December 13-14, 2006 Hearing on Proposed Changes to the National Guard

(left to right) Dr. David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

George W. Foresman, Under Secretary for Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security

General Peter J. Schoomaker, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

Text Box: At the witness table (left to right) are Michael W. Wynne, Secretary of the Air Force, and General T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.  Behind them are (left to right) Brigadier General Sid Clark, incoming Deputy Director of the Air National Guard; Lieutenant Colonel Tom Prichard, California Air National Guard, UAV Operator at Nellis Air Force Base, NV; and Captain Mike Sadler, U.S. Air Force Reserve, A-10 flight Lead at Whiteman Air Force Base, MO.

(left to right) Major General Raymond F. Rees, Adjutant General, State of Oregon; Major General Frank Vavala, Adjutant General, State of Delaware, and Vice President, Adjutants General Association of the United States, representing Major General Roger P. Lempke, Adjutant General, State of Nebraska, and President, Adjutants General Association of the United States; and Major General R. Martin Umbarger, Adjutant General, State of Indiana and Chairman, National Guard Association of the United States

(left to right) Commissioners Patricia Lewis and Arnold L. Punaro, Chairman

(left to right) Commissioners Dan McKinnon, and James E. Sherrard III

Commissioner Les Brownlee

(left to right) Commissioners Dan McKinnon; Les Brownlee; Arnold Punaro, Chairman; E. Gordon Stump; Patricia Lewis; and J. Stanton Thompson