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Title Force reduction : Marine and Army drawdowns examined, in brief / Geoffrey Hopkins, editor.

Publication Info. New York : Novinka, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Military and veteran issues
Military and veteran issues.
Note Includes index.
Summary The Marine Corps characterizes itself as a crisis response expeditionary force which is task organized and able to conduct operations across the entire spectrum of military operations. The Corps is a ""middleweight force"" that is designed to fill the void in our Nation's defense structure between light Special Operations Forces (SOF) and heavier conventional units. A number of decisions pertaining to national security strategy, force structure, and declining defense budgets have resulted in a drawdown of the active Marine Corps. This book examines the drawdown of the Marine Corps, as well as.
Contents FORCE REDUCTION: MARINE AND ARMY DRAWDOWNS EXAMINED, IN BRIEF; FORCE REDUCTION: MARINE AND ARMY DRAWDOWNS EXAMINED, IN BRIEF; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MARINE CORPS DRAWDOWN, FORCE STRUCTURE INITIATIVES, AND ROLES AND MISSIONS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; SUMMARY; IMPORTANCE TO CONGRESS; BACKGROUND; FORCE REDUCTION AND SHAPING PROGRAMS; FORCE STRUCTURE INITIATIVES; SELECTED EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVES: MARINE CORPS ROLES, MISSIONS, AND FORCE STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
Chapter 2: ARMY DRAWDOWN AND RESTRUCTURING: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESSSUMMARY; IMPORTANCE TO CONGRESS; THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO DRAWDOWN AND RESTRUCTURE THE ARMY; BACKGROUND; JANUARY 2012 DRAWDOWN AND RESTRUCTURING PROPOSALS; RECENT FORCE STRUCTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS; FORCE REDUCTION AND FORCE-SHAPING PROGRAMS; POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; APPENDIX A. TITLE 10 DRAWDOWN AUTHORITIES; APPENDIX B. BRIEF HISTORY OF PAST ARMY DRAWDOWNS; Chapter 3: OP-ED: DOWNSIZING THE ARMY PROFESSION; INDEX
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Subject United States -- Armed Forces.
United States.
Armed Forces.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Hopkins, Geoffrey, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Hopkins, Geoffrey Force Reduction : Marine and Army Drawdowns Examined, In Brief Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,c1900 9781631175862
ISBN 9781631175879 (electronic book)
1631175874 (electronic book)