Defense Inventory: Steps the Army Can Take to Improve the Management and Oversight of Excess Ammunition

Abstract

The Operations Support Command, a subordinate command of the Army Materiel Command, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Department of Defenses (DOD) single manager for conventional ammunition, including storing, managing, inspecting, and testing ammunition. 1 It is also responsible for demilitarizing 2 excess ammunition for all of the services. With the end of the Cold War, the services need for conventional ammunition was significantly reduced, and by 1993 the Command reported a backlog of excess ammunition awaiting demilitarization that amounted to 354,000 tons. Concerned that the quantities of excess ammunition being stored could impede access to needed ammunition and hinder the Armys ability to effectively support contingency operations, the Command set a goal of reducing the backlog to 100,000 tons by fiscal year 2004. The Army operates ammunition

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA388970

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical
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  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Testing
  • Computer Programs
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Procurement
  • United States

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