PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1349 TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS PART A—ACTIVE FORCES SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 10 USC 115 (a) FISCAL YEAR 1992.— The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 1992, as follows: (1) The Army, 660,200, of whom not more than 96,781 shall be commissioned officers. (2) The Navy, 551,400, of whom not more than 69,768 shall be commissioned officers. (3) The Marine Corps, 188,000 of whom not more than 19,180 shall be commissioned officers. (4) The Air Force, 486,800 of whom not more than 92,020 shall be commissioned officers. (b) FISCAL YEAR 1993.— The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 1993, as follows: (1) The Army, 618,200 of whom not more than 90,768 shall be commissioned officers. (2) The Navy, 536,000, of whom not more than 67,607 shall be commissioned officers. (3) The Marine Corps, 182,200 of whom not more than 18,591 shall be commissioned officers. (4) The Air Force, 458,100 of whom not more than 86,594 shall be commissioned officers. SEC. 402. ASSESSMENT OF THE STRUCTURE AND MIX OF ACTIVE AND 10 USC 115a RESERVE FORCES. note (a) REQUIREMENT FOR ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense Reports, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing an assessment of a wide range of alternatives relating to the structure and mix of active and reserve forces appropriate for carrying out assigned missions in the mid- to late-1990s. (b) CONCEPT FOR ASSESSMENT. —(1) The assessment shall consist of two parts. (2)(A) The first part shall consist of a study conducted by a federally funded research and development center that is independent of the military departments. The study shall provide comprehensive analytical information about the matters set out in subsection (0. (B) The Secretary shall ensure that the study group established by the federally funded research and development center to conduct the study has full access to the Department of Defense information necessary for the conduct of the study, including information on the performance of active and reserve forces during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The study group shall examine all active and reserve component missions, with particular emphasis on missions carried out by land forces. (C) The study group shall be assisted by a panel of experts who, by reason of their background, experience, and knowledge, are particularly qualified in the areas covered by the study. (3) The second part of the assessment shall consist of an evaluation by the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the independent analysis, assumptions, findings,
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