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BULLSEYE News 7March 4, 2016
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Cody testifies to the readiness, resilience of Airmen, families
By Staff Sgt. Whitney Stanfield U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Varhegyi 2017 budget request grows the active force to 317,000 Air-
men in order to meet global warfighting requirements.
Secretary of the Air Force Command Information Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody testifies on The plan requires a focused effort to ensure critical re-
Capitol Hill before the House Appropriations Committee’s sources are available in a timely manner in the recruiting,
WASHINGTON — Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans accession and training pipelines. The Air Force has met
Force James A. Cody testified on the quality of life in the Affairs Feb. 26 in Washington, D.C. The oversight hearing accession requirements for the past 16 years.
military before the House Appropriations Committee’s was being held to learn about quality of life in the military
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans concerns from each of the service’s senior most enlisted “We plan to monitor the recently enacted compensa-
Affairs on Capitol Hill Feb. 26. members. During his opening statement Cody stressed the tion changes to ensure they do not hurt recruiting and
cumulative impacts of sequestered and reduced budgets retention,” Cody said.
“There is no doubt today’s Airmen are the most on the compensation and quality of life of Airmen and their
talented, educated and experienced force our country families. Cody stressed that the Airmen who serve today do Cody also stated 2015 was an extremely difficult
has ever assembled,” Cody said. “They are professional so freely, proudly and voluntarily because they believe in year due to the highest number of suicides in his ten-
men and women who are proud to serve, but remain what America stands for and are ready to defend its cause. ure as the chief master sergeant of the Air Force. “We
concerned as fiscal restraints limit their capacity to ac- He added that our nation must honor that commitment by must, and will, do more to combat suicide and prevent
complish the mission and erode at the compensation providing for them and their families. Airmen from making a terrible, life-ending decision,”
they earn in service to our nation.” Cody writes. He added that following a suicide preven-
and have begun to cut at our Airmen’s buying power,” tion summit in September 2015, Air Force leadership
During his testimony, Cody focused on several areas Cody said. directed working groups to define specific actions to
concerning the service’s quality of life, to include com- reduce interpersonal and self-directed violence and
pensation and readiness. According to Cody’s written statement, the fiscal year destructive behaviors.
“Our Airmen continue to provide the preponder- Cody closed his opening comments by reinforcing the
ance of combat force against our adversaries around the nation’s responsibility to the men and women who serve.
globe,” Cody said.
“As we continue to implement these reform mea-
Cody testified that from 2012 to 2015 limited budgets sures, including changes to retirement, basic allowance
have forced the Air Force to cut its manpower by nearly for housing, Tricare and more, we must never lose
24,000 Airmen on active duty and in the Air National sight of the full impact on our Airmen’s readiness and
Guard and Air Force Reserve. However, combat opera- resilience,” Cody said. “The Airmen who serve today do
tions around the globe have remained steady for the Air so freely, proudly and voluntarily because they believe
Force in some areas while escalating in others; as of this in what America stands for and are ready to defend its
January there are 24,000 Airmen deployed worldwide. cause, but our nation must honor that commitment by
providing for them and their families.”
“In that same time period, diminished budgets have
forced the slowing of normal growth in compensation,
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