Defense Inventory: Army War Reserve Spare Parts Requirements Are Uncertain
Abstract
The ultimate test for the military, according to the current National Military Strategy, is for the United States to be able to win two major theater wars occurring nearly simultaneously. Department of Defense policy calls for each of the services to acquire and maintain sufficient war materiel inventories to commence execution of the two-war scenario and sustain operations until the industrial base can establish resupply. Section 364 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 requires us to evaluate the adequacy of spare parts needed for the U.S. military to respond to the two major theaters of war scenario. As discussed with your offices, we are responding to this mandate with a series of reports based on the current National Military Strategy. In this report, we address the adequacy of spare parts in the Army s war reserve. 3 Specifically, we (1) examine reports on the availability of Army spare parts needed for two major theater wars and (2) evaluate the accuracy of the Army s estimated war reserve requirements for spare parts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA390206
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office