The army's Substance Abuse Program also says "alcohol and drug use are detrimental to a unit's operational readiness and command climate and inconsistent with Army Values and the Warrior Ethos".
"Mr. Gore, for his part, knows more about domestic and foreign issues than any candidate in either party, and his aura of confidence and readiness for command have intensified while Mr. Bradley's appetite for the job seems to have mysteriously diminished during the campaign".
Both were created as a result of the 1997 SDR and provide a headquarters staff at very high readiness to command an expeditionary operation at operational level.
The yellow light turns green, indicating satisfaction, announcing readiness, recognizing authority, command, control.
There are four primary reasons for using the National Guard rather than active duty forces for domestic support: responsiveness, unity of command, readiness, and posse comitatus.
Another similarity has been the American command's readiness, after years of false starts, to honor the military's doctrine of "lessons learned" — in Afghanistan, not only from the mistakes made by earlier American commanders but from the Soviet blunders.
Britain, by contrast, was at a high state of readiness with a well-organised command structure, but was suffering from a severe shortage of trained seamen with which to man its large navy.
ICBMs provide significant advantages to the U.S. nuclear force posture, including extremely secure command and control, high readiness rates, and relatively low operating costs.
To expand upon the concept of Reserve component and National Guard components, the First Army activated Division East and Division West, two commands responsible for reserve units' readiness and mobilization exercises.
A1 What War-Ready Means The 49th Armored Division of the Texas National Guard -- nominally under Gov. George W. Bush's command -- has the lowest ranking for wartime readiness that the Pentagon gives, according to military officials.
