The Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) is a federal advisory committee established by statute within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Its purpose is to "serve as an independent adviser to the Secretary of Defense to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on strategies, policies, and practices designed to improve and enhance the capabilities, efficiency, and effectiveness of the reserve components".[1] By law, the secretary of defense transmits annually to the president and Congress a separate annual report from the RFPB on reserve component matters the board considers appropriate to include in the report.[2]