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President’s MessageNATIONAL OFFICERSConference ActivitiesNATIONAL PRESIDENTCDR Joseph Quaglino, Jr., USN (Ret)E-mail: president@navy-reserve.orgNATIONAL EXECUTIVE VPCDR Gary Barron, USNE-mail: barron@ca.rr.comNATIONAL VP-SURFACE RESERVE PROGRAMSCAPT Robert Stickney, USNE-mail: rwstickney@yahoo.comNATIONAL VP-AIR RESERVE PROGRAMSCAPT Douglas H. McDonald, SC, USN (Ret)E-mail: dmcdon8791@yahoo.comNATIONAL VP-BUDGET & FINANCECAPT Stu Colby, USNR (Ret)E-mail: glendalefingrp@aol.comNATIONAL VP-LEGISLATION & EDUCATIONLT Marc J. Soss, SC, USNE-mail: smsoss@aol.comNATIONAL VP-MEMBERSHIPRADM Richard E. Young, USN (Ret)E-mail: dickyoung@4dv.netNATIONAL VP-MEMBER SERVICESCDR Marian Cioe, NC, USNE-mail: cioemar@aol.comNATIONAL VP-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTCAPT Larry Weill, USNE-mail: captweill@aol.comNATIONAL VP-ACTIVE DUTY PROGRAMSCDR Matthew P. Dubois, USNE-mail: mattdubois@earthlink.netNATIONAL VP-ENLISTED PROGRAMSVACANTNATIONAL VP-LEGAL AFFAIRSCAPT Christopher Morgan, JAGC, USNR (Ret)E-mail: jagcaptsix@hotmail.comNATIONAL VP-HEALTH PROGRAMSCAPT Susan Labhard, NC, USNE-mail: susan@labhard.comNATIONAL VP-RETIRED PERSONNELLCDR Joseph Golding, USNR (Ret)E-mail: goldingjs@comcast.netNATIONAL VP-JUNIOR OFFICERSLT Steven Michaels, USNE-mail: ensignsting@yahoo.comNATIONAL TREASURERCAPT Bill Loockerman, USN (Ret)E-mail: wloockerman@aol.comNATIONAL CHAPLAINVACANTNATIONAL HISTORIANVACANTNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIANCDR Willard Stubbs, USNE-mail: willstubbs@cox.netThe 2007 FallConference isbut a monthaway – timeto make yourreservationsto visit the Chicago area.A number of NationalCommittees will be meetingto discuss and decideon issues affecting ourAssociation’s future. Anumber of Constitution &ByLaws/Operations Manualissues that will be discussedand voted on affect theviability of our Association toprosper in today’s environment.Most importantly, we will be deciding onthe appropriate National Vice Presidentpositions as we move forward. I encourageyou to attend these meetings and to provideyour views so that our leadership willhave the benefit of opinions from theAssociation’s grass roots. At the conclusionof the General Session on Saturday afternoon,we will elect the officers to lead ourAssociation next year. I can say that there hasbeen greater interest in members runningfor office this year and even multiple candidatesfor some offices. Remember, anyregular member is eligible to run forNational Office; and to do so, the membershould submit his/her resumé to theNominations Committee Chair, LCDR GailHolzworth, and/or NRA Headquarters.In our endeavors to make our NationalConferences more interesting and memorable,we have scheduled a Friday afternoontour of Battle Stations 21 at the Navy’sRecruit Training Command, Great Lakes.This is an $82 million state-of-the-artfacility in which recruits perform their final“final exam” – a 12-hour test of their skills.The USS Trayer is a 210-foot-long replica ofa guided missile destroyer complete withspecial effects lighting, sounds, andscents. It should be noted that the ladiesattire should include pants and low-heelshoes in order to navigate safely through thestations. CAPT John Farr, President of theChicagoland Chapter, has worked diligently(L to R) NRA President Joseph Quaglino, Jr. andAssistant Secretary of Defense (RA) Thomas F. Hallto coordinate this activity. The tour will befollowed by dinner at the picturesque Portsof Call Club situated lakeside.While on the subject of NationalConferences, the Spring Conference inHawaii is a little over six months away.Again, we are in the planning stages ofputting together a memorable conference.Current scheduling includes a luau at theHale Koa, a President’s Reception at aninteresting location, and top Navy speakersfrom the area. Plan your vacation in paradise– come early and stay late.Last month, RADM Casey and I representedour Association at the Navy Memorial for thepromotion ceremony of the Sailors of theYear. Our Association provided support tothis ceremony and was recognized on thenewly installed kiosk. During this occasion,we met with VCNO Walsh and MCPONCampa. On another occasion, we met withMaster Chiefs Featherstone and Rummeland discussed mutual goals and support ofNavy family issues. We also met withSecretary Thomas Hall and received anupdate on current issues confronting Reservemanpower. These are a few of our activitiesdesigned to improve our Association’svisibility and relevance.Joseph Quaglino, Jr.National President6 NRA NEWS/SEPTEMBER 2007
Executive Summary: China’sQuest for a Superpower MilitaryGuestColumnThe People’s Republic of Chinaannounced on 4 March 2007that it would increase itsmilitary budget by 17.8percent in 2007 to a total of$45 billion––by far thelargest acknowledged amount that Chinahas ever spent on its military. However,CIA calculations suggest that China reallydevotes 4.3 percent of its gross domesticproduct (GDP) to its military, includingoff-budget sectors such as foreign armspurchases; subsidies to military industries;China’s space program; the 660,000-manPeople’s Armed Police; provincial militias;and reserve forces. Adjusting China’s2006 GDP of $2.5 trillion for purchasingpower parity yields a GDP of about $10trillion, which pegs military spending at$430 billion.In other words, the size of Beijing’smilitary budget puts China in the topstratum of global military powers with theUnited States. Despite the Beijing leadership’sespousal of China’s “peaceful rise,”this unprecedented peacetime expansionof China’s military capabilities can nolonger be viewed as though some benignforce animates it.Military Buildup. The pace and scopeof China’s military expansion are startling.Nuclear Forces. In the past decade,China’s nuclear forces have brought thereliability, survivability, response times,and accuracy of their ballistic missiles tostate-of-the-art standards. China has about40 intercontinental ballistic missiles(ICBMs) targeted at the United States.China’s missile submarines are alreadyloaded with solid-fuel Julang-1’s, and eachnew Type-094 nuclear submarine after2010 will deploy with 12 ballistic missilesthat have a range of 8,000 km.AntiSatellite Weapons. On 12 January2007, the Chinese successfully interceptedand destroyed a target satellite. China’santisatellite (ASAT) technology is nowstate-of-the-art. Unsurprisingly, Beijingrebuffs verification issues while purportingto seek an international pact to “prevent anarms race in outer space.” More than anyother Chinese military program, the ASATprogram reflects not only a capability, butalso, given the lack of feasible alternativetargets, an intention to strike U.S. spaceassets in time of war.Naval Forces. China has made navalmodernization its top arms priority. Since1995, China has built a modern fleet of29 advanced diesel-electric submarinesand 10 more are being built. China’ssurface fleet is also growing rapidly and isdeveloping a capability to project forcethroughout the Asia-Pacific. The People’sLiberation Army (PLA) Navy is refittinga Ukrainian aircraft carrier and haslaunched 19 new heavy transport shipsand 10 amphibious landing ships between2003 and 2005.Air Forces. The PLA Air Force nowboasts about 400 new Russian-designedfighter aircraft and 60 new Jian-10 fighterswith expected production of at least another190 Jian-10s––more than a match forTaiwan’s fighters in the Taiwan Strait.Ground Forces. China’s army is still theworld’s largest, with 1.64 million men, andis modernizing apace. The PLA’s Type 98main battle tank arguably outclasses theweapons on the U.S. M-1A2 Abrams tank;and Chinese arms makers now display animpressive array of new armored vehicles,mobile heavy artillery, all-terrain vehicles,helicopters, and new small arms.Cyberwarfare Forces. New PLAdoctrine sees computer network operationsas a force multiplier in any confrontationwith the United States or other potentialadversaries, such as Taiwan, Japan, SouthKorea, and even the United Kingdom.PLA cyberwar units apparently are theonly PLA troops that regularly attackenemy targets, making at least four majorattacks on U.S. government computersystems in 2006 alone.Geostrategic Implications. China’smilitary expansion is extravagantly inexcess of anything required by a responsiblestakeholder in the existing internationalsystem and is even beyond that needed to“liberate” Taiwan. China shares landborders with 14 nations, none of which isJohn Tkacik, Jr.Senior Research Fellowin China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Policyin the Asian Studies Centerat The Heritage Foundationa threat to it, yet China still has contentiousterritorial claims against India and Japanand in the South China Sea. China’sgathering geopolitical punch portends a21 st century that may well become theChinese century in Asia––a new centuryof China’s support for illiberal forces thatwill buttress the legitimacy of Beijing’sregime at home.What the Administration andCongress Should Do. Asia does notbelieve that Washington––preoccupiedwith Iraq––is concerned about China’sspreading influence, much less that it hasa strategic vision for the Pacific Rim.Managing the emerging security challengerequires a new U.S. partnership withdemocratic Asia and a new attitude inWashington. The U.S. should:* List China as the top U.S. foreignpolicy challenge. The entire bureaucracymust prepare to implement a coherentChina policy to address defense, global,and regional issues, using counterintelligenceand export control strategiesas needed.* Commit resources to preserving theU.S. position as the world’s preeminentmilitary power. America cannot bluff itsway out of this challenge. America’s mosturgent needs are increasing its submarinefleet, enhancing its antisubmarinewarfare capabilities, and ensuring thesurvivability of its space platforms(e.g., satellites).Cont’d. on page 22NRA NEWS/SEPTEMBER 2007 7
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