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Testimony of Robert F. Hale before the National Security Task Force of the House Budget Committee on Defense Manpower Issues 1 (July 1977)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo9980 and id is 1 raw text is: TESTIMONY OF ROBERT F. HALE BEFORE THE NATIONAL SECURITY TASK FORCE OF THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE MANPOWER ISSUES JULY 12, 1977 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY THIS MORNING ON DEFENSE MANPOWER ISSUES AND, IN PARTICULAR, ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE ALL- VOLUNTEER FORCE. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY LAYING OUT THE NUMBERS AND TYPES OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES, WHAT THEY COST, AND HOW NUMBERS AND COSTS HAVE BEEN CHANGING IN RECENT YEARS. THEN I'LL TURN TO SOME MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WILL BE FACING THE CONGRESS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND DISCUSS HOW THEY MAY AFFECT DEFENSE.MANPOWER COSTS. FINALLY, I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE DECISIONS--THE FUTURE OF THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE. OVERALL THEME I THINK THERE IS AN OVERALL THEME THAT I ROPE YOU'LL KEEP IN MIND AS I DISCUSS THESE DEFENSE MANPOWER ISSUES. WE ARE AT SOMETHING OF A CROSSROADS AS REGARDS THE COST OF DEFENSE MANPOWER. THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS TO BE MADE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT COULD LEAD TO A LARGE INCREASE IN THE COSTS OF DEFENSE MANPOWER. A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A DECISION TO MEET ANY RECRUITING SHORTFALLS BY SIMPLY INCREASING PAY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER DECISIONS THAT COULD AVOID THESE COST INCREASES. IN FACT, SOME COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE SIZE AND READINESS OF OUR ARMED FORCES. THUS THE CROSSROADS: DEFENSE MANPOWER COSTS COULD GO UP RATHER SHARPLY, OR ACTUALLY COME DOWN, DEPENDING ON DECISIONS MADE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. I'LL COME BACK TO THIS THEME SEVERAL TIMES THIS MORNING AS I DISCUSS WHAT THESE CRITICAL DECISIONS ARE.

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