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 112 STAT. 2102 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 Records. Deadline. 10 USC 113 note. "(1) A comparison of the amounts provided in the defense budget for support and for mission activities for each of the preceding five fiscal years. "(2) A comparison of the number of military and civilian personnel, shown by major occupational category, assigned to support positions and to mission positions for each of the preceding five fiscal years. "(3) An accounting, shown by service and by major occupational category, of the number of military and civilian personnel assigned to support positions during each of the preceding five fiscal years. "(4) A listing of the number of military and civilian personnel assigned to management headquarters and headquarters support activities as a percentage of military end-strength for each of the preceding five fiscal years.". (b) REPORT ON TERMINOLOGY. —Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report setting forth the definitions of the terms "support" and "mission" that the Secretary proposes to use for purposes of the report requirement under section 113(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Subtitle C-^oint Warfighting Experimentation 10 USC 485 note. SEC. 921. FINDINGS CONCERNING JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMEN- TATION. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The assessments of the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Defense Panel provide a compelling argument— (A) that the security environment in the early 21st century will include fundamentally different military challenges than the security environment in the late 20th century; and (B) reinforce the premise of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 that future warfare will require more effective joint operational concepts. (2) Joint experimentation is necessary for— (A) integrating advances in technology with changes in organizational structure and joint operational concepts; and (B) determining the interdependent aspects of joint warfare that are key for transforming the conduct of military operations to meet future challenges successfully. (3) It is essential that an energetic and innovative organization be established in the Department of Defense with the authority (subject to the authority and guidance of the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) to design and implement a process of joint experimentation to investigate and test technologies and alternative forces and concepts in field environments under realistic conditions

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