United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel is one of six subcommittees within the Senate Armed Services Committee

United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

The Committee on Armed Services is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy , benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System and...

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Jurisdiction

The Personnel Subcommittee has jurisdiction over all matters relating to active and reserve military personnel, including pay rates, military health care and education benefits, Morale, Welfare and Recreation services, and military justice. The subcommittee also oversees issues related to prisoners of war

Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

 and military personnel who are missing in action

Missing in action

Missing in action is a status assigned to armed services personnel who are reported missing during active service. They may have been killed, wounded, become a prisoner of war, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave can be positively identified...

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Members, 111th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Ben Nelson

Ben Nelson

Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson is the Senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska, where he was born and has lived for most of his life. Nelson is a Methodist. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, and is now one of the leading conservative Democrats in the Senate...

 of Nebraska

Nebraska

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, and the Ranking Minority Member

Ranking member

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 is Republican Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he is currently the senior United States Senator from that state. He serves on the Armed Services and Judiciary Committees....

, of South Carolina

South Carolina

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Majority	Minority
Ben Nelson Ben Nelson Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson is the Senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska, where he was born and has lived for most of his life. Nelson is a Methodist. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, and is now one of the leading conservative Democrats in the Senate... , Nebraska, Chairman Vacant Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut Daniel Akaka Daniel Akaka Daniel Kahikina Akaka is the junior U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only member of the Senate who has Chinese ancestry... , Hawaii Jim Webb Jim Webb James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. , is the senior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party.... , Virginia Claire McCaskill Claire McCaskill Claire Conner McCaskill is an American Democratic politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. She defeated Republican Senator Jim Talent in 2006 by a margin of 50% to 47%. She is the first female senator from Missouri... , Missouri Kay Hagan, North Carolina Mark Begich Mark Begich Mark P. Begich is the junior United States Senator from Alaska and a member of the Democratic Party. A former mayor of Anchorage, he served on the Anchorage Assembly for ten years before being elected mayor in 2003... , Alaska Roland Burris Roland Burris Roland Wallace Burris is the junior United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a Democrat. He is the third black U.S. Senator from Illinois, after Carol Moseley Braun and Barack Obama. Burris is currently the only African-American in the U.S... , Illinois	Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he is currently the senior United States Senator from that state. He serves on the Armed Services and Judiciary Committees.... , South Carolina, Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss Saxby Chambliss Clarence Saxby Chambliss is the senior United States Senator from Georgia. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress, Chambliss serves as the ranking Republican member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, chairing the committee during... , Georgia John Thune John Thune John Randolph Thune is the Republican junior U.S. Senator from the state of South Dakota.Born and raised in South Dakota, Thune attended college at Biola University in California before returning to his home state to obtain a graduate degree at the University of South Dakota. He worked as a... , South Dakota Mel Martinez Mel Martinez Melquiades Rafael "Mel" Martinez , né Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, is a former United States Senator from Florida and served as Chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007, the first Latino to serve as chairman of a major party... , Florida Roger Wicker Roger Wicker Roger Frederick Wicker is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A Republican, he has been Mississippi's junior U.S. Senator since December 2007... , Mississippi David Vitter David Vitter David Bruce Vitter is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district, Vitter was elected to the Senate in... , Louisiana Susan Collins Susan Collins Susan Margaret Collins is the junior U.S. Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Collins was re-elected on November 4, 2008.-Early life and career:... , Maine
Ex officio
Carl Levin Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan and is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He has been in the Senate since 1979 and Michigan's senior senator since 1995... , Michigan	John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.... , Arizona

See also

U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel

External links

• Senate Armed Services Committee home page
• Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee list and membership page