PREPOSITIONED STOCKS: DOD Needs Joint Oversight of the Military Services' Programs

Abstract

The military services preposition stocks worth billions of dollars at strategic locations around the world to provide U.S. forces with critical assets before supply chains have been established. In the 2018 National Defense Strategy, DOD emphasized that prepositioned stocks provide key logistical support for the departments missions. For many years, GAO has identified the potential for duplication among the military services prepositioned stock programs due to a fragmented management approach and limited joint oversight within DOD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 2019
Accession Number
AD1154674

Entities

People

  • Alissa H. Czyz
  • Cary B. Russell
  • Cody Knudsen
  • Mae Jones
  • Pamela Davidson
  • Vincent M. Buquicchio
  • Yong Song

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Standards
  • Supply Chain
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting