The battlefield does not grade on a curve and you can't throw your pronouns at the enemy. Combat is the ultimate test, and our best Americans must ace it. Our competitors, near peer adversaries across the globe, are trying to best us. They want to out innovate us out, build us and defeat us by whatever means necessary. They are watching us and they are testing us. When the call comes, either we're ready or and your soldiers are ready or you are not. (18:29–18:40)
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Asserts that global adversaries are attempting to surpass the U.S. in innovation and military capability.
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