A Conversation with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on the Readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces

American security interests are challenged by worrisome developments across the globe, ranging from China’s rapid military buildup to Russian adventurism to North Korean nuclear programs. COVID-19 has had an effect on all of America and the U.S. military has not been spared. To counter these threats and more the Defense Department developed and executes today the 2018 National Defense Strategy. The first line of effort in that strategy calls upon the DOD to “rebuild military readiness as it builds a more lethal joint force.”

How is that effort going? Has the Department of Defense been successful in rebuilding military readiness? What successes have occurred and what challenges remain? How has COVID-19 impacted the execution of the strategy?

Please join Heritage for his prepared remarks followed by a question and answer session with the man responsible for implementing the strategy, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper.

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