 My name is General Bob Walsh and I'm the Marine Corps' lead combat developer. It's my job to integrate capabilities across the Marine Air Ground Task Force. Today we are equipped and protected better and can operate further with more speed and lethality than ever before. However, our advancements come with a cost. We rely on fuel and batteries to project expeditionary combat power and provide crisis response in austere environments. We see a complex future where we must be able to conduct total operations in a contested environment. As such, we are investing in a force that is equipped with new technology that reduces our dependency. It's important for Marines to understand how their use of energy impacts operations. Once again, we need to learn to do more with less. It's every Marine's duty to treat energy as a limited resource. Like with ammunition, we must conserve what we have and make every drop of energy count.