NGAUS Offers Five Recommendations To Army Commission
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Guard Association of the United States today offered the National Commission on the Future of the Army five basic recommendations to fully leverage the capabilities and cost-effectiveness of the Army National Guard.
Retired Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, the NGAUS president, made the recommendations during testimony to the commission in Alexandria, Va.
Congress created the eight-member blue-ribbon panel in the fiscal 2015 National Defense Authorization Act to help bridge differences in opinion among the components over the best way forward for the nation's largest military service.
The commission began its work this week. It will examine a variety of issues, including roles, missions and the best mix of active component and reserve component forces. It has a Feb. 1, 2016, deadline to submit recommendations to lawmakers, who will make the final decisions.
"The Army National Guard contributes much to our nation and our Army, but we can do even more and we think the nation needs us to do more in the future," Hargett said. "We wanted to be upfront with the commission as to what we think needs to be done to get the full potential from our force.
"Ideally, these five recommendations will generate dialogue not only from the commission, but among all those who will contribute to final decisions on how best to move our Army forward."
- Sustain the combat role of the Army National Guard as an integral part of our nation's first line of defense;
- Sustain the personnel end strength of the Army National Guard;
- Continue the operational employment of Army National Guard units in missions overseas to sustain a base of operational experience;
- Assure the Army National Guard receives modern equipment in order to bolster interoperability with the active component; and
- Shape the Army leadership culture to assure that senior leaders have Total Force experience.
About NGAUS: The association includes nearly 45,000 current or former Guard officers. It was created in 1878 to provide unified National Guard representation in Washington. In their first productive meeting after Reconstruction, militia officers from the North and South formed the association with the goal of obtaining better equipment and training by educating Congress on Guard requirements. Today, 137 years later, NGAUS has the same mission.
SOURCE National Guard Association of the U.S.
WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?
Newsrooms &
Influencers
Digital Media
Outlets
Journalists
Opted In
Share this article