Quadrennial Defense Review: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, May 20 and 21, 1997, Volume 4 |
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Page 197 - Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign.
Page 119 - We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we will pay the price of war.
Page 3 - Review (QDR) to include a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies with a view toward preparing the armed forces of the United States for the security environment of the 21st Century.
Page 129 - Orders for that purpose were not actually issued for several months afterwards. Some tale was thought necessary for the justification of the act, and the suggestion of French influence operating upon our councils was probably the one suggested. I have heard it said, and believe it to be true, that the Governor of Nova Scotia made the suggestion, in a letter addressed to certain British partisans in Boston.
Page 127 - In the first quarter of the 21st century you will be able to find, fix or track, and target - in near real-time - anything of consequence that moves upon or is located on the face of the Earth.
Page 64 - there is insufficient connectivity between the strategy on the one hand, and force structure, operational concepts, and procurement decisions on the other." Do you believe that the force structure, operational concepts, and procurement decisions recommended by the QDR are sufficient to provide the capability to engage in overlapping Major Theater Wars today, and to prepare for the potential military threats of the future? Answer.
Page 3 - States including, among others, to provide for the common defense ; to raise and support armies ; to provide and maintain a navy...
Page 117 - I thank you again on behalf of our soldiers for your great support. [The prepared statement of General Reimer follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT BY GEN. DENNIS J. REIMER Mr.
Page 90 - We would likely also choose to begin disengaging from those activities and operations not deemed to involve vital US interests in order to better posture our forces to deter the possible outbreak of a second war. In the event of two such conflicts, US forces would be withdrawn from peacetime engagement activities and smaller-scale contingency operations as quickly as possible to be readied for war.
Page 3 - In light of the incredible changes that have taken place since the end of the Cold War, Secretary Caldera and General Shinseki have crafted a new vision for the Army. The Vision, expressed in the phrase: "Soldiers on point for the Nation... Persuasive in Peace, Invincible in War," embraces the full-dimensional nature of our mission and our responsibilities to the Nation.