1、 1667 K Street,NW,Suite 900,Washington,DC 20006 Tel.202-331-7990 www.CSBAonline.org Fax.202-331-8019 STATEMENT BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ON REVISITING THE ROLES AND MISSIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES November 5,2015 Statement by Robert Martinage Senior Fellow,Center for Strategic and Budg
2、etary Assessments Chairman McCain,Ranking Member Reed,and members of this distinguished committee,thank you for the opportunity to share my views on how we may need to realign the roles and missions of the Armed Forces to better address emerging operational and strategic challenges,as well as to exp
3、loit new opportunities for sustaining U.S.military superiority.After private meetings with the Joint Chiefs a month earlier in Key West,Florida,Secretary of Defense Forrestal signed out a memorandum codifying the“Functions of the Armed Forces and the Joint Staff”on April 21,1948.The Department of De
4、fense(DoD)was wrestling with three major internal issues at the time:the creation of the Air Force as a full-fledged military Service,the division of responsibilities for deterrence and warfighting in the atomic age,and the role of the U.S.Marine Corps relative to the U.S.Army with respect to conven
