection required against the current threat," Dunford said.

Uh wow.

We definitely have a different breed of Congress Critter in office now.  Some of these people seemed to ask questions that hit close to the mark.  I'm still waiting to get a copy of Dunford's testimony and when I do it'll get posted poste haste.

But today is the day when we get a birds eye view of Marine Corps Ground Modernization.  According to the Senate Armed Services calendar Glueck is up today and visibility should be given on a whole range of programs.

Subcommittee: SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWERDate:Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Add to my Calendar Time: 09:30 AM       Location: Room SR-222, Russell Senate Office Building
Agenda
To receive testimony on Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Program.
WitnessesMr. Thomas P. DeeDeputy Assistant Secretary Of The Navy (Expeditionary Programs And Logistics Management) Office Of The Assistant Secretary Of The Navy (Research, Development, And Acquisition)
Lieutenant General Kenneth J. Glueck, Jr., USMCDeputy Commandant, Combat Development And Integration Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

We're up to speed on the ACV issues thanks to General Mullen giving us a bit of his time but the other programs are so low profile that they might as well reside in the classified budget.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like C-Span will be broadcasting the testimony so we'll have to wait for the transcript to see if any news is made.