Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas Hall (center) responds to a reporter's question concerning the new health care plan being made available to eligible National Guard and Reserve members during a Pentagon press briefing on March 24, 2005. The TRICARE Reserve Select program is designed to cover the individual service member as well as his or her dependents and will terminate at the end of the subscriber's service agreement. Joining Hall to explain the plan are Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr. (left) and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Charles Abell (right).