Haley Stevens: “It reads: . . . there are three principal objectives that I want to achieve. They are: Structure active and reserve…”

“It reads: . . . there are three principal objectives that I want to achieve. They are: Structure active and reserve forces to reduce the need for involuntary mobilization of the Guard and Reserves. Eliminate the need for involuntary mobilization during the first 15 days of a rapid response operation (or for any alerts to mobilize prior to the operation). Structure forces in order to limit involuntary mobilization to not more than one every 6 years. Establish a more rigorous process for reviewing joint requirements. I am just picking portions of this statement. It will be in the Record. Make the mobilization and demobilization process more efficient. We agree with that. We ought to agree that there should be a review of that. I hope, however, the Secretary also would undertake some review of the impact of what he is talking about in terms of looking at what it will do to our enlistment rates, our retention rates and, in particular, into the viewpoints of the individual Governors who, after all, have a basic responsibility for the National Guard itself.”