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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysapjq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:29 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Murkowski, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Tester, Udall, and Schatz. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE STATEMENT OF GENERAL FRANK J. GRASS, CHIEF, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. Good morning. Welcome to the hearing of our Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. We are reviewing this morning the proposed budget for the National Guard and Reserve. We want to thank all of you who are here to present information and statements to the committee about the budget request. We especially appreciate the quality of leadership we have in our Armed Forces today: General Frank Grass is Chief of the National Guard Bureau; Major General Brian Neal, Acting Director of the Air National Guard; Lieutenant General Timothy Kadavy, who is Director of the Army National Guard; Lieutenant General Jeffrey Talley, Chief of the Army Reserve; Vice Admiral Robin Braun, Chief of the Navy Reserve; Lieutenant General James Jackson, Chief of the Air Force Reserve; and Lieutenant General Rex McMillian, Commander of Marine Forces Reserve. The Guard and Reserve, as we all know, provide one-third of the personnel currently serving in our armed services, and they con- tinue to be a vital source of contributions to our military operations overseas and in the defense of our homeland. Since 2001, the Reserve components have evolved from a stra- tegic force in reserve to an operational reserve. As they have evolved, they have maintained a higher state of readiness, in the event the President or Secretary of Defense calls them to duty. Despite fiscal and global uncertainties, our guardsmen and re- servists have done an outstanding job in answering the call while managing civilian careers in their spare time. (1)

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