Department of Defense Appropriations for 1993: Operation and maintenanceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - United States |
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Active component active duty additional agencies Air Force Reserve Air Guard Air National Guard aircraft airlift appropriation Army National Guard Army Reserve ARNG assistance Base Closure Base Force brigades budget request capability Chairman civilian combat Command CONGRESS THE LIBRARY continue cost DAVIDSON Defense Logistics Agency Department deployed deployment depot maintenance Desert Shield Desert Shield/Desert Storm Desert Storm DICKS disposal divisions end strength equipment Europe FEDOROCHKO fiscal year 1993 force structure forward presence funding going Guard and Reserve increase Individual Ready Reserve inventory Logistics Marine Corps Reserve materiel McDADE ment million mission mobilization MURTHA Navy Operation and Maintenance Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm OPTEMPO overseas Pentagon percent Persian Gulf personnel Question readiness reduced regional requirements Reserve Component Reserve force Reservists RESS ships space technicians tion Total Force transfer
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Page 487 - Civilization has climbed above such perils. The interdependence of nations in trade and traffic, the sense of public law, the Hague Convention, Liberal principles, the Labour Party, high finance, Christian charity, common sense have rendered such nightmares impossible. Are you quite sure? It would be a pity to be wrong.
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Page 233 - Section 511(d) is amended to read as follows: "(d) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy...
Page 467 - Reconsiilutioii" capability is intended to deter such a power from militarizing and, if deterrence fails, to provide a global warfighting capability. Reconstirution involves forming, training, and fielding new fighting units. This includes initially drawing on cadre-type units and laid-up military assets; mobilizing previously trained or new manpower; and activating the industrial base on a large scale. Reconstitution also involves maintaining technology, doctrine, training, experienced military...
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Page 464 - ... changed the concept of threat analysis as a basis for force structure planning. We can still plausibly identify some specific threats - North Korea, a weakened Iraq, perhaps even a hostile Iran. But the real threat is the unknown, the uncertain. In a very real sense, the primary threat to our security is instability and being unprepared to handle a crisis or war that no one expected or predicted.