The U.S. Footwear industries Ability to Meet Military Mobilization Needs

Abstract

In the event of a major military mobilization, Defense may have problems in meeting its military footwear needs. Its prepositioned war reserve stocks of footwear, which are used during the initial stages of a conflict ,are below requirements. Defense reports show that, once these stocks are depleted, the domestic rubber footwear industry would be unable to fully meet mobilization needs for rubber combat footwear. In addition, reflecting its concern with the U.S. nonrubber footwear industrys loss of competitiveness due to foreign competition, Defense has initiated a major evaluation of that industrys ability to meet mobilization needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 03, 1985
Accession Number
AD1167727

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Clothing
  • Commerce
  • Competition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Domestic
  • Economics
  • Emergencies
  • Employment
  • Footwear
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • International Trade
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Mobilization
  • Money
  • Production
  • Textiles
  • Trade Associations
  • United States

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