Military Readiness: Improved Assessment Measures Are Evolving

Abstract

During the past several years, military service chiefs of staff and commanders in chief (CINC) have expressed concerns about the effect on current and future military readiness of (1) the level of current military operations, (2) contingency operations, (3) the shifting of funds to support these operations, and (4) personnel turbulence. Related to these concerns is a question about the ability of the Department of Defense's (DOD) readiness reporting system to provide a comprehensive assessment of overall readiness. Accordingly, Representative Spence, the then Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Armed Services, asked us to determine whether current indicators of readiness adequately reflect the many complex components that contribute to overall military readiness and whether there are readiness indicators that can predict positive or negative changes in readiness. Today, I plan to highlight key findings from our report on these issues and some major DOD initiatives that seek to achieve a more comprehensive readiness assessment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1995
Accession Number
AD1151791

Entities

People

  • Mark E. Gebicke

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Army Training
  • Attachment
  • Availability
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Forces
  • Control Systems
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Shortages (Logistics)
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting