Download or read book What Lies Beyond Goldwater Nichols written by Thomas Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Invigorating Defense Governance written by Kathleen H. Hicks and published by CSIS. This book was released on 2008 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Goldwater Nichols written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Service chiefs wear two hats: as advisors to the National Command Authorities and as advocates of parochial service interests. As a result divided loyalties have traditionally barred the Joint Chiefs of Staff from providing timely and effective advice to the President and the Secretary of Defense. After troubling operational experiences in Korea, Vietnam, and the Iranian hostage rescue mission, a hue and cry arose over reforming--or even replacing--JCS as an institution. Following years of congressional hearings the Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act neither ended dual-hatting nor replaced JCS. It has, however, strengthened the role of the Chairman and promoted jointness. Organizational realignment under Goldwater-Nichols has not offset resource allocation problems which are "what the services do 90 percent of the time." Replacing JCS with a National Military Advisory Council, and the Joint Staff with a general staff, are two long overdue reforms.
Download or read book Beyond Goldwater Nichols written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense (DoD) Reorganization Act of 1986 (GN-86) has been hailed as the most consequential and successful example of defense reform in the Cold War era. While GN-86 effected profound positive change in DoD, a considerable body of recent professional literature advocates additional organizational and process reform. This quest for further change has been driven both by drastic shifts in the strategic security environment since GN-86 was passed, as well as by the existence of still unmet GN-86 objectives. To address this call for change, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Beyond Goldwater-Nichols (BGN) project has published two detailed reports delineating several specific recommendations for significant defense reform. Implementation of all these recommendations would require major changes at many levels of government; in many cases the burden to change or adapt would fall upon military Combatant Commanders. This paper addresses the following research question: Suppose the CSIS recommendations in its Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase I and II Reports are implemented. What is the impact to the Combatant Commander?
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Download or read book Managing the Next Domestic Catastrophe written by Christine E. Wormuth and published by CSIS. This book was released on 2008 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Victory On The Potomac written by James R. Locher and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War is waged not only on battlefields. In the mid-1980s a high-stakes political struggle to redesign the relationships among the president, secretary of defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and warfighting commanders in the field resulted in the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. Author James R. Locher III played a key role in the congressional effort to repair a dysfunctional military whose interservice squabbling had cost American taxpayers billions of dollars and put the lives of thousands of servicemen and women at risk. Victory on this front helped make possible the military successes the United States has enjoyed since the passage of the bill and to prepare it for the challenges it must still face.Victory on the Potomac provides the first detailed history of how Congress unified the Pentagon and does so with the benefit of an insider's view. In a fast-paced account that reads like a novel, Locher follows the bill through congressional committee to final passage, making clear that the process is neither abstract nor automatic. His vivid descriptions bring to life the amazing cast of this real-life drama, from the straight-shooting chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Barry Goldwater, to the peevishly stubborn secretary of defense, Caspear Weinberger.Locher's analysis of political maneuvering and bureaucratic infighting will fascinate anyone who has an interest in how government works, and his understanding of the stakes in military reorganization will make clear why this legislative victory meant so much to American military capability. James R. Locher III, a graduate of West Point and Harvard Business School began his career in Washington as an executive trainee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has worked in the White House, the Pentagon, and the Senate. During the period covered by this book, he was a staff member for the Senate Committee on Armed Services. Since then, he has served as an assistant secretary of defense in the first Bush and the early Clinton administrations. Currently, he works as a consultant and lecturer on defense matters.
Download or read book The Future of the National Guard and Reserves written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined all seven reserve components -- the Army and Air National Guards, the Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Navy Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve and the Coast Guard Reserve -- and focused on the core strategic issues that will form the future building blocks of a sound, sustainable Reserve Component. A core theme of the study is that the Reserve Component is not monolithic, and there are few, if any, one-size-fits-all solutions. Many of the recommendations in the study are most relevant to the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve because the challenges inherent in transitioning to serving as part of an operational force are greatest for these two reserve components. Others are applicable at least conceptually for all seven Reserve Component organizations. The study makes more than forty findings and recommendations on a wide range of issues of strategic importance to the Reserve Component. At the same time, it recognizes that many issues remain that require serious attention over the next several years.
Download or read book U S National Security written by David Jablonsky and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. national security is a subject that has been under intense scrutiny since the end of the Cold War. What constitutes such security for the United States as this country approaches the new century? Are the ends, ways, and means of our national security and national military strategies sufficient to provide for the nation's future? And above all, as this country celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Security Act of 1947, are the institutions that resulted from that act still sufficient for the post-Cold War era? With these questions in mind, the Strategic Studies Institute and Dickinson College's Clarke Center co-sponsored the series of lectures on American national security after the Cold War which are contained in this volume. The lectures take four different, yet complementary, perspectives. Professor Ronald Steel reminds us of the intellectual revolution embodied in the act that moved America from the concept of "defense" to one of "national security" and relates this concept to our attempts to define post-Cold War national security interests. Dr. Lawrence Korb reviews the evolution in our national security establishment since the 1947 act. Dr. Morton Halperin's focus is the continuing tension between secrecy in the name of national security and the openness required in a democratic society, with a commentary on continuing threats to civil liberties. In the concluding essay, Ambassador Robert Ellsworth surveys the key strategic challenges facing the United States as we enter the 21st century.
Download or read book Has It Worked the Goldwater Nichols Reorganization ACT Scholar s Choice Edition written by James R. Locher and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Moving Beyond Goldwater Nichols written by William L. Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research paper will examine the concept and implementation of Capabilities- Based requirements development and Evolutionary Acquisition toward reducing cycle time (the time from program start to initial operational capability) for major defense acquisition programs. Over the years, the Department of Defense's (DoD's) pursuit of acquisition reform has principally focused on the Defense Acquisition System and not addressed the Requirements Generation System (RGS) as a critical factor in driving cycle time. In the 2002-2003 timeframe, however, DoD implemented a broad set of reforms and initiatives focused on transforming the acquisition system to reduce cycle time, improve responsiveness to warfighter needs, and ensure that Joint Warfighting prevails in the requirements development process. These reforms center on the implementation of a new capabilities-based approach to requirements development and renewed emphasis on evolutionary acquisition as DoD's preferred approach to meeting operational needs. They hold promise toward breaking the paradigm of long development-cycle times and will move DoD increasingly toward a joint model for acquiring and equipping its forces. The research methodology included a comprehensive literature review of government studies and reports on the DoD acquisition system, consultation with the Defense Acquisition University and the Joint Staff, and in-depth interviews with senior leadership in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Included within the scope of this paper is a study of the MDA's implementation of a capabilities-based acquisition strategy to develop the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This paper will provide an assessment of the impact of capabilities-based requirements development and evolutionary acquisition and address how the DoD can leverage the strengths of the MDA's acquisition model toward cutting cycle time and acquiring systems more jointly.
Download or read book The Perfect Storm written by Charles Nemfakos and published by Occasional Papers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Act ushered in an era of sweeping change in U.S. military acquisition policies and processes. Reform was necessary, but the legislation1s implementation resulted in a host of unintended and undesirable consequences, especially in the Department of the Navy. Drawing on research, interviews, and their own professional experience, the authors examine these negative effects and propose associated recommendations.
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