Do we have too many headquarters?

2018-04-13T10:07:14-04:00

James R. Locher III argues in his statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee 30 Years of Goldwater-Nichols Reform that there are too many headquarters within the military.

"A seventh problem is the duplication of effort and inefficiencies associated with having two military department headquarters staffs in the Departments of the Army and Air Force and three in the Department of the Navy. These dual structures are a holdover from World War II when the service chief and his staff worked directly for the president in running the war, and the service secretary became the department’s businessman in acquiring and supplying. After the war, the military departments with their two separate staffs were perpetuated. It is judged that the resulting duplication of effort wastes time and manpower."

Should we get rid of extra headquarters and begin merging them? Why or why not?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 13 at 2018 10:27 AM

2018-04-13T10:27:16-04:00

This subject does not even touch the surface if you consider all the office of the adjutant General's from the 50 states and the territories. That is at least 50 Major General or two-star general commands. I know we can't combine the Army Reserve and National Guard but I still quite a few thousand people Nationwide.