S. HRG. 110–219 Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense Appropriations Fiscal Year 2008 110th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION H.R. 3222 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES Department of Defense Appropriations, 2008 (H.R. 3222) S. HRG. 110–219 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 3222 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Department of Defense Nondepartmental Witnesses Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/index.html U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 33–911 PDF WASHINGTON : 2007 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia, Chairman DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont TED STEVENS, Alaska TOM HARKIN, Iowa ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico HERB KOHL, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri PATTY MURRAY, Washington MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota LARRY CRAIG, Idaho MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas JACK REED, Rhode Island SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado BEN NELSON, Nebraska LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee CHARLES KIEFFER, Staff Director BRUCE EVANS, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Chairman ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia TED STEVENS, Alaska PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi TOM HARKIN, Iowa ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama HERB KOHL, Wisconsin JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire PATTY MURRAY, Washington KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas Professional Staff CHARLES J. HOUY NICOLE DI RESTA KATE FITZPATRICK KATY HAGAN KATE KAUFER ELLEN MALDONADO ERIK RAVEN GARY REESE BETSY SCHMID BRIDGET ZARATE SID ASHWORTH (Minority) ALYCIA FARRELL (Minority) BRIAN POTTS (Minority) BRIAN WILSON (Minority) Administrative Support RENAN SNOWDEN (II) CONTENTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 Page Department of Defense ............................................................................................ 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 Department of Defense: Medical Health Programs .............................................. 33 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 Department of Defense: Department of the Army: Office of the Secretary ........ 131 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007 Department of Defense: Department of the Air Force: Office of the Secretary .. 261 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2007 Department of Defense: Department of the Navy: Office of the Secretary ......... 347 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007 Department of Defense: National Guard ................................................................................................. 431 Reserves ............................................................................................................ 519 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2007 Department of Defense: Missile Defense Agency .................................................. 585 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2007 Department of Defense: Office of the Secretary .................................................... 643 WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007 Nondepartmental Witnesses ................................................................................... 707 (III) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:40 a.m., in room SD–192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Dorgan, Stevens, Cochran, and Domenici. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENT OF HON. GORDON ENGLAND, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DE- FENSE ACCOMPANIED BY: ADMIRAL EDMUND P. GIAMBASTIANI, JR., VICE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF HON. TINA JONAS, UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMP- TROLLER) OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE Senator INOUYE. The hearing will please come to order. Mr. Secretary, we appreciate your appearing before the sub- committee as we begin our review of your administration’s fiscal year 2008 Department of Defense (DOD) budget request. We would also like to welcome the Comptroller, the Honorable Ms. Jonas, Under Secretary of Defense, and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Giambastiani. The budget request before the subcommittee is $463.2 billion, an increase of 11 percent over the fiscal year 2007 budget. In addition, the Department is requesting $141 billion to continue the global war on terror in fiscal year 2008. These two budgets bring the total requests for DOD’s operations in fiscal year 2008 to $604.2 billion, representing an enormous investment for the American taxpayer, an investment which, although necessary, has the unintended con- sequence of reducing opportunities to invest in other critically im- portant sectors such as education and health. Mr. Secretary, we share your mandate to assure a strong defense for our Nation and look forward to discussing these defense prior- ities and challenges, and I believe every member of this sub- committee will agree that our men and women in uniform deserve the best leadership, equipment, and training that can be provided. (1) 2 We also expect them to receive fair compensation and compas- sionate care when wounded or ill. As stewards of our national treasure, we must be sure that these funds are efficiently and effectively getting the best value for the American people. It’s imperative. Today and over the course of the next several weeks we look forward to hearing what steps DOD is taking to reduce costs and improve business practices so that fu- ture budget requests avoid unwarranted cost increases. Secretary England, I thank you for appearing today. Your full statement is made part of the record, but before we begin, may I turn to my vice chairman, the Senator from Alaska, Mr. Stevens, for his opening remarks. Senator STEVENS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. In view of the delay, I won’t make any opening. Just put mine in the record. I welcome the Secretary, Ms. Jonas, and the Admiral also, that we rely on very greatly in terms of their presentations. [The statement follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF SENATOR TED STEVENS I join the Chairman in welcoming our witnesses here today. Thank you all for your service and for appearing here to discuss the fiscal year 2008 budget request. We face a difficult task in balancing the military’s competing requirements for modernization, maintaining force readiness, and improving the quality of life for our military service members and their families. As we all know, the demand for fund- ing far surpasses the amounts available. We look forward to working with you to meet the most pressing needs. I look forward to hearing your testimony here today. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator INOUYE. Mr. Secretary. Mr. ENGLAND. Mr. Chairman, thank you, and Senator Stevens, members of the subcommittee. It is our pleasure to be with you today. The statement is in the record, so I’m frankly just going to say a word or two. That is, I know you had a long session yester- day with the Secretary and with General Pace, and so I believe you have our perspective on the budget at this time. So today, Tina Jonas, the Comptroller, and Admiral Giambastiani, the Vice Chairman, and myself would like to provide whatever clarifying we can today to build on the testimony yester- day. We’re pleased to do that. We’re also obviously pleased to meet with you or your staff or members on any issue that you may have as we go forward. PREPARED STATEMENT So rather than have a lengthy commentary at the beginning here, we are ready for your questions, and we appreciate the oppor- tunity to be able to expand on yesterday’s hearing. Thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. Senator INOUYE. Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. [The statement follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. GORDON ENGLAND Chairman Inouye, Senator Stevens, members of the Senate Appropriations Sub- Committee on Defense, thank you for the invitation to discuss the defense budget requests. And thank you for your continuing support for all of our men and women in uniform and their civilian counterparts. We all share a common objective—to pro- tect and defend America, and to prepare the men and women of the Department of Defense to help do so. 3 The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Giambastiani and the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Ms. Jonas are here with me, and the three of us look forward to your questions. CONTEXT AND VISION When authorized, the defense budget request will provide our joint warfighters with what they need to accomplish their mission of protecting and defending Amer- ica—our land, our people and our way of life. The mission