14. Apb/1:D36/5/992 /pt/ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS DONALD E. RICHBOURG, J. David WILLSON, JOHN G. PLASHAL, ROBERt V. Davis, Sandra A. GIL- 457 557 645 715 CIS RECORD ONLY Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense STANFORD UNIVERSITY Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1992 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS DONALD E. RICHBOURG, J. DAVID WILLSON, JOHN G. PLASHAL, ROBERT V. Davis, Sandra A. GIL- Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense ........ 645 Testimony of Members of Congress and Other Interested 715 44-683 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1991 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky, Vice Chairman NEAL SMITH, Iowa SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey STENY H. HOYER, Maryland BOB CARR, Michigan ROBERT J. MRAZEK, New York RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts JIM CHAPMAN, Texas MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania JIM KOLBE, Arizona DEAN A. GALLO, New Jersey BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina NANCY PELOSI, California FREDERICK G. MOHRMAN, Clerk and Staff Director NOTE.-The Honorable Silvio O. Conte was Ranking Minority Member of the Committee until his death on February 8, 1991. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1992 THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1991. ARMY'S FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM WITNESS HONORABLE G. KIM WINCUP, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS INTRODUCTION Mr. MURTHA. The committee will please come to order. This morning we will be discussing the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) of the United States Army. The six-year plan of the Army proposes to reduce the end strength of the United States Army by almost 400,000 by the end of fiscal year 1997. End strength reductions proposed for fiscal year 1992 are 124,400, the majority, or 66.2 percent, of which are in the reserve components. Coming off the successful completion of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and with the changing world situation, the Committee wants to be sure that making such a drastic reduction in one fiscal year is the right way to proceed. Our witness this morning is the Honorable G. Kim Wincup, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Welcome, Mr. Secretary, to the committee. We appreciate your vast experience in this position and the country is better because of the work you did on the House Armed Services Committee over the years. All of us received a lot of criticism for putting all that money in there for those weapon systems but they sure worked well. I know we will be able to work something out on these problems that have been presented to us by higher authorities. You and I talked earlier about the end strength and force structure reductions proposed for 1992. The end-strength reduction of 124,400, of which 66 percent are proposed for the Army Reserve Components. With them coming off the successful operation in the Persian Gulf, this large reduction in just one fiscal year could be detrimental to the force. I think half the forces deployed in the Gulf were Reserve and Guard; 240,000 were called up? Mr. WINCUP. Not that many deployed, but about 220,000 were called up all together. Mr. MURTHA. We will put your full statement in the record and get right to questions, if you will summarize it for us. (1) |