DEFENSE LOGISTICS: Actions Needed to Improve the Availability of Critical Items during Current and Future Operations

Abstract

U.S. troops experienced shortages of seven of the nine items GAO reviewed. According to the 2004 National Military Strategy, U.S. forces expect to have sufficient quantities of the right items at the right time. However, demand for the seven items exceeded availability sometime between October 2002 and September 2004. The documented impact of these shortages varied between combat units. For example, while units in the 3rd Infantry Division reported that tire shortages reduced their operational capability, forcing them to abandon equipment, the 4th Infantry Division reported no similar effect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1182936

Entities

People

  • John W. Lee
  • Richard G. Payne

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Body Armor
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Congress
  • Deployment
  • Information Systems
  • Land Transportation
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Shortages (Logistics)
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.