1 2 3 15 (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 9,072. (6) The Air Force Reserve, 618. 4 SEC. 404. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN CERTAIN 5 6 7 GRADES AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. (a) SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS. (1) Effective on 8 October 1, 1991, the table in section 517(b) of title 10, 9 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: E-9 10 (2) Effective on October 1, 1992, that table is amend 12 (b) OFFICERS.-(1) Effective on October 1, 1991, 13 the table in section 524(a) of such title is amended to read 1 16. (2) Effective on October 1, 1992, that table is amend 4 SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING STUDENT LOADS. 5 (a) FISCAL YEAR 1992.-For fiscal year 1992, the 6 components of the Armed Forces are authorized average 7 military training loads as follows: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (3) The Marine Corps, 21,193. (4) The Air Force, 28,847. (5) The Army National Guard of the United States, 14,626. (6) The Army Reserve, 13,597. (7) The Naval Reserve, 2,336. (8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,514. (9) The Air National Guard of the United States, 2,769. 19 (10) The Air Force Reserve, 1,663. 20 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1993.-For fiscal year 1993, the 21 components of the Armed Forces are authorized average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 17 (1) The Army, 66,580. (2) The Navy, 59,370. (3) The Marine Corps, 20,718. (4) The Air Force, 28,474. (5) The Army National Guard of the United States, 14,468. (6) The Army Reserve, 13,095. (7) The Naval Reserve, 2,476. 9 (8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,710. 10 11 12 13 (9) The Air National Guard of the United States, 2,771. (10) The Air Force Reserve, 1,698. (c) ADJUSTMENTS.-The average military student 14 loads authorized in subsections (a) and (b) shall be adjust15 ed consistent with the end strengths authorized in parts 16 A and B. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the 17 manner in which such adjustments shall be apportioned. O FISCAL YEARS 1992-1993 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, DC, Thursday, February 7, 1991. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 9:30 a.m., in room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Les Aspin (chairman of the committee) presiding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LES ASPIN, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM WISCONSIN, CHAIRMAN, HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE The CHAIRMAN. The meeting will come to order. Secretary Cheney and General Powell, welcome. We have seen a lot more of you in the last few months than we usually do in the off season. We are very pleased to see you. We are happy to see your smiling faces and are always anxious to hear your words of wisdom. Today, of course, we are discussing the defense budget and the President's Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 budget request. There are three factors that influence our national security policy in these times. First of all, changes in the Warsaw Pact and the turmoil in the Soviet Union, that is item No. 1. No. 2 is the war in the Middle East, of course. The third, of course, is the budget agreement from last fall. The first two exert opposing pressures on the budget. A reduced Soviet threat tells us we can scale back and reshape our military. The conflict in Iraq occurred just to keep our force levels and spending up. The Budget Summit agreement acts to limit both of those pressures by capping the spending levels for the next few years. Now, the expense of the war will be dealt with in a supplemental budget request which, as I understand, is coming up later in the month. But the Fiscal Years 1992-1993 DOD budget request will undoubtedly be influenced by that war as well as changes in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact threat. What we want to do this morning is explore how your budget decisions have been influenced by all of these events. Before we begin the testimony, I would like to call on Bill Dickinson, the Ranking Republican, for any words of welcome he might have. |