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Across DoD T HURSDAY , A PRIL 2, 2015 www.FortHoodSentinel.com SHARP SMA Dailey introduces new program AA2 Key Army issues identified Each week, the Sentinel will pull key issues from the Army’s Stand- To! and highlight them here to bet- ter inform Soldiers and Families on top issues from Washington, D.C. For more on these topics visit www. army.mil/standto. IMCOM 2025 and Beyond The Installation Management Command 2025 and Beyond (I2025B) Campaign Plan is the roadmap for Army installation man- agement during the next decade and beyond. This plan begins in FY 2015 with a campaign period of seven years, but as a strategy looks as far out as 2025 and beyond. The I2025B Campaign Plan sup- ports the Army Campaign Plan, Force 2025 and Beyond (F2025B), and other higher strategies. The objectives of the I2025B Campaign Plan are to enable installations to stay globally responsive as read- iness platforms for training and deployment of the expeditionary war fighters. The plan is focused on three lines of effort: people, ser- vices and infrastructure. IMCOM officially published this plan in November 2014 on the heels of the Army’s F2025B release. Since then, IMCOM’s Plans Directorate has been taking the command’s plan on a road show to educate headquarters and region staffs. IMCOM publishes articles on a regular basis in the “Observation Post,” a publication geared toward informing and connecting senior commanders with the latest instal- lation management news and infor- mation. The IMCOM Garrison Command- er’s Conference held in San Anto- nio had the participation of all com- manders and command sergeants major in a session geared at edu- cating and discussing I2025B objectives and how the effort will support the future Army. IMCOM will continue to synchro- nize its planning efforts with higher echelons and will include its par- ticipation on the ACP and F2025B Operational Planning Teams. IMCOM will remain committed to the Army’s priorities of training Sol- diers, and providing superior servic- es to them, their Families, retirees, veterans and survivors. To enable an Army force that is capable of winning in a complex world, IMCOM will need to be a force multiplier for the operational force. As IMCOM moves into the future it must enable the Army’s Force 2025 and Beyond by pro- viding the right base support at the right cost. The development of installation management profes- sionals, revamping of services, and revitalization of infrastructure and training lands will be key in setting the conditions for the Force 2025 and beyond. STAND-TO! Section AA BY DAVID VERGUN Army News Service WASHINGTON — Reducing civil- ian end strength so it is commen- surate with the drawdown of Sol- diers is something the Army has been focusing on, but it’s still a work in progress, Secretary of the Army John McHugh noted. McHugh and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno testified March 26 at a House Appropriations Committee, Defense subcommittee hearing on Army posture. “There’s lots of pressure on the ser- vices to reduce civilian end strength, and we do believe the Fourth Estate – what we call the rest of the Depart- ment of Defense outside of the ser- vices – absolutely needs to be looked at in terms of growth,” Odierno told lawmakers. DoD defines the Fourth Estate as defense agencies, field activities and some other entities not falling under one of the services or under a com- batant command. The remarks were in response to comments by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) that “the ratio of civilian employees to active-duty personnel is at historic levels,” meaning the num- ber of civilians relative to uniformed personnel has gone up. “Bringing that ratio down to the historic norm would save the Defense Department $82.5 billion over the next five years,” the congressman cal- culated. “All these savings could be reinvested to alleviate the impacts of (sequestration).” The lawmaker then acknowledged that the Army did in fact shed 47,048 civilian employees recently. Much of that civil- ian growth over the last decade was predicated on several things, McHugh said. “We were at war and ... because of the demand in-theater,” he said. Many of the jobs taken on by Army civilians and contrac- tors had been previ- ously held by those in uniform, he noted. Through “some actions by Congress, we’ve been required to do a number of things that substan- tially increased civil- ian numbers,” he said. “For example, there’s a provision in law that inherently military activities must be in- sourced and can’t be contracted out.” For example, the Army had to downsize its procurement and con- tracting officers after the Government Accountability Office found that “we didn’t have enough civilian overseers and were relying too heavily on weap- ons contractors,” he said. Those factors “explain the growth in large measure,” he said. Since 2011, the Army civilian work- force has been drawn down some 14 per- cent, McHugh said, adding that “we’ve done some analysis (showing if or when) active end strength reaches 450,000, we’d have to continue to come down to about 239,000 civilians.” And, should seques- tration occur, that will bring the needed drawdown of civilians to about 233,000, he said. Summing up, McHugh said, “we have a responsibility to balance our military reductions with our civilian reductions, and we’re attempting to do that, and over time I think we’ll get there. We can then hopefully reinvest those savings in mili- tary-based programs.” Odierno said that Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter “pledged to take a hard look” at drawing down the Fourth Estate. When Carter was deputy defense secretary in 2013, he discussed the Fourth Estate at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A DoD News release reported Carter’s remarks: “We are placing a great emphasis on reducing the cost of what we in the Pentagon call the ‘Fourth Estate,’ which ... represents a fifth of the department’s budget, and it merits at least as much scruti- ny as the military services’ budgets. There are real savings to be realized here.” Carter added that DoD must “drive down tail to strengthen tooth.” Regarding the topic of female Sol- diers, Odierno said, “We are mod- ernizing the force and maximizing talent by opening more than 55,000 positions to women and are assessing the potential for opening as many as 166,000 additional positions across the force.” The Army is still in the process of doing studies regarding opening up positions to women, he said. Those studies are focusing on physical stan- dards and impacts of gender integra- tion across training, recruiting and other areas. The integration studies include looking at what it takes to integrate women into “some organizations and setting them up for success,” Odierno said, adding that he wants to ensure the process and requirements are fair for all Soldiers. “We don’t want to create more un- readiness” than there already is due to the budget constraints,” he said. “So it has to be managed properly.” Leaders: Army reducing civilian strength Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno prepare to testify March 26 at a House Appropriations Committee, Defense sub- committee Army posture hearing. Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cortez, ARNEWS BY LISA FERDINANDO DoD News SEOUL, South Korea — The chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he had “important and very pro- ductive conversations” with South Korean military officials here Friday on topics including integrated air and missile defense to deter North Korean aggression. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, in a meeting with his counterpart, Adm. Choi Yun-hee, praised the ties between their militaries, saying the relationship is stronger than it has ever been. “Our alliance, which is really more like a friendship than an alli- ance, certainly will outlive anyone of us, because of the way we have lived and worked together over the past 60 years,” Dempsey said in a roundtable meeting that included senior staff members from both nations. “I am very proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish,” he said. Choi thanked the chairman for his commitment to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, noting the alliance has maintained stability in the face of North Korean aggression. “For the last six decades, the (South Korea)-U.S. alliance has effectively deterred North Korean provocation, and this has been the driving force, the foundation of the miraculous economic industrial development that we have achieved here in the Republic of Korea,” Choi said. Just as terrorists use improvised explosive devices as the asymmetrical weapon of choice, Dempsey said, rogue states like North Korea rely on ballistic missiles. To deter that threat, Dempsey said, close cooperation within the alliance and within the region is important to ensure effective interoperability of the integrated air and missile defense. In a separate meeting, Dempsey told Defense Minister Han Min-koo the alliance had made progress in several areas. Moving to a conditions-based approach for determining the time to transfer to South Korea wartime control of allied forces, known as operational control, was one key area. Others included missile defense and realistic military exercises that improved readiness, Dempsey said. Dempsey paused earlier Friday to remember the 46 sailors killed in a North Korean torpedo attack five years ago against the South Korean frigate Cheonan. The chairman took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Cemetery, to mark the March 26, 2010, attack. An inves- tigation, led by South Korea that included experts from the United States and several other nations, con- cluded North Korea fired the tor- pedo. The wreath-laying ceremony, Dempsey said earlier in the week, is a moving tribute to honor those killed in what he called “another indication” of the real danger posed by North Korea. “I’m honored that I was asked to be part of that,” Dempsey said on his plane as he traveled to Asia. “It is a chance to express both our con- dolences to the families who are still suffering from the loss and also to our Republic of Korea colleagues.” Dempsey, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer, met March 26 with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, shortly after he arrived in the country. Chairman of Joint Chiefs, South Korean counterpart discuss North Korea threat Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his South Korean counterpart, Adm. Choi Yun-hee, salute during an honor ceremony Friday at the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Dempsey is visiting Seoul as part of a two-day trip to reinforce the U.S.-South Korean alliance. Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hinton, DoD News Bringing that ratio down to the historic norm would save the Defense Department $82.5 billion over the next five years. – Rep. Ken Calvert
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Across DoDThursday, april 2, 2015
www.FortHoodSentinel.com
SHARPSMA Dailey introduces new program AA2
Key Army issues identifiedEach week, the Sentinel will pull
key issues from the Army’s Stand-To! and highlight them here to bet-ter inform Soldiers and Families on top issues from Washington, D.C. For more on these topics visit www.army.mil/standto.
IMCOM 2025 and BeyondThe Installation Management
Command 2025 and Beyond (I2025B) Campaign Plan is the roadmap for Army installation man-agement during the next decade and beyond. This plan begins in FY 2015 with a campaign period of seven years, but as a strategy looks as far out as 2025 and beyond. The I2025B Campaign Plan sup-
ports the Army Campaign Plan, Force 2025 and Beyond (F2025B), and other higher strategies. The objectives of the I2025B Campaign Plan are to enable installations to stay globally responsive as read-iness platforms for training and deployment of the expeditionary war fighters. The plan is focused on three lines of effort: people, ser-vices and infrastructure.IMCOM officially published
this plan in November 2014 on the heels of the Army’s F2025B release. Since then, IMCOM’s Plans Directorate has been taking the command’s plan on a road show to educate headquarters and region staffs. IMCOM publishes articles on a
regular basis in the “Observation Post,” a publication geared toward informing and connecting senior commanders with the latest instal-lation management news and infor-mation. The IMCOM Garrison Command-
er’s Conference held in San Anto-nio had the participation of all com-manders and command sergeants major in a session geared at edu-cating and discussing I2025B objectives and how the effort will support the future Army. IMCOM will continue to synchro-
nize its planning efforts with higher echelons and will include its par-ticipation on the ACP and F2025B Operational Planning Teams.IMCOM will remain committed to
the Army’s priorities of training Sol-diers, and providing superior servic-es to them, their Families, retirees, veterans and survivors. To enable an Army force that is
capable of winning in a complex world, IMCOM will need to be a force multiplier for the operational force. As IMCOM moves into the future it must enable the Army’s Force 2025 and Beyond by pro-viding the right base support at the right cost. The development of installation management profes-sionals, revamping of services, and revitalization of infrastructure and training lands will be key in setting the conditions for the Force 2025 and beyond.
STAND-TO!
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BY DAVID VERGUNArmy News Service
WASHINGTON — Reducing civil-ian end strength so it is commen-surate with the drawdown of Sol-diers is something the Army has been focusing on, but it’s still a work in progress, Secretary of the Army John McHugh noted.
McHugh and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno testified March 26 at a House Appropriations Committee, Defense subcommittee hearing on Army posture.
“There’s lots of pressure on the ser-vices to reduce civilian end strength, and we do believe the Fourth Estate – what we call the rest of the Depart-ment of Defense outside of the ser-vices – absolutely needs to be looked at in terms of growth,” Odierno told lawmakers.
DoD defines the Fourth Estate as defense agencies, field activities and some other entities not falling under one of the services or under a com-batant command.
The remarks were in response to comments by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) that “the ratio of civilian employees to active-duty personnel is at historic levels,” meaning the num-ber of civilians relative to uniformed personnel has gone up.
“Bringing that ratio down to the historic norm would save the Defense Department $82.5 billion over the next five years,” the congressman cal-culated. “All these savings could be
reinvested to alleviate the impacts of (sequestration).”
The lawmaker then acknowledged that the Army did in fact shed 47,048 civilian employees recently.
Much of that civil-ian growth over the last decade was predicated on several things, McHugh said.
“We were at war and ... because of the demand in-theater,” he said.
Many of the jobs taken on by Army civilians and contrac-tors had been previ-ously held by those in uniform, he noted.
Through “some actions by Congress, we’ve been required to do a number of things that substan-tially increased civil-ian numbers,” he said. “For example, there’s a provision in law that inherently military activities must be in-sourced and can’t be contracted out.”
For example, the Army had to downsize its procurement and con-tracting officers after the Government Accountability Office found that “we didn’t have enough civilian overseers and were relying too heavily on weap-
ons contractors,” he said.Those factors “explain the growth
in large measure,” he said.Since 2011, the Army civilian work-
force has been drawn down some 14 per-cent, McHugh said, adding that “we’ve done some analysis (showing if or when) active end strength reaches 450,000, we’d have to continue to come down to about 239,000 civilians.”
And, should seques-tration occur, that will bring the needed drawdown of civilians to about 233,000, he said.
Summing up, McHugh said, “we have a responsibility to balance our military reductions with our civilian reductions, and we’re attempting to do that, and over time I think we’ll get there. We can then hopefully reinvest those savings in mili-tary-based programs.”
Odierno said that Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter “pledged to take a hard look” at drawing down the Fourth Estate.
When Carter was deputy defense secretary in 2013, he discussed the
Fourth Estate at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
A DoD News release reported Carter’s remarks: “We are placing a great emphasis on reducing the cost of what we in the Pentagon call the ‘Fourth Estate,’ which ... represents a fifth of the department’s budget, and it merits at least as much scruti-ny as the military services’ budgets. There are real savings to be realized here.”
Carter added that DoD must “drive down tail to strengthen tooth.”
Regarding the topic of female Sol-diers, Odierno said, “We are mod-ernizing the force and maximizing talent by opening more than 55,000 positions to women and are assessing the potential for opening as many as 166,000 additional positions across the force.”
The Army is still in the process of doing studies regarding opening up positions to women, he said. Those studies are focusing on physical stan-dards and impacts of gender integra-tion across training, recruiting and other areas.
The integration studies include looking at what it takes to integrate women into “some organizations and setting them up for success,” Odierno said, adding that he wants to ensure the process and requirements are fair for all Soldiers.
“We don’t want to create more un-readiness” than there already is due to the budget constraints,” he said. “So it has to be managed properly.”
Leaders: Army reducing civilian strengthSecretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno prepare to testify March 26 at a House Appropriations Committee, Defense sub-committee Army posture hearing.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Steve Cortez, ARNEWS
BY LISA FERDINANDODoD News
SEOUL, South Korea — The chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he had “important and very pro-ductive conversations” with South Korean military officials here Friday on topics including integrated air and missile defense to deter North Korean aggression.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, in a meeting with his counterpart, Adm. Choi Yun-hee, praised the ties between their militaries, saying the relationship is stronger than it has ever been.
“Our alliance, which is really more like a friendship than an alli-ance, certainly will outlive anyone of us, because of the way we have lived and worked together over the past 60 years,” Dempsey said in a roundtable meeting that included senior staff members from both nations.
“I am very proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish,” he said.
Choi thanked the chairman for his commitment to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, noting the alliance has maintained stability in the face of North Korean aggression.
“For the last six decades, the (South Korea)-U.S. alliance has effectively deterred North Korean provocation, and this has been the driving force, the foundation of
the miraculous economic industrial development that we have achieved here in the Republic of Korea,” Choi said.
Just as terrorists use improvised explosive devices as the asymmetrical weapon of choice, Dempsey said,
rogue states like North Korea rely on ballistic missiles.
To deter that threat, Dempsey said, close cooperation within the alliance and within the region is important to ensure effective interoperability of the integrated air
and missile defense.In a separate meeting, Dempsey
told Defense Minister Han Min-koo the alliance had made progress in several areas.
Moving to a conditions-based approach for determining the time
to transfer to South Korea wartime control of allied forces, known as operational control, was one key area. Others included missile defense and realistic military exercises that improved readiness, Dempsey said.
Dempsey paused earlier Friday to remember the 46 sailors killed in a North Korean torpedo attack five years ago against the South Korean frigate Cheonan.
The chairman took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Cemetery, to mark the March 26, 2010, attack. An inves-tigation, led by South Korea that included experts from the United States and several other nations, con-cluded North Korea fired the tor-pedo.
The wreath-laying ceremony, Dempsey said earlier in the week, is a moving tribute to honor those killed in what he called “another indication” of the real danger posed by North Korea.
“I’m honored that I was asked to be part of that,” Dempsey said on his plane as he traveled to Asia. “It is a chance to express both our con-dolences to the families who are still suffering from the loss and also to our Republic of Korea colleagues.”
Dempsey, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer, met March 26 with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, shortly after he arrived in the country.
Chairman of Joint Chiefs, South Korean counterpart discuss North Korea threat
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his South Korean counterpart, Adm. Choi Yun-hee, salute during an honor ceremony Friday at the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Dempsey is visiting Seoul as part of a two-day trip to reinforce the U.S.-South Korean alliance.
Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hinton, DoD News
Bringing that ratio down to the historic norm would save the Defense Department $82.5 billion over the next five years.
– Rep. Ken Calvert
