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Witnesses testified on a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustments (COLA’s) for working age military retirees. According to the law, military…

Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David Chu and commanders of the service branches provided an end-of-fiscal-year update on recruiting and retention in the military servi…

Undersecretary Chu and military officials talked with reporters about recruitment and retention results for fiscal year 2007. They said the military services were successful in meeting numer…

Undersecretary of Defense David Chu and military personnel officials spoke to reporters about recent military personnel announcements and plans to expand the size of the Army and Marines.

The commission held a hearing to examine proposed changes in the organization and resource allocation of the National Guard and Reserves. Legislative proposals focused on increasing the resp…

David Chu, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and service branch personnel chiefs spoke to reporters in the Pentagon to provide an end of fiscal year update on recru…

Commissioners heard testimony from members of Congress and others. Topics included the role of the National Guard and the Reserves, periods of deployment, readiness, compensation, and the De…

The program has technical difficulties in the form of occasional, slight video interference. The subcommittee heard testimony from recruitment and retention officers on the current status…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the current status of the Army and Marine Corps efforts to combat terrorism. Witnesses testified about recruitment efforts, retention go…

At a Pentagon Briefing, Department officials talked with reporters about the Joint Task Force for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response. They referred to the department’s Inspector General’…

Senior defense and reserve officials testified about military readiness, the use of guard and reserve forces in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, retention of reserve members, a…

Defense Department officials talked about military personnel needs, including troop rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan and mobilization of the Army’s Individual Ready Reserve. Rep. Hunter des…

Defense Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness, David Chu, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about a U.S. Army report on sexual abuse in the military, troop levels in Iraq an…

Pentagon officials released a report on the Defense Department’s response to incidents of sexual assault. The report’s results and recommendations focused on prevention, system reporting, ti…

Defense officials spoke to reporters about a Congressionally mandated survey on sexual Harassment in the military. They talked about improvements since the last survey and the effectiveness …

The nominees were introduced and recommended by members of Congress from their home states. The nominees testified about their qualifications for Defense Department civilian positions of Sec…