DOD Service Academies: Improved Cost and Performance Monitoring Needed

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) spends over $1 billion annually to educate and train young men and women to become military officers. The service academies are one of the main officer accession programs. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services, and the Chairman of its Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, asked GAO to determine the cost of educating and training students at the academies, assess their effectiveness in producing high quality career officers, and evaluate the effectiveness of oversight of academy management and operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
AD1174819

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Wernz
  • Charles T. Bolton
  • Dudley C. Jr Roache
  • Frank C. Conahan
  • James R. Bradley
  • Kathryn M. Kelly
  • Lawrence E. Dixon
  • Paul L. Jones
  • Sharon L. Reid
  • William E. Beusse
  • Willie J. Jr Cheely

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Capital Investments
  • Computer Science
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Flight Training
  • Instructors
  • Lead Time
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Schools
  • Service Academies
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.