1. Colonel Harold Van Opdorp Marine Corps Senator Liaison Office National Marine Corps Council OLA Update

2.  Today’s Environment  The Marine Corps Story  What Success Looks Like Agenda

3. Operating Environment (OE)

4. Today’s Environment The Summer Budget Deal and the DoD  $350 Billion  $464 Billion  $489 Billion Sequestration  $650 Billion  $XXX Billion ?????? Fear of the Unknown… 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 So What?

5. The Answer Support from Congress – Congress loves Marines and the Marine Corps! We have to get Congress to understand that the Nation needs the Marine Corps.

6. The Marine Corps Story What are we doing?  The Marine Air Ground Task Force  America’s Expeditionary Force in Readiness “ Operating as a team, amphibious forces provide operational reach and agility, they “buy time” and decision space for our national leaders in time of crisis.” General Amos, 35 th CMC to SECDEF  15 th MEU  26 th MEU  Haiti  Japanese Disaster Relief  7.8%  So What?

7. What Does Success Look Like?  Support for Marine Corps Priorities on the Hill. Manpower Amphibious Shipping F-35B Amphibious Combat Vehicle/Ground Tactical Vehicles MV-22 Pacific Force Laydown

8. Questions HOUSE SENATE HQMC OPERATING FORCES OLA is the conduit between the Hill and the Corps… We speak with many voices… but there is always one theme.

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