Afghan National Security Forces: Additional Action Needed to Reduce Waste in $4.7 Billion Worth of Planned and Ongoing Construction Projects

Abstract

CSTC-A, with IJC assistance, has responsibility for managing the construction of ANSF facilities around the country. However, CSTC-A lacks a comprehensive basing plan for the ANSF that considers future ANSF reductions and excess capacity in existing facilities. Current construction requirements reflect the currently approved 352,000 ANSF personnel level and do not take into account planned reductions in the number of ANSF personnel. As a result, when the ANSF decreases to 228,500 personnel, ANSF facilities will have excess personnel capacity. SIGAR has previously noted excess capacity and underutilization in existing ANSF facilities. SIGAR attempted to review the occupancy of existing ANSF facilities and requested on-site personnel numbers for 36 randomly selected ANA and ANP facilities, but IJC and CSTC-A officials informed SIGAR that they do not track this information. As a result, CSTC-A is unable to determine whether either existing or planned facilities meet ANSF needs, and may be missing opportunities to identify additional planned facilities that are candidates for consolidation or termination.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
AD1140382

Entities

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Construction
  • Data Sets
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Engineers
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Inspection
  • International Security
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States Central Command
  • Websites

Readers

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  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.