Military Readiness: Reports to Congress Provide Few Details on Deficiencies and Solutions

Abstract

DOD'S readiness assessment system is designed to assess and report on military readiness at three levels (1) at the individual unit level; (2) at the joint force level; and (3) at the aggregate, or strategic, level. "Unit readiness" refers to the ability of units, such as Army divisions, Navy ships, and Air Force wings, to provide capabilities required of the combatant commands and is derived from the ability of each unit to deliver the outputs for which it was designed. "Joint readiness" is the combatant commands' ability to integrate and synchronize units from one or more services to execute missions. "Strategic readiness" is a synthesis of unit and joint readiness and concerns the ability of the armed forces as a whole, to include the services, the combatant commands, and the combat support agencies, to fight and meet the demands of the national security strategy. Strategic readiness focuses on broad functional areas, such as intelligence and mobility, that meet worldwide demands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA340506

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Combat Support
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies