Better Use of Available Data Would Improve Mobilization Planning for Inductees.
Abstract
In the event of mobilization for a national emergency, the strength of the military forces would need to be quickly increased. While the National Guard, the Reserve, and other sources of pretrained personnel would provide a significant portion of this increase, the services would also need to obtain many untrained individuals who, after initial training, could be assigned as replacements and fillers to existing or newly forming units. To obtain such untrained personnel, the Department of Defense (DOD) will rely on the Selective Service System to provide inductees for all the services. The schedule of inductee deliveries has changed three times since DOD established it in 1974. The schedule of inductee deliveries has changed three times since DOD established it in 1974. The schedule which was still in effect in July 1984 was sent to the System by DOD in November 1980. This schedule calls on the System to provide the first inductees by 13 days after the mobilization decision (M+30) and 100,000 inductees within 30 days (M+30). Of the 100,000, 80,000 are scheduled for delivery to the Army. In addition to inductees, the services also will train volunteers. GAO conducted this review to determine whether, since 1974, DOD has based its schedules for inductee deliveries on (1) a thorough analysis of mobilization-personnel needs and (2) an accurate assessment of expected service manning shortages and surpluses. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 22, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA147288
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office