Defense Issues, Volume 11American Forces Information Service, 1996 |
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... Families and veteran service organizations. Our conclusions and judgments have allowed us to identify the best next steps to move cases toward resolution. There is no certainty, of course, that every case will ultimately be resolved ...
... Families and veteran service organizations. Our conclusions and judgments have allowed us to identify the best next steps to move cases toward resolution. There is no certainty, of course, that every case will ultimately be resolved ...
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... families wk;r their head of the household is on deployment. And we cr also give employers better warning when we send their er ployees on deployment, and give employers a voice in rc Guard and Reserve policies. Debbie Lee [assistant ...
... families wk;r their head of the household is on deployment. And we cr also give employers better warning when we send their er ployees on deployment, and give employers a voice in rc Guard and Reserve policies. Debbie Lee [assistant ...
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... families. This past year, a distinguished panel led by former Army Secretary John Marsh looked beyond existing DoD efforts to identify quality of life problems and suggest high-leverage, afford- mmhhm^bhmbm able solutions. The panel ...
... families. This past year, a distinguished panel led by former Army Secretary John Marsh looked beyond existing DoD efforts to identify quality of life problems and suggest high-leverage, afford- mmhhm^bhmbm able solutions. The panel ...
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... families with their homes. At the end of this year, when our troops leave, we can reasonably hope that the people of Bosnia will have developed a greater stake in the peace than war, that peace will have taken on a life and logic of its ...
... families with their homes. At the end of this year, when our troops leave, we can reasonably hope that the people of Bosnia will have developed a greater stake in the peace than war, that peace will have taken on a life and logic of its ...
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... families continues to be one of [Defense] Secretary Villiam J.] Perry's highest priorities. Today's service mem- :rs are a force of volunteers who ined the military for a career, not a 'o-year tour of duty. Over the past ree decades ...
... families continues to be one of [Defense] Secretary Villiam J.] Perry's highest priorities. Today's service mem- :rs are a force of volunteers who ined the military for a career, not a 'o-year tour of duty. Over the past ree decades ...
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Page 16 - In order for this program to succeed, both the Administration and the Congress must provide sustained bipartisan support for the stockpile stewardship program over the next decade and beyond. I am committed to working with the Congress to ensure this support.
Page 16 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee. I am honored to have this opportunity to appear before you.
Page 13 - ... believe there also is a tremendous basis for consensus, and it is in that spirit that I come before you today. How best to handle the dangers and opportunities of the post-cold war era has been exhaustively studied by the Department of Defense. Our strategy calls for a force structure that will be capable of fighting and winning two nearly simultaneous major regional conflicts, and conducting a wide range of other military operations.
Page 13 - The NMD Ground-based radar is an X-band. phased array radar that leverages heavily off developments achieved by the THAAD GBR program. By taking advantage of the work already completed in the TMD arena, BMDO has been able to reduce the expected development cost of the GBR by approximately $70 million. In 1998 the GBR prototype, developed by Raytheon, will be fabricated at the US Kwajalein Atoll to begin testing to resolve critical issues related to discrimination, target object map, kill assessment,...
Page 16 - It is important to note that this cooperative program is also funded within the Joint TMD program element. Cruise Missile Defense. Many TMD sensors, BMC3, and weapons also have an effective capability to counter the growing land-attack cruise missile threat. In particular, the lower-tier PAC-3, Navy Area Defense, and MEADS systems operate in the same battlespace and will have significant capability against the cruise missile threat. In addition, the NMD BMC3 architecture will be designed to promote...
Page 17 - Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 16 - MEADS systems operate in the same battlespace and will have significant capability against the cruise missile threat. In addition, the NMD BMC3 architecture will be designed to promote interoperability and evolution to a common BMC3 system for ballistic and cruise missile defense. The Department also has a number of initiatives outside the BMD program to improve the ability of US forces to detect and defeat cruise missiles "in theater" or launched against the United States.