Military Operations and Capabilities Issue Area Plan: Fiscal Years 1995-98

Abstract

The Military Operations and Capabilities issue area covers programs of the Department of Defense, the individual military services, and other supporting defense agencies. GAO's work in this issue area includes assessments of military planning activities; the Department of Defense's (DOD) budgeting for operation and maintenance (O and M); the capability, performance, readiness, and sustainability of military forces, weapons, and support systems; and initiatives aimed at maintaining a quality force. The principal issues covered are the accuracy of budget estimates for DOD's O and M account and the potential for greater savings and efficiencies; the capability of military forces, weapons, and support systems to carryout their expected roles in the National Military Strategy and their performance in actual operations; the readiness and sustainability of military forces to perform their assigned missions and the potential to enhance or sustain readiness at less cost; and the effectiveness of DOD's efforts to recruit and retain a quality force, and maintain needed quality of life programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
AD1168149

Entities

People

  • Mark E. Gebicke

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Best Practices
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Capital Investments
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Planning
  • Military Strategy
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Quality Of Life
  • Training
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.