Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 7: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session on S. 1050 to Authorize Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004 for Military Activities of the Department of Defense; Strategic Forces Our goal is to create an acquisition process that is both credible and agile. We have made progress in this direction with our new 03 - 01 space acquisition policy, which I signed into interim guidance this month. This new process recognizes the inherent differences of space systems. It allows us to reduce our timeline, while maintaining the required depth of review. It enables us to manage risk by looking for challenges early on. It eliminates program management bureaucracy, giving our program managers the responsibility and the resources to manage their programs. We expect there will be some continuing risk in our programs. Our job is to manage those risks by giving our people the necessary tools and ability to do so. One tool we can give them is a world-class independent cost estimation capability. Our vision is to form a National Security Space Cost Assessment Team to provide a useful, accurate and timely independent cost estimate with common methodology in support of space acquisition. The team would consist of experts knowledgeable on the unique challenges facing space programs. The Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (osd) Cost Analysis Improvement Group (caig) and I are working together to accomplish this task. He has also agreed to lead the National Security Space Cost Estimating Team. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 1: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate One Hundred Eight Congress First Session S. 1050 I close by saying that transformation is not an event, there is not a point at which the Defense Department will move from being untransformed to transformed. Our goal is to set in motion a proc ess of continuing transformation in a culture that will keep the United States several steps ahead of potential adversaries. To do that, we need not only resources but equally we need the ability to use them with speed and agility, so that we can respond quickly to the new threats we will face as the century unfolds. I feel deeply about the urgency of seeing that we transform the Department and enable it to serve the American people and our friends and allies in a responsible way in the 2lst century. We will have to work together if we are to best serve the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 5: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eight Congress, First Session on S. 1050 Welcome, Senator Reed. Senator Reed. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Roberts. I want to welcome our two distinguished witnesses. We have before us two of Americas most able and willing public servants. Admiral Giambastiani, we congratulate you on your confirmation to this important position in October. This is your first appearance before this subcommittee in your new capacity, but I am sure it will not be your last. Your leadership role as the joint forces trainer, provider, integrator, and innovator is critical to the timely and coordinated transformation of our Armed Forces, and I am sure we will seek your counsel often, so we welcome you. Admiral Cebrowski, you served our Nation well as a highly decorated sailor, and now you have selflessly taken on this very difficult and challenging chore of guiding the transformation of our Armed Forces, a concept around which many opinions abound. Some would say that they are unique and unprecedented ideas, and some would say brilliant and often controversial ideas that you have advocated while in the Navy, show you to be a man of vision and courage. We are fortunate to have you in this new role. I want to thank you for your past courtesy calls to me and suggestions to this subcommittee. You both are aware of the interest of this subcommittee, for strengthening our joint warfighting ability and our interest in the timely and meaningful transformation of our Armed Forces to meet the very different threats of the future. The testimony in this subcommittee in years past makes it clear that we have focused on many areas of joint military operations and capabilities. As Senator Reed knows, the passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Act in 1986 did initiate a process that has greatly changed the way our Armed Forces operate together. It puts into place processes to assess gaps in our joint capabilities and try to really identify the requirements to fix these gaps. Members of this subcommittee have been instrumental in getting a joint experimentation process initiated. I remember well my first trip to the Atlantic Command, that is what it was called in years past, and that was under the command of Admiral Gehman, and the difficulty staff and all of us had in obtaining any funding for any joint exercise. The events of September 11, however, changed a lot of things, including the urgency with which we need to review the capability of our Armed Forces to ensure that they are organized, trained, and equipped to be adaptable and capable of deterring and, if necessary, defeating known and emerging threats to our national security. We have the processes in place that should work, but we seem to relearn the same lessons in conflict after conflict. We also hear defense experts in and out of government really lament the lack of urgency for transformation, and our inability to rapidly acquire the new capabilities that we need. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 2: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eight Congress, First Session, on S. 1050 Senator talent. Mr. Chairman, that is yet another reason I am grateful for Senator Collins having received that honor. [laughter.] Senator kennedy. We have not accepted those rules. We still use old seniority, and I do not want Jack Reed and others to be hearing about this. [laughter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 3 I feel confident that with his seasoned expertise and experience, we can continue this subcommittee's legacy of cooperation with the mutual goal of ensuring our forces are ready and supported with the best this country has to offer. I would also like to take a moment to acknowledge the significant accomplishments of this subcommittee under the past leadership Senator Inhofe. While he has assumed the chairmanship of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, I am indeed fortunate to be able to rely on his counsel and the advice of this subcommittee. I would also like to welcome returning members as well as fellow new members to the subcommittee. I know Senator Akaka joins me in welcoming our witnesses, the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, Acting Secretary of the Navy; the Honorable Mario P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army; the Honorable Nelson Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; and Raymond DuBois, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. I appreciate the efforts of Secretary Johnson to be present in his role as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and the Environment after his testimony this morning to the full committee as the acting Service Secretary. I am sure you have spent more than a few hours getting ready for today. My thanks for your participation this afternoon. This year's budget request for military construction and family housing continues the same stagnant funding trends as last year. Mr. DuBois, the Department keeps setting goals for facility revitalization that on paper look like vehicles of change moving in the right direction, but end up sidetracked by other priorities. In 2001, the Secretary of Defense directed the Department of Defense (DOD) components fund facilities to achieve a 67-year recapitalization rate, the number of years required to regenerate a physical plant. The fiscal year 2001 budget request reflected a positive step in reversing years of decline, but in the fiscal year 2004 budget request the recapitalization rate for the Services will range from 145 to 180 years, a substantially regressive slide from the fiscal year 2003 budget. Another issue of concern is that the majority of military construction funds requested by the Department for fiscal year 2004 actually adds more square footage to support new missions, rather than recapitalizing or replacing existing deteriorated facilities and infrastructure. That means more facilities that will eventually have to be recapitalized. This trend has a more significant impact in the Reserve and Guard components, where their substantially smaller construction programs are consumed by new mission projects to the point where only one or two recapitalization projects can be funded per year. In August 2002, the Department published a facilities recapitalization front end assessment, establishing a standard measurement and proposed procedures for using data to aid in budget development. The goal stated in this assessment was to achieve the desired 67-year recapitalization rate by 2007. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 4: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate; Airland The Army request of billion for fiscal year 2004 represents a $3 billion increase over 2003 appropriated levels, including billion for procurement, a 15-percent reduction in real terms over fiscal year 2003, and billion for research and development, a 20-percent increase over 2003. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.