Army Training: Evaluations of Units' Proficiency are not always Reliable

Abstract

To assess the combat readiness of its forces, the Army uses a number of measures, including an assessment of the proficiency of unit training. The quality of this assessment is of great importance because it is used by higher commands and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to make decisions on which forces to use in contingency operations. This report, requested by the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness of the House Committee on Armed Services, focuses on the quality of Army systems for evaluating training and the use of evaluation results to report units' combat readiness. Specifically, GAO sought to determine (1) the reliability and usefulness of collective training evaluations to assess active Army and National Guard unit's proficiency to perform wartime mission tasks and (2) the validity of training readiness assessments in unit status report for active Army units.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1991
Accession Number
ADA269809

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Fire Support
  • National Guard
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Training Management
  • Warfare

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  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation