104 STAT. 1712
PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990
ments report. The report shall be in writing and shall contain the
Secretary's recommendations for—
"(1) the annual active-duty end-strength level for each component of the armed forces for the next fiscal year; and
"(2) the annual civilian personnel end-strength level for each
component of the Department of Defense for the next fiscal
year.
"(b)(1) The Secretary shall include in each report under subsection
(a) justification for the strength levels recommended and an explanation of the relationship between the personnel strength levels
recommended for that fiscal year and the national security policies
of the United States in effect at the time.
"(2) The justification and explanation shall specify in detail for all
major military force units (including each land force division, carrier and other major combatant vessel, air wing, and other comparable unit) the following:
"(A) Unit mission and capability.
"(B) Strategy which the unit supports.
"(C) Area of deployment and illustrative areas of potential
deployment, including a description of any United States
commitment to defend such areas.
"(3) The justification and explanation shall also specify in detail
the manpower required to perform the medical missions of each of
the armed forces and of the Department of Defense.
"(c) The Secretary shall include in each report under subsection
(a) a detailed discussion of the following:
"(1) The manpower required for support and overhead functions within the armed forces and the Department of Defense.
"(2) The relationship of the manpower required for support
and overhead functions to the primary combat missions and
support policies.
"(3) The manpower required to be stationed or assigned to
duty in foreign countries and aboard vessels located outside the
territorial limits of the United States, its territories, and possessions.
"(d) In each such report, the Secretary shall also—
"(1) identify, define, and group by mission and by region the
types of military bases, installations, and facilities;
"(2) provide an explanation and justification of the relationship between this base structure and the proposed military force
structure; and
"(3) a comprehensive identification of base operating support
costs and an evaluation of possible alternatives to reduce those
costs.
"(e) The Secretary shall also include in each such report, with
respect to each armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
of a military department, the following:
"(1) The number of positions that require warrant officers or
commissioned officers serving on active duty in each of the
officer grades during the current fiscal year and the estimated
number of such positions for each of the next five fiscal years.
"(2) The estimated number of officers that will be serving on
active duty in each grade on the last day of the current fiscal
year and the estimated numbers of officers that will be needed
on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal
years.
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