Military Readiness: DOD Has Not Incorporated Leading Practices of a Strategic Management Planning Framework in Retrograde and Reset Guidance
Abstract
Following operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Defense (DOD) is in the process of reconstituting, retrograding, and resetting forces to a desired level of combat effectiveness in line with current mission requirements and available resources. Reconstitution is a broad term that generally refers to the process of making a unit or activity available for operational commitment again after a contingency or surge operation. It includes such planning factors as maintenance of equipment, training, and an examination of the effect of operations on personnel and on attrition rates. Retrograde refers to the movement of non-unit equipment and materiel from a forward location to a reset program or to another directed area of operations. Reset refers to a set of actions to restore equipment to a desired level of combat capability commensurate with a unit's future mission. It includes maintenance and supply activities that restore and enhance combat capability to unit and pre-positioned equipment that was destroyed, damaged, stressed, or worn out beyond economic repair during combat operations by repairing or rebuilding it or by procuring replacement equipment. In fiscal year 2016, DOD identified $10.1 billion in overseas contingency operations funding related to equipment reset and readiness and requested an additional $9.5 billion for reset and readiness in overseas contingency operations funding for fiscal year 2017.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1173230
Entities
People
- Benjamin Licht
- Camille Pease
- Cary Russell
- Guy Lofaro
- Joanne Landesman
- Martin de Alteriis
- Mike Shaughnessy
- Pamela N. Harris
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office