Title Domestic missions for the Armed Forces / Sam Nunn

Published Carlisle Barracks, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [1993]

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Description 1 online resource Series Conference series Strategy conference series. Summary During the summer of 1992, Senator Sam Nunn, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, initiated legislation to enhance civilian and military cooperative efforts in meeting critical domestic needs. In a speech before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he called for a major reexamination of the roles and missions of the nation's Armed Forces to help solve these problems. The political context of Senator Nunn's speech is as important as its content. The cold war was over, domestic crises were manifesting themselves, and the Armed Forces, especially after the Gulf War, enjoyed unprecedented prestige and unique capabilities and efficiencies. These efficiencies, Senator Nunn believes, can be turned on domestic difficulties. As budgets were cut, the broad area of roles and missions also became the vehicle for scrubbing the budget and revalidating missions and force structures. The revalidation process continues and, in simple terms, the defense budget will see dollars being taken out or new missions added. This paper details Senator Nunn's ideas for new missions. It sets forth his speech, the relevant materials from reports of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House-Senate Conference Committee (Appendix A), and the final text of the legislation as enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Appendix B) Notes Title from title screen (viewed February 20, 2003) "This paper was presented at the U.S. Army War College Fourth Annual Strategy Conference held February 24-25, 1993." "February 1993." Subject United States. Army -- Civic action. SUBJECT United States. Army. fast (OCoLC)fst00533532 Subject Civil-military relations -- United States Military missions. Armed Forces -- Civic action. Civil-military relations. Military missions. Military policy. SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Civic action. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139815 United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 Subject United States. Form Electronic book Author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.

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