MILITARY READINESS: Current Indicators Need to Be Expanded for a More Comprehensive Assessment

Abstract

To have forces that are highly trained and ready to fight in an environment of force downsizing and shrinking defense budgets is a formidable challenge. This challenge has raised concern about the potential for the U.S. military to be reduced to the "hollow forces" that prevailed during the 1970s. As you know, Representative Spence, the Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Armed Services, asked us to examine whether the current definition and indicators of readiness adequately reflect readiness. Today, I plan to highlight some of our key observations from our work on this issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 21, 1994
Accession Number
AD1103042

Entities

People

  • Neal P. Curtin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Army Training
  • Combat Forces
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Gulfs
  • Marine Corps Training
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • National Guard
  • Observation
  • Officer Personnel
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Simulations
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.