The Honorable Bob Stump
Vice Chairman
Armed Forces Committee
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Representative Stump,

The Department of Defense issued the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Report for Fiscal Year 2001 in February 2000.

This report contains an inaccuracy. Chart three of Chapter 4, entitled "Naval Reserve Unfunded Modernization Requirements" is outdated, page 4-12. This was a chart submitted for the Dec 15, 1999 publication deadline.

The Chief of Naval Reserve has developed an updated chart, which has just been released. A copy of this report is attached.

Changes to Top Ten:

FY01 Was

1. C40A Transport Aircraft 2

2. CNRF Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure 6

3. P-3C AIP/BMUP Kits 14

4. Naval Coastal/ Expeditionary and CB Funding 4

5. F/A-18 Mod, ECP 560 & AN/AAS-38 Targeting Pods 5

6. F-5 Avionics Modernization new

7. Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Units 10

8. C-130 Avionics Modernization Program 23

9. FLIR kits (AAS-51Q) for SH-60B new

10. HH-60H NVG/FLIR/Hellfire Trainer 12

Note. Old 1) With the FY00 Plus-up, CH-60 helicopters has dropped, if airframes are

dedicated to the USNR.

Old 3) P-3C Update III Kits has been included in the broader item #3.

Old 7) EA-6B USQ-113 Pods and Band Receivers has had the program bought out.

Old 8) E-2C will be equipped from active funding.

Old 9) ALR-67 Radar Warning Receiver is now removed from the list.

The Naval Reserve Association and the Naval Reserve Enlisted Association, with a combined membership of 37 thousand members are concerned with the shortfall in funding for equipment for the Naval Reserve. We wanted to highlight to your office the changes in requirements, so that the appropriate equipage would be funded.

Thank you for the commitment that you have characteristically shown to a strong armed services, and we appreciate the difficulty of the challenge that you have before you, but over 300,000 supporters of the Naval Reserve are anxious about equipment funding and support the Chief of Naval Reserve recommendations.

If you have any questions, our point of contact is CAPT Marshall Hanson, USNR who as a drilling reservist is the Naval Reserve Association’s Director of Legislation, 703-548-5800.

Richard W. Hendel CAPT, USNR (Ret) President Naval Reserve Association	Dennis Pierman Executive Director Naval Enlisted Reserve Association