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Mark A. Gunzinger, Senior Fellow
Mark Gunzinger is the Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Mr. Gunzinger most recently served as a senior advisor to the Air Force for the 2010 QDR. He previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Transformation and Resources. Mr. Gunzinger has been a key player in every major defense review since the end of the Cold War. He supported the Air Force Secretary during the 1993 Bottom-Up Review, 1994 Commission on Roles and Missions, and the 2001 QDR. He is the principal author or co-author of five Defense Planning Guidance/Guidance for the Development of Forces directives, the key strategic planning guidance documents that shape DoD force planning. A retired Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot with 3000+ flight hours, he joined the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2004, serving OSD/Policy as Director of Resources. He was promoted to the Senior Executive Service and served as Principal Director of the Department’s central staff for the 2005-2006 QDR. Following the 2006 QDR, he was appointed Director for Defense Transformation, Force Planning and Resources on the National Security Council staff where he championed defense priorities at the national level and played a major role in shaping the 2007 “surge” of US ground forces in Iraq. Mr. Gunzinger holds a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College (1996), Master of Airpower Art and Science degree from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (1992), Master’s of Arts in Personnel Administration from Central Michigan University (1985) and Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry from the United States Air Force Academy (1977). He is the recipient of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service (2009), Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal (2006), Legion of Merit Medal (2003), and the Department of Defense Superior Service Medal (2000).
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Few Surprises in the FY 2011 Defense Budget Request
02/01/2010
Looking Ahead to the FY 2011 Defense Budget
01/26/2010 This backgrounder places the defense budget within the context of the United States’ overall fiscal outlook, reviews how defense dollars have been allocated over the past decade, and highlights budgetary and programmatic issues that will complicate DoD’s planning over the Future Year Defense Program.
Estimating Funding for Afghanistan
12/01/2009 The deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan over the coming months will require additional funding in Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10). It is difficult to precisely estimate the cost that will be incurred by the deployment due to a variety of factors including the composition of the forces deployed and the specific mission they are given. The adversary also has a say in determining the operational tempo of our forces, and thus the costs incurred in terms of such items as fuel, ammunition, and equipment. Still, historical trends in the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can provide a useful guide for making such an estimate.
Avoiding a DoD Bailout
10/21/2009 Guest posting in Budget Insight, a Stimson Center Blog http://budgetinsight.wordpress.com/
Analysis of the FY10 Defense Authorization Bills
09/03/2009
Resourcing a Full Spectrum Army
08/31/2009 Presentation slides from August 28, 2009 Symposium on G-8 Future of the Army
Impact of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the US Military’s Plans, Programs, and Budgets
08/12/2009 This report assesses the effect that the operations in these two theaters have had on the plans, programs, and budgets of the US military, specifically those of the US Army. It makes projections for the future costs of the operations in these two theaters.
Classified Funding in the FY 2010 Defense Budget Request
08/12/2009
Analysis of the FY 2010 Defense Budget Request
08/12/2009 This report provides an accessible and comprehensive break down of the Administration’s defense budget requests, offer an historical context of defense spending and make projections for the future. This year the report includes the highlight of the differences from previous Administration’s budgets, such as the transition from supplemental appropriations into the base budget, program cuts and cancellations and unfunded priorities not included in the budget.
Press Briefing on the Release of Budget Request Analysis Report
08/12/2009
Gates Submits Reform Budget for FY2010
05/07/2009 Secretary Gates termed the FY 2010 defense budget a “reform budget.” With today’s release of the detailed budget request, we begin to see what shape that reform will take and where he intends to lead the Department. This budget is a departure from the previous administration’s budgets.
Assessment of Secretary Gates' Decisions with CSBA's Defense Program Outlined in the "Strategy for the Long Haul"
04/10/2009 On April 6, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced substantial changes to the defense program that bring it more in line with CSBA’s "Strategy for the Long Haul” series of monographs. The reports are the culmination of over two years of research and analysis by CSBA, and assess existing and emerging challenges to US security, defense resources, the military services and their programs, America’s alliance structure, and strategy. This is a comparison of CSBA’s recommendations with the decisions made by Secretary Gates. |
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