Sec. 416. Sense of Congress on full-time support for the Army National Guard
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It is the sense of Congress that— an adequately supported, full-time support force consisting of active and reserve personnel and military technicians for the Army National Guard is essential to maintaining the readiness of the Army National Guard; the full-time support force for the Army National Guard is the primary mechanism through which the programs of the Army and the Department of Defense are delivered to all 350,000 soldiers of the Army National Guard; reductions in active and reserve personnel and military technicians since 2014, totaling 2401, have adversely impacted the readiness of the Army National Guard; the growth in the full-time support force for the Army National Guard since 2014 is due solely to validated requirements originating before September 11, 2001, and not war-time growth; funding for the full-time support force for the Army National Guard has never exceeded 72 percent of the validated requirement of the headquarters of the Department of the Army; the current size of the full-time support force for the Army National Guard is the minimum required to maintain foundational readiness requirements; and further reducing the size of the full-time support force for the Army National Guard will have adverse and long-lasting impacts on readiness.