So essentially in terms of how this process works inside DOD, you have a statutory ceiling in terms of the number of fla...
You indicated in the study--I will start, Secretary Stanley, with you again--that the objective in this case was not to ...
Let me be clear about a couple of things. I totally agree with you.
Sir, the bottom line, we have looked at both a functional alignment and a regional alignment and the scope and breadth a...
What is the plan to review the general and flag officer requirements in the Reserve components?
We all know that when someone looks at the rank on an Active Duty member's shoulders and sees the general officer or an ...
Thank you, Dr. Freeman.
Right. I understand, but you could have a totally different allocation among the Services if the Secretary of Defense, f...
So you get overall statutory authority from Congress.
I think that this is an area that we are just beginning to get a look at, and there is a Guard and Reserve component in ...
I do not think there is anybody in DOD who, if given a choice between being a four-star and being an SES, would pick bei...
All right. Thank you.
Yes, but you are saying that that number has not really changed.
Secretary Stanley, section 525 of title 10, U.S.C., establishes the maximum number of O-8s, O-9s, and O-10s each Service...
So it would be your view that the Secretary of Defense has the authority under the legislative umbrella to declare that ...
Thank you very much, Senator Graham.
Secretary Stanley, what are the criteria or standards used to make this determination, and what is the approval process?
how do you justify retaining it as an O-10 position in light of the Army decision that the Commander of U.S. Army Europe...