Department of Defense Appropriations for 1999: Secretary of and Chief of Staff of the ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - United States |
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Page 231 - Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, we have a multitude of initiatives well underway to make our infrastructure more effective and less costly.
Page 214 - The promotion rate for officers considered for promotion from within the promotion zone who are serving as active component advisors to units of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (in accordance with that program) compared with the promotion rate for other officers considered for promotion from within the promotion zone In the same pay grade and the same competitive category, shown for all officers of the Army.
Page 23 - Superiority: the capability to collect, process, and disseminate an uninterrupted flow of information while exploiting or denying an adversary's ability to do the same.
Page 203 - The meetings are chaired by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and are designed to surface problems which might delay our progress toward meeting Reserve readiness objectives.
Page 218 - ANGCRRA. 14. The number of members, and the percentage of the total membership, of the Army National Guard, shown for each...
Page 2000 - RON PACKARD, California SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama JAMES T. WALSH, New York CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan DAN MILLER, Florida JAY DICKEY, Arkansas...
Page 194 - ... the nation's military retirees. A solid retirement benefits package compensates for the extraordinary demands we place on our people over the course of a career. We believe it is important to preserve the military retirement system. Reforms to the military retirement system during the 1980s have reduced the lifetime value of retired pay for newer service members by as much as 26%.
Page 411 - This is warfare which derives its power from the networking of a well-informed but geographically-dispersed force. The enabling elements are a highly-webbed information service, access to all appropriate information sources, weapons reach with precision and speed of response, value-adding command-and-control processes — to include high-speed, automated assignment of resources to need — and integrated sensors hosted on the information network and closely coupled in time to the shooters and command-andcontrol...
Page 494 - This is the same high-low mix principle we utilized with the F-15/F-16 partnership. Without the F-22, the JSF would be hard pressed to perform its mission against current and impending threats with the same effectiveness. The JSF's affordable balance of survivability, lethality, and supportability will bring precision engagement to the future battlespace while simultaneously decreasing life cycle costs. The JSF program is on track to supply over 2,900 next-generation multi-role strike fighters to...
Page 406 - Authorities (NCA) a wide range of military capabilities. A visible, credible force possessing deep strike, amphibious, command and control, peacekeeping, and even environmental compliance enforcement capabilities is core to this nation's standing as the preeminent superpower. Presence is the key — and naval forces provide it every day in every comer of the world. Through their continued forward presence, naval forces help maintain global stability. Even though the...