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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaapj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: estifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in January 2015, General Raymond T. Odierno, then chief of staff of the United States Army, submitted a sober assessment of the Army's readiness, saying it has been degraded to its lowest level in 20 years., The general's counterparts on the Joint Chiefs of Staff offered similar reviews of their own services; the military branches stood at the edge of their capacity to fully train, equip, and prepare soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. Nearly a year hence-a year marked by continued budgetary uncertainty and global instability-America's military still faces dangerously low levels of readiness. Chiefly, it lacks a robust surge capacity, the operational depth to respond to new crises or threats. Roughly defined as the military's ability to carry out its assigned missions, readiness depends on a wide array of factors, including the quality and quantity of training and of maintenance to equipment and infrastructure. But ultimately, it is a measure of whether the military can fulfill its role in the broader national-security apparatus, as defined through the administration's official documents, such as the National Security Strategy or Defense Strategic Guidance. As such, the state of military readiness is a crucial 1 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

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