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Derrick Van Orden: “We've become so dependent on communications and asking for…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Discusses Role of Special Operations in the US Military in HASC Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

Like we want to stop World War III from happening. And my concern is this is if you're not posturing yourselves to be able to act in these denied areas without direct communications, We've become so dependent on communications and asking for your appropriate permissions. right? So when we're talking about operating in a. In a denied area, where C4I is essentially gone electronically, what are you guys doing as component commanders to push down execution authorities to the lowest possible level. (02:20–02:26)

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