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- 1986: Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act
DA and the OSD, the JCS, and the unified commands One major outcome of the act was the strengthening of the authority wielded by the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
- Goldwater–Nichols Act - DODIG
Under the Goldwater–Nichols Act, military advice was centralized in the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as opposed to the service chiefs The chairman was designated as the principal military adviser to the president of the United States, National Security Council and secretary of defense
- Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 | EBSCO Research Starters
Co-sponsored by Senator Barry Goldwater and Representative William Flynt Nichols, the Act was motivated by the need for a more efficient military structure following concerns raised by the 1983 invasion of Grenada, which highlighted coordination issues
- Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress
Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress CRS PRODUCT (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS) Hide Overview Download PDF (2MB) | PDF Version History
- Goldwater‐Nichols Act - Encyclopedia. com
Enough retired senior officers, former civilian DoD officials, and private analysts and commentators, as well as members of Congress, agreed with these views to make it possible for the act to be enacted over the objections of the uniformed military leadership
- Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act
The Goldwater-Nichols Act’s overarching emphasis was on restructuring the armed services to meet the demands of joint operations While several senior military leaders supported the legislation, several members of the Joint Chiefs objected at the time
- Goldwater Nichols DOD Reorganization Act of 1986
In enacting this Act, it is the intent of Congress, consistent with the congressional declaration of policy in section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U S C 401)-
- Grading Goldwater-Nichols at Forty Years; Has it Worked?
Goldwater-Nichols promised to end conditions that were seen as the cause for the failed outcome of the Vietnam War, the capture of the USS Pueblo, and service communication failures seen in the 1983 terrorist bombing of the U S Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, and the invasion of Grenada
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