I mean, this is the hardest question. Isn't it time to downsize the army? Because our new peer competitor is China, and the problem there is the Navy. Underwater cyber and intel. Well, The army is doing a good job of downsizing by not just meeting their recruiting goals. They just got a message yesterday, they're 8500 short. So the Navy is short, the air force is short. So that's happening. And, yeah, we need to evaluate the force, you know, what's necessary in the next number of years to take on a rising China. (08:17–08:26)
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