users. For instance, an Automated Billet Qualification Tracking System (ABQTS), which monitors Reservists from entry level skills to achieving all billet qualifications, is being implemented; (2) We are beginning to use "exportable training" which is a program to bring (export) fleet instructors to Reserve Centers to conduct training. For training which can be conducted in a Reserve Center, it is less expensive to bring in one instructor than to transport an entire unit on IDTT; (3) many of the lengthy formal schools needed by Reservists to complete their Reserve Billet Training Plan requirements, are being divided into components, or modules, which Reservists can complete during a series of IDTTS and ACDUTRA; (4) Civilian Augmented Training (CAT) - Some Reservists will attend vocational technical classes taught by civilian instructors contracted by the Naval Reserve; and (5) Shop Qualification Improvement Program (SQIP) SQIP is an onboard training program for Intermediate Maintenance Activities that accelerates achievement of journeyman skill level and professionalism in all aspects of repair from the planning stages through post repair checkout and testing. Our first fully functional Readiness Centers, at Houston and New Orleans are on line. Great Lakes and San Diego will follow in a few months. The remaining Readiness Centers will be incrementally phased in to allow for orderly changes in manning and the addition of automatic data processing. Including the Naval Reserve in the Navy Training Plan (NTP) process has been another big step toward achieving improved readiness. Training requirements for Reserve units are established by the Navy Resource Sponsor. The NTP process identifies all resources required to carry out the required training, achieve readiness, and provide the basis for funding. Reserve Navy Training Plans are under development for all areas (geographic areas which correspond to Readiness Centers) and programs (which are associated with distinct Reserve programs, e.g., Naval Control of Shipping, Fleet Hospitals, Amphibious CB'S, ETC.). The cornerstone of our training initiative is the IDTT program which links Naval Reserve units to their active duty gaining commands. IDTT gets the Reservist to his gaining command or mobilization training site for training on the drill weekend. We get more and better training and improved readiness and both the Reservists and gaining command love it. When the Naval Reserve Force minesweepers and FFG-7 class ships were deployed in Fiscal Year 1988 to the Persian Gulf, we had to find ways to train the Selected Reserve crewmembers who were left behind. The Selected Reserve crews from five deployed MSOS and two deployed FFGs now drill on alternate ships of the same class in the same homeports. Reservists operate fully integrated with the fleet to meet today's mission. They sail in harm's way. In December, the Reserve frigate USS JOHN A. MOORE deployed to the Persian Gulf. 22 sailors who deployed with the ship were volunteer Reservists. Selected Reserve personnel also volunteered for duty and are currently serving onboard our minesweepers ordered to the Gulf. Other Reservists have worked 18-hour days using their special planning and control of shipping skills to keep tanker convoys moving on schedule in close coordination with their U.S. Navy escorts. These examples of current operations exemplify the successes of a highly motivated and capable Total Force concept. In the Naval Air Reserve, Squadron Augment Units assigned to Fleet Readiness Squadrons are training in fleet aircraft. Two Master Augment Units have been training maritime patrol crews using P-3 aircraft temporarily assigned to the Naval Air Reserve from fleet inventories. For all Naval Air Reserve personnel we are using Reserve Training Tracks which is an automated system that defines and monitors specific mobilization training status. NAVAL RESERVE FUNDING REQUEST The Naval Reserve is provided essential personnel and operational support by two appropriations: Reserve Personnel, Navy (RPN) and Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve (O&MNR). The President's Budget also requests $145.6 million in Fiscal Year 1989 in the Aircraft Procurement, Navy (APN); Weapons Procurement, Navy (WPN); and the Other Procurement, Navy (OPN) appropriations in direct support of the Naval Reserve. Further, the Fiscal Year 1989 Military Construction Naval Reserve (MCNR) appropriation request of $48.4 million will provide much needed design and facilities construction for the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve. I would like to discuss the RPN and O&MNR appropriations in more detail. The RPN appropriation is divided into two budget activities. Budget Activity One provides funding for Unit and Individual Training. Budget Activity Two funds Other Training and Support including active duty TAR personnel, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program, and the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. Our Fiscal Year 1989 RPN budget request is for $1,621.4 million which includes $728.5 million for Budget Activity One and $892.9 million for Budget Activity Two. This represents a total increase of $108.4 million over Fiscal year 1988, and is primarily the result of pay raise annualization, Social Security rate escalation, the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) recall, the full year cost of employer's contribution for FICA tax on Inactive Duty Training pay, and other training support costs. The Fiscal Year 1989 Budget Request continues funding for a one day recall of members of the IRR. The Fiscal Year 1987 IRR recall validates its importance to evaluate the availability and readiness of this major source of trained personnel. The Reserve incentive program which includes selective implementation of prior and non-prior service enlistment, reenlistment, Reserve affiliation and IRR bonuses. The budget submission also requests funding for Reserve incentive programs which include medical recruiting incentive payments to enhance Reserve recruiting of physicians and nurses with critical wartime medical skills. This includes stipend and education loan repayment programs which were first authorized in Fiscal Year 1986. Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve (O&MNR) The Naval Reserve is dependent upon funds in the O&MNR appropriation for support of Mission Forces, Depot Maintenance, and Other Support. Support for Mission Forces includes funds for fuel, intermediate maintenance, repair parts and related support for the operation of aircraft in both the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve. It also includes operating, maintenance and support funds for Naval Reserve Force ships, as well as funds for Reserve Construction Battalions, Cargo Handling Battalions, Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) units and Special Combat Support Forces. Depot Maintenance includes funds for the rework of airframes and engines, the installation of aircraft modifications and Contractor Engineering Technical Services support. The Other Support category provides funding to operate and maintain Reserve Air Stations, Reserve Centers, and other Reserve facilities supporting Naval Reserve forces and for various command and administrative activities, including training, recruiting and advertising. The funding requested for the O&MNR appropriation for Fiscal Year 1989 is $979.2 million, which is a $49.3 million net increase over the Fiscal Year 1988 funding level of $929.9. Mission Forces (Budget Activity 1) increases $44.2 million, Depot Maintenance (Budget Activity 2) decreases $2.5 million, and Other Support (Budget Activity 3) increases $7.6 million. (2) The increased O&MNR funding levels in Fiscal Year 1989 are earmarked as follows for new mission and growth areas: (1) Increased aircraft operating and maintenance costs in support of the A-6E, KA-6D, RH-53D and HH-60H aircraft; Funding of the Reserve flying hour program at 87 percent of the Primary Mission Readiness (PMR) level, which places the tactical Naval Air Reserve Forces on the same percentage basis (although fewer hours) as the active forces; (3) Additional maintenance and modernization costs resulting from the installation of two AN/SQQ-89 sonar systems aboard Reserve FFG-7 class ships; (4) Expansion of the mine countermeasures Craft of Opportunity (COOP) Program; and (5) Increased training, equipment, and base operating support requirements associated with growing Selected Reserve strength levels as the Naval Reserve builds toward the Navy Manpower Mobilization System (NAMMOS) goals. Programmatic decreases primarily reflect: (1) Reduction in the flight hour program for Squadron Augmentation Unit fleet requirements; and (2) Fewer airframe and engine reworks and modification installations. SUMMARY In his first address to Congress as President, George Washington said, "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace. The Naval Reserve of today is instrumental in achieving and maintaining those means. I will summarize my statement with the following points: The emphasis of our budget request is on achieving fleet mobilization Our highest priorities are to provide the Full Time Support personnel, Reservists readiness by providing meaningful mobilization training. Readiness through safety and professionalism is demonstrated by the We are more ready today than we have ever been to perform our role in the national defense. With your continued support, we will further our improvements in readiness. I will be happy to respond to any questions or provide any additional information you may require. REAR ADMIRAL FRANCIS NEALE SMITH, U.S. NAVAL RESERVE Rear Admiral Francis Neale Smith is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, where he graduated from Loyola College in 1952. He received his commission from Officer Candidate School and was Engineering Officer aboard the and Destroyer-Minesweeper USS GHERARDI (DMS-30) in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. As a drilling Reservist, Rear Admiral Smith served in Maryland and Indiana, commanded Reserve Units in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware. After his promotion to Rear Admiral, he was assigned the mobilization billet as Deputy/Vice Commander Service Group TWO, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He also served as Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness Command, Region TEN, New Orleans, Louisiana. Rear Admiral Smith was recalled to active duty in November 1984, as Deputy Director of Naval Reserve in Washington, D.C. At the time of recall, he was with EXXON in Houston, Texas. On 29 May 1987, he was named Commander, Naval Reserve Force and Chief of Naval Reserve, with additional duty as Director of Naval Reserve in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations. He is the first Reserve Officer and the first Surface Warfare Officer to head the Naval Reserve Force which now numbers more than 149,000. Admiral Smith's wife, Ginny, is a native of San Francisco, California, and a former Navy Nurse. They have two sons who are in the Navy; one is a petty officer first class, the other, a lieutenant and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Their older daughter is a graduate of Texas A&M and the younger daughter attends George Mason University in Virginia. U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF MAJ. GEN. J.W. MOORE, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR RESERVE AFFAIRS FULL-TIME AND END STRENGTH SUPPORT Senator JOHNSTON. General Moore. General MOORE. Good morning, sir. I also want to thank this committee for the support that you have provided for the Marine Corps Reserve. As a result of your support, we have enhanced our war-fighting capability, and today we serve as a full partner in the total force of the Marine Corps as this country's force in readiness. However, if we are going to continue that, we need your continued support for our full time support program and our Selected Marine Corps Reserve end strength so we can be a full player in the total force. MODERNIZATION One other thing we definitely need is to continue modernization efforts. Modernization of aircraft such as the AV-88 and AH-1W. Modernization in other areas that we can have the same equipment, train at the same schoolhouses; and deploy and employ immediately with the same logistics trail pipeline as our regulars. Through your support, we will continue to be a full contributor in this nation's force in readiness. I also have a statement that I would ask the Committee to include as a matter of record. Thank you. [The prepared statement of General Moore follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF MAJ. GEN. J. W. MOORE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR RESERVE AFFAIRS Mr. Chairman, distinquished members of the Committee, it is a privilege to report to you on the current posture and future programs of the Marine Corps Reserve. I am pleased to report the Marine Corps Reserve has continued to improve its combat readiness and warfighting capability. Its military capability is higher now than it has ever been. Your support for our manpower, equipment, facilities and maintenance réquirements has made these gains possible. Examples of this improved posture include: Participation by over 23,000 reservists in major exercises within the continental United States and abroad (Germany, Norway, Egypt, Korea, Philippines and Thailand). Achievement of 100 percent of our nonprior service Achievement of 84 percent show rate during the Fiscal The framework for our future continues to be based on three fundamental strategies: (1) Recruit, train, and retain quality personnel. (2) Maintain the modernization effort to provide quality equipment. (3) Improve Active and Reserve integration of personnel and equipment. With the continued support of Congress and the Administration, this trend will continue, and the full potential of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve's capability to contribute to the national defense as part of the Total Force will be realized. RESERVE ROLES The mission of the Marine Corps as this Nation's force-inreadiness for power projection determines our structure and Active/Reserve component mix. Charged with maintaining the assets to mobilize rapidly, the Marine Corps Reserve augments and reinforces the three active Marine Expeditionary Forces, bringing them to their full strength for contingencies. The Reserve also provides the option of expanding the Corps by fielding an additional division, aircraft wing, and force service support group. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve roles on mobilization are: Augment the Active Force to field three active Marine |