LEADER 00000cam a2200601Ki 4500 001 ocn875694596 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040829.7 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140404t20142014nyu o 001 0 eng d 019 916951948|a923675128|a928195540 020 9781631175879|q(electronic book) 020 1631175874|q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)875694596|z(OCoLC)916951948|z(OCoLC)923675128 |z(OCoLC)928195540 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dE7B|dOCLCF|dEBLCP|dOCLCQ |dDEBSZ 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 UA23.U6 072 7 LAW|x068000|2bisacsh 082 04 343.0973|223 090 UA23.U6 245 00 Force reduction :|bMarine and Army drawdowns examined, in brief /|cGeoffrey Hopkins, editor. 264 1 New York :|bNovinka,|c[2014] 264 4 |c©2014 300 1 online resource. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Military and veteran issues 500 Includes index. 505 0 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 505 8 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 520 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. 588 Description based on PDF title page (viewed April 4, 2014). 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 7 Armed Forces.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/814586 651 0 United States|xArmed Forces.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85139803 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Hopkins, Geoffrey,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2014061693|eeditor. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHopkins, Geoffrey|tForce Reduction : Marine and Army Drawdowns Examined, In Brief|dHauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,c1900|z9781631175862 830 0 Military and veteran issues.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2013107260 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=746844|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID