SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PERSONNEL TEMPO RATES.

SEC. 565. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PERSONNEL TEMPO RATES. (a) Findings.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) Excessively high personnel tempo rates for members of the Armed Forces resulting from high-tempo unit operations degrades unit readiness and morale and eventually can be expected to adversely affect unit retention. (2) The Armed Forces have begun to develop methods to measure and manage personnel tempo rates. (3) The Armed Forces have attempted to reduce operations and personnel tempo for heavily tasked units by employing alternative capabilities and reducing tasking requirements. (b) Sense of Congress.— The Secretary of Defense should continue to enhance the knowledge within the Armed Forces of personnel tempo and to improve the techniques by which personnel tempo is defined and managed with a view toward establishing and achieving reasonable personnel tempo standards for all personnel, regardless of service, unit, or assignment.