Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III answers a question posed to him during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Mar.17, 2015, on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. The committee convened to ask the senior leaders of the military departments questions about the fiscal year 2016 President's Budget Request. Also on the panel with Welsh: Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Army John McHugh, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Secretary of the Navy Ray Maybus, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr. (U.S.Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)