Oct 12, 2026 · 50 min · 11 segments
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John FerrariGuestMattHostAll right, sir.
So I wanna just dive into the resourcing aspect.
And so our base budget we're looking at for '27, one point one five trillion, asking for a three hundred and fifty, uh, reconciliation, sixty-seven billion in supplemental.
We're operating off of '26 funds.
Where do you, where, where do you see this money, like, absolutely necessarily, like, needed, uh, to meet the needs of the war fighter? Like, where, where do we need to put the money at?
So the first, right, the base budget is really only one point zero five trillion roughly, or, uh, one point one five, right? Because, uh, the three fifty in reconciliation is really-- that's one-time money.
That, that works the same way as a supplemental does, and I don't think there's any intent from the department or the president to ask for another three fifty the following year.
So the base budget is really about, you know, one point one billion, maybe a little bit more.
It's to inject multi-year money into buying new capabilities, autonomous capabilities, uh, destruction, uh, ships, planes, uh, those things that are lacking in the base budget.
We don't need it." But the bill just stacks on itself, especially when the Navy is fighting, 'cause of the maintenance that needs to be done, and that bill has to be paid.
Now, you, you asked the question, uh, I think, or, right, is it, is it too much? Enough? What are we spending it upon? Well, that depends on what you wanna do.
So if you-- i-is it enough if you wanna build a raid-like force to do Venezuela? Yeah.
And I think we proved it, right? That, that, that raid in Venez-Venezuela was remarkable, like, like just unimaginable.
Do you wanna do an exercise or a, uh, a raid like Midnight Hammer in Iran? Remarkable.
All right, sir.
So I wanna just dive into the resourcing aspect.
And so our base budget we're looking at for '27, one point one five trillion, asking for a three hundred and fifty, uh, reconciliation, sixty-seven billion in supplemental.
We're operating off of '26 funds.
Where do you, where, where do you see this money, like, absolutely necessarily, like, needed, uh, to meet the needs of the war fighter? Like, where, where do we need to put the money at?
So the first, right, the base budget is really only one point zero five trillion roughly, or, uh, one point one five, right? Because, uh, the three fifty in reconciliation is really-- that's one-time money.
That, that works the same way as a supplemental does, and I don't think there's any intent from the department or the president to ask for another three fifty the following year.
So the base budget is really about, you know, one point one billion, maybe a little bit more.
It's to inject multi-year money into buying new capabilities, autonomous capabilities, uh, destruction, uh, ships, planes, uh, those things that are lacking in the base budget.
We don't need it." But the bill just stacks on itself, especially when the Navy is fighting, 'cause of the maintenance that needs to be done, and that bill has to be paid.
Now, you, you asked the question, uh, I think, or, right, is it, is it too much? Enough? What are we spending it upon? Well, that depends on what you wanna do.
So if you-- i-is it enough if you wanna build a raid-like force to do Venezuela? Yeah.
And I think we proved it, right? That, that, that raid in Venez-Venezuela was remarkable, like, like just unimaginable.
Do you wanna do an exercise or a, uh, a raid like Midnight Hammer in Iran? Remarkable.
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