Identification of War Reserve Stock

Abstract

Hundreds of thousands of items of military equipment and repair parts, valued in excess of $13 billion are stocked by the military services and the Defense Supply Agency as war reserves. The items selected as war reserves are determined by each military service subject to selection criteria provided by a Department of Defense directive. This study examines the selection criteria and methods for computing war reserve requirements. It identifies a number of problem areas resulting from the application of current criterion and computational methods. The study results in two principal recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744712

Entities

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Computational Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Families (Human)
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Military Equipment
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Procurement
  • Supply Depots
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies