The Army Needs to Reevaluate Its Extended Basic Training Program.

Abstract

In October 1981, the Army extended its basic training from 7 to 8 weeks. As a result in fiscal year 1982 Army will spend nearly $40 million; about 4,400 additional new soldiers, trainers, and support staff will be assigned to training rather than to operational units. Although Army has added more time, it has never fully determined whether this time is necessary to correct training problems or whether less costly alternatives are available. Equally, if not more important, Army has not provided the number and quality of trainers necessary for the new program. Although the Army has recently initiated action to address program effectiveness and trainer questions, GAO is recommending that Army develop and implement plans to justify its extended program and resolve these problems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1982
Accession Number
ADA111847

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Army Training
  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Doctrine
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Sampling
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Teaching Methods
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.