Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993--H.R. 5006 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session: Full Committee Hearings on Authorization and Oversight : Hearings Held February 6, 20, 26 and March 4, 1992, Том 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - Всего страниц: 604 |
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
acquisition Active Air Force aircraft airlift America's Army American Army Army's base force billion bombers budget capability Chairman changes civilian Cold War combat Command committee Commonwealth of Independent Congress continue cost Department deployed depots Desert Storm deterrence divisions drawdown end strength environment environmental equipment Europe fiscal year 1993 force structure former Soviet forward presence funding future global going ICBM improve industrial base initiatives joint logistics look maintain Marine Corps Minuteman III missile mission mobility National Military Strategy NATO naval nuclear weapons Operation Desert Operation Desert Storm percent personnel Powell President problem procurement question readiness reduce regional requirements Reserve Component RICE role Saddam Hussein sealift Secretary CHENEY ships soldiers Southwest Asia Soviet Union stockpile strategic submarines SULLIVAN sustain tactical Thank threat tion United United States Code upgrades warfighting Warsaw Pact
Популярные отрывки
Стр. 107 - 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.
Стр. 258 - DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF • UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON. DC...
Стр. 322 - What transpires on prospective battlefields is influenced vitally years before in the councils of the staff and in the legislative halls of Congress. Time is the only thing that may be irrevocably lost, and it is the thing first lost sight of in the seductive false security of peaceful times.
Стр. 44 - US commitment and lend credibility to our alliances, to deter aggression, enhance regional stability, promote US influence and access, and, when necessary, provide an initial crisis response capability. Forward presence is vital to the maintenance of the system of collective defense by which the US has been able to work with our friends and allies to protect our security interests, while minimizing the burden of defense spending and of unnecessary arms competition. Forward presence often involves...
Стр. 393 - To organize, train, and equip Army forces for the conduct of prompt and sustained combat operations on land — specifically, forces to defeat enemy land forces and to seize, occupy, and defend land area.
Стр. 47 - We must continue humanitarian assistance efforts, and security assistance to aid positive developments abroad. We cannot ignore the reality of terrorist organizations targeting American citizens and interests around the globe. We have to anticipate instability and resulting threats to American citizens. We need the capability to respond quickly anywhere in the world to rescue American citizens endangered by political instability. Last year, US military forces rescued US and foreign nationals in Liberia...
Стр. 22 - IB percent, the lowest level in 40 years. The defense budget would fall by 1997 to 3.4 percent of GNP, by far the lowest level since before Pearl Harbor. We based those sweeping reductions not on the somewhat sobering prospects of the early winter of 1991, when war loomed in the Gulf and Soviet reformers were under siege, but on the promise of change symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall 15 months earlier, and on the new, regional defense strategy President Bush announced in Aspen, Colorado on...
Стр. 44 - Trident submarines while planning how best to sustain the 18-boat force well into the next century. In addition to these important investments, we must adequately support the operation and training of these forces, the airmen and sailors who operate them, and a readiness posture which is appropriate to the reduced threat, but does not put our deterrent at risk in a tumultuous world. Finally, the Department is working to develop GPALS, and we urge the Congress to continue its strong support for these...
Стр. 87 - As you review our strategy, you will see that deterrence remains the primary and central motivating purpose of our national military strategy. The fundamental objective of America's Armed Forces will remain constant: to deter aggression and, should deterrence fail, to defend the Nation's vital interests against any potential foe. Our national military strategy is built upon four foundations which I have referred to previously: Strategic deterrence and defense, forward presence, crisis response and...
Стр. 51 - Defense (DoD) is $267.6 billion in budget authority and $272.8 billion in outlays. Adjusting for inflation, this means a real decline in budget authority of 7 percent below the FY 1992 level enacted by Congress and 29 percent below FY 1985.