Need To Improve Efficiency Of Reserve Training
Abstract
The military services require 99 percent of their reservists to attend forty-eight 4-hour drill sessions and to spend 2 weeks on active duty each year, although needed readiness and skill difficulty vary widely among units and members. The average number of reservists in paid training status was about 894,000 in fiscal year 1974. On the average, reservists spend about 50percent of their drill time and 61 percent of their active duty time training in their official military job. Remaining time is devoted to other jobs or general military activities or spent idle. Idleness is a major cause of dissatisfaction among reservists. GAO estimated that in fiscal year 1974 reservists' time devoted to other than official jobs or spent idle totaled 15 million man-days and cost about $1.2 billion (43 percent of the $2.7 billion authorized by the Congress for drills and active duty training during that period).This report alerts the Congress that some members in all Reserve components and Reserve units can maintain proficiency under a reduced training schedule.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 26, 1975
- Accession Number
- AD1106384
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office