National Guard: Peacetime Training Did Not Adequately Prepare Combat Brigades for Gulf War

Abstract

This report discusses the training and preparedness of the three Army National Guard roundout brigades that were activated during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. We made this review primarily to determine whether the brigades had been adequately trained during peacetime to do their wartime jobs. The report contains recommendations to you to take a number of specific actions to improve (1) peacetime training, (2) the reliability of training evaluations, and (3) reservists medical condition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
AD1183691

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Davis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Army Personnel
  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Combat Readiness
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Leadership Training
  • Logistics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • Warfare

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  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.