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DoD defers decision to cut reserve components
December 28, 1999 Defense Secretary William Cohen has deferred plans that would have cut another 25,000 personnel from the Army National Guard and Reserve. The 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review had recommended reserve component cuts of up to 45,000 personnel. Reductions of 17,000 in the Army National Guard and 3,000 in the Army Reserve ...
400,000 DoD jobs cut since '89; 100,000 to go
August 20, 1999 It's been a long 10 years, and Diane Disney will not hesitate to say it's been painful at times. But she will also tell you DoD's downsizing of its civilian work force has been successful and achieved with a transition program that's better than any other in government and better ...
New DoD office to monitor Y2K transition
August 10, 1999 The space in the Arlington, Va., office complex is mostly empty right now-wired, but still awaiting people, phones, computers and other equipment. By early September, the emptiness will be transformed into a hub of activity as DoD's Year 2000 Decision Support Activity comes on line. The DSA is designed to ...
DoD says personnel files safe from Y2K problems
May 4, 1999 Defense Department officials say those who are concerned that the year 2000 computer problem could suddenly erase their very existence as DoD employee at the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, should worry no more. DoD officials say the services are making steady and strong progress in fixing computer systems ...
Desert Fox target toll climbs past 75 Iraqi sites
December 19, 1998 U.S. and British air and naval forces attacked more than 75 Iraqi military targets in the first two nights of bombing in Operation Desert Fox, Pentagon leaders said. As the Pentagon prepared for additional strikes, Defense Secretary William Cohen and Army Gen. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...
