Subcommittee Chairs

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) today named the next heads of the panel's subcommittees.

"I selected these Members to be Subcommittee Chairmen for their long service on the Armed Services Committee and their dedication to our men and women in uniform. In the years ahead, this Committee must ensure our troops and their families have what they need to face increasing dangers abroad, in an era of declining resources at home. That tension between threats and resources will present our subcommittees with difficult choices, but I am confident in the leadership of our chairmen," McKeon said in a statement.

The subcommittee chairmen (minus the oversight and investigations subcommittee, who will be named later) are as follows, according to the statement:

Emerging Threats and Capabilities -- Rep. Mac Thornberry, Texas, Full Committee Vice Chair

Seapower and Projection Forces -- Rep. J. Randy Forbes, Virginia

Military Personnel -- Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina

Tactical Air and Land Forces -- Rep. Mike Turner, Ohio

Strategic Forces -- Rep. Mike Rogers, Alabama

Readiness -- Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia