Hearing of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee - Nation's Military Reserve Components

Statement

On July 27, 2011, the Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on potential legislative and policy changes regarding our nation's military reserve components:

"Today the Subcommittee will turn its attention to the important issue of maintaining an operational reserve that has been deployed as a partner with its active component for the last 10 years. The committee believes the Reserve Component will continue to serve an important and vital role post Iraq and Afghanistan as the United States Military continues to engage in conflict, partnership efforts and humanitarian assistance around the globe. The key issue before us today is the ability to maintain access to the operational reserves in a future peace time environment when the military is not operating under an emergency mobilization authority. We will examine a Department of Defense proposal to provide a more flexible involuntary mobilization authority and how the reserve will maintain a ready and viable force."

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