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WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0—\u00a0<\/span>The National Commission on the Future of the Army will publicly unveil its wide-ranging <\/span>recommendations on a wide range of issues\u00a0Jan. 28, just days before it’s Feb. 1 deadline,\u00a0the commission\u2019s leader, retired ret. <\/span>Army Gen. Carter Ham, said Thursday today<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress established the commission \u2014 tasked to take a deep dive into the force structure and operational requirements for the future Army —<\/span> \u2014\u00a0is just over a month away from its Feb. 1 congressionally mandated due date to produce its findings.\u00a0Congress established the commission in its fiscal 2015 National Defense Authorization Act because<\/span> after the Army and National Guard became\u00a0were <\/span>deadlocked in a fight over how many soldiers should serve in each component and the types of\u00a0, as well as what kinds of<\/span> capabilities each should have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C The c<\/span>ommission members will brief military leaders\u00a0\u2014\u00a0at the Pentagon including <\/span>Defense Secretary Ash Carter, the Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford, the National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Frank Grass and other acquisition leaders \u2014 on the recommendations\u00a0at the Pentagon\u00a0on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the big unveil, the commission will make the rounds in early February to West Point, the Army War College and other institutions\u00a0various military academies <\/span>to brief the recommendations including West Point and the Army War College<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioners on Thursday\u00a0today <\/span>at the last open meeting prior to the release of the commission\u2019s report on Thursday, lifted the proverbial kimono<\/span> pulled back the curtain\u00a0on what its recommendations might look like, including\u00a0discussing <\/span>a focus on total force integration,\u00a0something\u00a0Milley has repeatedly emphasized since taking over as Army chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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“The foundational recommendation I think that will come through,<\/span>” is two-fold, Ham told reporters following the meeting. “One is the nation has to sustain this amazing thing called the all-volunteer Army. We have to invest in that, invest in those soldiers, care for those families and then sustain that all-volunteer Army. In our view, if you don\u2019t do that, then the rest of that kind of doesn\u2019t matter.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, Ham said, the commission’s report will have “a repeated emphasis on the total force …\u00a0training, preparedness, readiness and employment of the total force will be a pretty constant theme for us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathleen Hicks, the commission\u2019s operational forces subcommittee leader, highlighted a\u00a0information <\/span>paper her committee drafted for the full commission\u2019s consideration on the total force policy and integration of active and r<\/span>Reserve units focused on multicomponent units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The operational forces subcommittee believes that clearly establishing the purpose for a multicomponent unit is paramount for its success,” she said. “We believe that in today’s environment that role is probably best described as fostering integration of the total force.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a consideration, Hicks\u00a0noted, will require significant work from Army leadership to challenge the cultural incentives that drive division among the various components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicks\u00a0warned the Army “will not achieve integration without adjusting existing internal Army cultures, attitudes and biases.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The paper, she said, also explores other means to develop integration of the regular Army and r<\/span>Reserve component forces, such as approaches to personnel assignment options. “The Army must fix the systemic problems with the personnel and pay systems and all Army leaders must take ownership of these integration activities if they wish to have a meaningful and positive impact on a shared Army culture,” Hicks\u00a0added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicks\u00a0noteds<\/span> that that <\/span>current law\u00a0statute <\/span>does not permit the Army secretary to assign regular Army officers and enlisted soldiers to Army National Guard positions in order <\/span>to execute full time support functions. Her subcommittee is suggesting that Congress investigate passing\u00a0enacting <\/span>legislation to allow assigning regular Army members to these functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The considerations Hicks\u00a0highlights in her subcommittee\u2019s information <\/span>paper echo some recent comments from Milley on how he perceives shaping and building the total force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milley The chief <\/span>said earlier this week that he\u2019d prefer to keep as many troops as possible for as long as he is able, but reductions are moving forward as the Army drives toward a force of 450,000 by the end of fiscal 2017. Milley <\/span>He said he\u00a0has to figure out how to maintain a strong force even as the Army shrinks. To do that, the chief<\/span>\u00a0he said he plans to lean heavily on the Army National Guard to bolster the force. This also means seeing all components as part of a together as a <\/span>total force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Ham said that <\/span>there will likely be people who will be pleased with the recommendations in the report and some who won’t bethose that will be displeased<\/span>, given the nature of the topics.<\/span>\u00a0and the constraints of both present and future budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission tackled issues related to\u00a0force structure within the constraints of both present and future budget predictions, for instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission’s vice chairman Thomas Lamont said, “we did try to identify some potential bill payers because we felt we couldn’t just hand the Congress recommendations [with] a blank check … We’d really like to see our recommendations implemented, and to do that may very well require some adjustment internally and hopefully the Congress will take a look at the budgets that we are getting right now and see if there is a need to supplement those budgets.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ham also noted that<\/span> the recommendations will consist of a balance between affirming the Army is on the right track and recommending change. “There are some things that we will recommend that might differ from where the Army is today or where they anticipate to be in the future,” he said, “but I think that is unlikely that you will see us make very sharp, very dramatic recommendations that shift the Army off the course that they are on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: jjudson@defensenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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