The week ahead

The week ahead features several House Armed Services Committee hearings on military readiness and Pentagon reform, while committee leaders are scheduled to make public appearances to discuss the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill.

Wednesday

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) speaks at a breakfast with Washington defense reporters.

The House Armed Services readiness subcommittee holds a hearing on aviation readiness with military officials.

Thursday

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thorberry (R-TX) is scheduled to speak at the Heritage Foundation.

The House Armed Services Committee will host a panel of outside experts to discuss the path ahead for reforming the Goldwater-Nichols Act.

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee and the Foreign Affairs Asia and the Pacific subcommittee will hold a joint hearing to discuss South China Sea maritime disputes with officials from the Defense and State departments.