...direction and control. Exercise of those new authorities is through the issuance of instructions to the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Additionally, as the responsible official, I prepare, present, justify and defend a unified...

...Operations and Civil Affairs as Special Operations Forces, Memorandum from Secretary of Defense to Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 3 March 1993. 53. Civil Affairs, 6 USASOC vugraphs furnished to author; Downing, 1993; Conduct...

...Memorandum On July 19, 1993, Secretary Aspin submitted to Congress a memorandum which he had issued to the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled "Policy on Homosexual Conduct in the Armed Forces" (hereafter referred to as the...

...focus on quality recruiting. The Deputy Secretary of Defense formed a standing panel which includes the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thai meets quarterly and reviews the status of recruiting. This panel deals quickly and effectively...

...meets quarterly-and more frequently if required-to monitor progress in recruiting. This panel includes the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Any emerging problems in this area win continue to receive quick, high-level attention. During...

...Defense, John Deutch, formed a senior panel on recruiting to focus on this problem. The panel consists of the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We took action to reprogram $41 million into recruiting to help get out the message that...

...control of SOF resources was in a March 27, I987, memorandum from the deputy secretary of defense to the secretaries of the military departments and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Having received several memos protesting the guidance prepared by Donald Latham and Richard...

...levels of the Department. The standing panel is chaired by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and includes the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; this group continues to meet regularly to review the status of recruiting. This panel deals...

...Answer. I issued the latest direction on the use of PSRC in Bosnia in 20 Feb 98 in a memorandum to the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, subject "Gallup of the Selected Reserve in Support of Operations in Bosnia." The memorandum...

...now the Acting assistant secretary, sent a draft decision memorandum for the secretary of defense to the secretaries of the military departments and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for their consideration. The memorandum asked Secretary Brown to make a "decision on a number...