Deployed personnel carrying out major operations in afghanistan. The secretary has been clear about his commitment of transparency and our public reporting procedures and increasing commanders ability to adapt, to battlefield conditions and countering emergency threats. Following a comprehensive review of our south asia strategy the secretary has determined we must simplify our accounting methodology and improve the publics understanding of americas military commitment in afghanistan. Dods previous force management practice only disclosed publicly the forces under the force Management Level, not those forces on temporary missions. While this procedure supported Operational Security it also reduced unit readiness and transparency. Often commanders were compelled to reduce the sizes of the plan units in order to meet peter forced Management Levels and limit the time that units could remain in operational field. This way of doing business is over. Today the department will release a publi