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| For
Immediate Release: March 18, 2004 |
Contact: |
Harald Stavenas |
Statement of
Chairman Joel Hefley
Joint Hearing: Readiness Subcommittee
and Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and
Capabilities Subcommittee Hearing on Training
Transformation:
Examination of the Joint National Training
Capability
Good afternoon, welcome to this joint subcommittee hearing on the Joint National Training Capability, also referred to as JNTC. I would like to thank Mr. Saxton, Chairman of the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, and the members of his subcommittee for joining us on the Readiness Subcommittee today for the "joint" hearing.
A motto often touted by the services is, "Train How You Fight." As is demonstrated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, we fight in a joint manner, yet, there is limited joint training. Thus, the concept of the Joint National Training Capability is significant. If successful, the Joint National Training Capability will enable the military services to train and to conduct exercises as a joint and a combined team; and then when necessary, they will be able to fight as a joint and combined team.
The Joint National Training Capability is not a place or a center, rather it is a concept in which the military services train and conduct exercises together using virtual, constructive, and live forces. This afternoon we will hear testimony on policy and guidance changes that are necessary to implement JNTC, as well as testimony from the first JNTC exercise carried out in January.
I hope to have a better understanding after today's hearing of the various roles that the Office of Secretary of Defense, the Joint Forces Command, and the military services play in JNTC. Although it certainly seems intuitive that joint training will improve readiness, I hope to learn how we will measure the success of JNTC.
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