Military Readiness: Readiness Reports Do Not Provide a Clear Assessment of Army Equipment

Abstract

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the equipment readiness in active duty Army units, focusing on whether the active duty units: (1) have the equipment required to conduct their wartime missions; (2) are keeping their equipment in good condition; and (3) can sustain the equipment in a two major theater war as required by the National Military Strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 16, 1999
Accession Number
AD1154175

Entities

People

  • Mark E. Gebicke

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army Equipment
  • Artillery
  • Construction Equipment
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Economic Analysis
  • Helicopters
  • Howitzers
  • Infantry Fighting Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • Personnel Management
  • Self Propelled
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • Shortages (Logistics)
  • Transportation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.