may i now call upon general stultz. during your tenure as chief of the army reserve, you were calmed upon to transform the reserve from strategic to operational. can you give us an update of where you are at this moment? and, also, how you think your operational reserve can be used in afghanistan? >> yes, sir. coming into this job six years ago, which i only planned to stay for four, that was really the task i had at hand is, how can you transform the reserve from a strategic footing to an operational footing, and put on a rotational employment basis. and do that at the same time while we're trying to fight a war on two fronts. iraq and afghanistan, and lesser contingencies down in africa. i can report to you today, sir that that has been a success. over the last -- during the period of oif and oef, the army reserve mobilized over 200,000 of our soldiers and put them into support missions both in iraq, afghanistan and here's at home. we have continually kept on active duty somewhere between 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers eve

. >> general stultz? >> yes, sir. it is a critical part of our strategy for the future, our human capital strategy. and we have learned from my good friend, steve hummer here of the marine corps, that the marine for life mentality needs to be in the army, also. a soldier for life mentality. we're doing several things, sir. we are putting -- i am putting manpower on the active duty installations to start working more aggressively with the transition process much further out than we have in the past. that soldier that decides he's going to leave the army from an active status, we're telling him he's not getting out. he's transitioning. he's transitioning into reserve status, whether it's active or inactive reserve status, he's still going to be a soldier. but we need to start talk iing him six to nine months before he leaves not two weeks. we need to start talking to him first of all about what he's going to do for civilian work, and we need to help him get a job. and so one of the cornerstones of our program is our emp

general stultz? >> yes, it is a critical part of our strat yi for the future. human capital strategy weekend we learned from my good friend in the marine corps, the marine for life mentality needs to be in the army as well. soldier for life mentality. i am putting manpourer on the activetallatiinstallations. much faurt further out than in the past. that sol jerp that decides to leave the army in an active status, we're telling him he's not getting out. he's transitioning into reserve status. whether active or inactive reserve status, he's still going to be a soldier. we need to talk to him six to nine months before he leaves. not two weeks. we need to talk to him first, what he's going to do for a civilian. work. we need to help him get a job. so one of the cornerstones of our program is our employer support program that we've developed over the last four years where we now have over 3,000 employers across america that have partnered with us. we have 700,000 jobs on the web portal that are available out there and those employer, and we have program support mana

may i now call upon the general stultz. you were called upon to [unintelligible] can you give us transform the reserve from strategic to operational. can you give us an update of where you are at this moment? how do you think your operational reserve can be used in afghanistan? >> coming into this job six years ago, which i only planned to stay for four, that was the task. how can you transformed the reserve from a strategic putting to an operational funding and put them on a rotational basis? and do that at the same time what we're trying to fight a war on two fronts. i can report to you today that it has been a success. of over the last time, they have mobilized 200,000 of our soldiers and put them in to support missions in iraq, afghanistan, and here at home. we have kept the active duty between 20,000 and 30,000 soldiers every day since that inception. they are doing critical missions. i would say our force is indispensable. we are the enablers for the army. we are the engineers, the medical structure, military policeme

thanking all of you for your testimony and for your service to our country, and to note that as general stultz pointed out, the critical role that you play and continue to play in the middle east, most people in the united states don't realize this. they think it's just the active components. but the role that the reserves and guards play are very, very important. this committee appreciates that very much. this subcommittee will reconvene on wednesday, june 6th at 10:00 a.m. to receive testimony from outside witnesses, and now we'll stand in recess subject to call of the chair. [ gavel sounds ] >>> here's what's ahead today on c-span 3. next a look ahead at women that have won nobel prizes chls then a discussion on the federal government's role on energy and innovation and later a program on online privacy laws. today on c-span 2 action we're showing you several portions of the recent british phone hacking investigation, known as the levison inquiry. this gets under way in about 20 minutes at 12:30 p.m. eastern, again on c-span 2. and coming up tonight, a debate between the candidates running

thanking all of you for your testimony and for your service to our country and to note that as general stultz pointed out the critical role that you played and continue to play in the middle east, most people in the united states don't realize this. they think it's just active component but the role that the reserves and guards play a very, very important. this committee appreciates that very much. this subcommittee will reconvene on wednesday, june 6, at 10:00 a.m. to receive testimony from outside witnesses and now we'll stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. >>> coming up here on c-span 3, new york university law school hosts a discussion on race and law enforcement. that's followed in an hour and 25 minutes by a forum looking at terrorist financing since the 9/11 attacks. >>> on washington journal tomorrow morning, we'll talk about jobs and the economy with democratic senator mark begich of alaska. we will take your questions about the book "the death of liberalism." and we'll be joined by "washington post" writer eli saslo, the author of "ten letters -- the stories americans t

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now the committee asks general stultz, debbink, hummer, and stenner to come forward for their testimony. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> gentlemen, i thank you for joining us this morning. shall we start with admiral debbink? >> thank you for it a privilege to speak with you about the capabilities and readiness of our 63,988 men and women who are serving in our navy reserve today. we have performed nearly 64,000 year-long mobilizations to active duty on the front lines of freedom. it exemplifies our navy core values of courage and commitment. as our motto proudly claim, we are ready now, anytime, anywhere. they established three tenants for the navy. fighting, operating forward, and be ready. this fully alliance with directions. our sailors are eager to do their part to ensure the navy remains the world premiere of maritime service. we provide full-time and part- time operational capabilities and strategic step for maritime missions to insure the navy is always ready to respond globally while maintaining

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by the end of the first world war there were 41,000 girls stultz dressel, a girl scouting drew tremendously because she understood the girls wanted to be taken seriously, to be useful to this, and to be involved. a girl scouts in the united states saw nearly $10 million of liberty bonds. that is what they are doing here. the collected scrap metal to contribute to the war effort. new troops during the emergency first aid, health care to read the domestic focus of girl scouting continued. juliette low from the very beginning said girl scouting is the place of equal emphasis on domestic training for girls that will be mothers and career training for girls that need to have another path. she herself understood from her own experience in the plan and prepare to be a wife and another but it doesn't always were killed. so girls during world war i learned how to feed their families and how to care for their home and take care of the elderly and as they did so they also learned a signal until cartography, sanitation, morse code. they planted a victory gardens and they learned how to can and preserve

i wore black shorts, no shirts and one of my father's stultz rap twice around my hips. the lasso my sword my mother was at a loss for how to make a sword. we finally cut strips of the cardboard glued them together and wrapped them in black plastic from a garbage bag. looked terrible. i was very disappointed. my father was happy to be free of blame and the errors that i found in the wardrobe armaments. my costume might have done well in america where the expectations were low but when i arrived in school i was immediately ashamed. some of the children can to class and a laboratory error that looked accurate replicas of the uniforms. the parent had spent weeks working on them and the children were afraid to move for fear of tearing something that had been carefully glued. the barbarians ranged their interpretation and we looked like a hoard. they built a wooden jury alves horse costumes with papier-mache heads and bodies. have a blind people get around the room and the girl played and we followed. we rehearsed it for days. it consisted of nothing but full retreat in the r

by the end of the first world war there were 41,000 girls stultz dressel, a girl scouting drew tremendously because she understood the girls wanted to be taken seriously, to be useful to this, and to be involved. a girl scouts in the united states saw nearly $10 million of liberty bonds. that is what they are doing here. the collected scrap metal to contribute to the war effort. new troops during the emergency first aid, health care to read the domestic focus of girl scouting continued. juliette low from the very beginning said girl scouting is the place of equal emphasis on domestic training for girls that will be mothers and career training for girls that need to have another path. she herself understood from her own experience in the plan and prepare to be a wife and another but it doesn't always were killed. so girls during world war i learned how to feed their families and how to care for their home and take care of the elderly and as they did so they also learned a signal until cartography, sanitation, morse code. they planted a victory gardens and they learned how to can and preserve

it is always accompanied by nicholas stultz director of the bedford office of audits and evaluationshe ig. the director of the atlanta office for audits and evaluations and we are also joined with the assistant inspector general for health inspections. accompanied with a physician for the office of health care inspections. thank you all for being here today and to share your expertise. we will begin with you. >> okay. >> representative, ranking member and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the results of the recent reports on the vha management and acquisition of prosthetic limbs and the management of prosthetics supply inventories. we conducted our work at the request of the house veterans affairs. today i will discuss our efforts to evaluate the va capabilities to deliver state of the art prosthetic care and managed prosthetic supply inventories in its medical centers. and our first report, we examine the procurement practices and the costs paid for prosthetic limbs. we identified opportunities for the vha to improve payment controls to avoid over

may i now call upon the general stultz. you were called upon to [unintelligible] can you give us an update of where you are at this moment? how do you think your operational reserve can be used in afghanistan? >> coming into this job six years ago, which i only planned to stay for four, that was the task. how can you transformed the reserve from a strategic putting to an operational funding and put them on a rotational basis? and do that at the same time what we're trying to fight a war on two fronts. i can report to you today that it has been a success. of over the last time, they have mobilized 200,000 of our soldiers and put them in to support missions in iraq, afghanistan, and here at home. we have kept the active duty between 20,000 and 30,000 soldiers every day since that inception. they are doing critical missions. i would say our force is indispensable. we are the enablers for the army. we are the engineers, the medical structure, military policemen, all those capabilities that the army over time has shifted more an