TTEE ON ARMED SERVICES NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 801 ), United States Code, to establish a program to provide high CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA DECEMBER 15, 1983 ted for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1984 1 Senator Daniel J. Evans, Washington, served on the Senate Committee on Armed Services from September 22, 1983, to February 9, 1984. (II) 84-603404 or Roger W. Jepsen. Patrick A. Tucker, counsel; and Mary Kampo, staff Jon Etherton, assistant to Senator Jepsen. 1 follows:] [S. 801, 98th Cong., 1st sess.] itle 10, United States Code, to establish a program to provide high ith technical training in skills needed by the Armed Forces in return or enlisted service in the Armed Forces the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ress assembled, SHORT TITLE Act may be cited as the "Skilled Enlisted Reserve Training FINDINGS ress makes the following findings. tional defense readiness of the United States is increasingly on the use of technically sophisticated weapons. imber of technically skilled enlisted members in each of the s, both on active duty and in the Reserve components, should lly increased in the near future in order to enable the Armed erate and maintain adequately the increasingly technical and weapons systems being introduced to modernize the Armed are significant personnel shortages in many technical military specialties. These shortages could be met at a reduced cost to ent through a program in which civilian educational institutions ical training to qualified individuals and such individuals then med Forces for service in pay grades commensurate with that rmed Forces have traditionally used a variety of programs to ally qualified individuals entry into the Armed Forces at grades the lowest officer or enlisted grade in order to meet a specific pecial entry programs have the potential for great cost savings nment and significant increases in return on training costs. (1) |