Chapter
President’s FY2013 Budget Request6
Brief History of Past Army Drawdowns
Post Cold War/Desert Storm13
The Current Drawdown and Restructuring
Proposal to Reduce Endstrength14
Units to Be Realigned and Restructured22
Impact on the National Guard and Reserve25
Force Reduction and Force-Shaping Programs
The Human Dimension of a Force Drawdown
Recent Personnel-Related Congressional Testimony34
Title 10 Drawdown Authorities37—Involuntary
Selective Early Retirement Boards (SERB)38
Reduction-in-Force (RIF)39
2012 Enlisted Qualitative Service Program (QSP)40
Title 10 Drawdown Authorities—Voluntary41
Voluntary Retirement Incentive42
Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSI)43
Special Separation Bonus (SSB)46
Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)48
Voluntary Early Release/Retirement Program (VEERP)49
Other Personnel Tools with Drawdown Implications
Enlisted Retention Control Points
Officer Promotion Non-selection
Stability53 and Counterinsurgency54 Operations
Fighting Two Simultaneous Wars
Asia/Pacific Shift and Strategic Emphasis
Reduced Force Structure in Europe
Rest of the World and “Small Footprint Operations “
Potential Impact on Major Army Weapon Systems Programs
Potential Budgetary Implications
Relevant Legislative Provisions
FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310)
Sec 403. Limitations on End Strength Reductions for Regular Component of the Army and Marine Corps.79
Army’s Concerns with Section 403 Limitations80
H.Rept. 112-479, FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310)81
Division A, Title 1: Procurement, Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, Items of Special Interest
Potential Issues for Congress
National Guard and Reserves
Chapter 2 STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS P. BOSTICK, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, U.S. ARMY. HEARING ON “MILITARY PERSONNEL BUDGET OVERVIEW--SERVICE PERSONNEL CHIEFS’ PERSPECTIVES”*
Transition Assistance Strategy
Civilian Reductions & Human Capital Management
Recruiting and Retention (Officer and Enlisted)
Operationalizing the Reserves
Non-Deployable Campaign Plan
The Army Disability Evaluation System
Quality of Life / Family Programs
Army Military Equal Opportunity Policy
Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention
Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention
Army Substance Abuse Program
Chapter 3 A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON “HOLLOW FORCES”
Significance for Congress
Origins of the Hollow Force
Other Factors Contributing to the Hollow Force of the 1970s16
Budget Priorities as a Contributing Factor
General Meyer and the “Hollow Army”
Fixing the Hollow Force in the 1980s
The Hollow Force Debates of the 1990s
Current References to Hollow Forces
Return to a Hollow Force?
Potential Issues for Congress
United States Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Assessments and Implications
( Defense, Security and Strategies )
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