Military Personnel Strengths in the Army National Guard

Abstract

The accuracy of reported personnel strength and training participation rates has a direct impact on the reliability of the Army National Guard's budget and the allocation of funds to individual states. If either the reported strength levels or the participation rates for a given fiscal year are more or less than the actual numbers, the funds required to pay Guard personnel will be either overstated or understated. Congressional concerns about the reported military personnel strengths of the Army National Guard have emerged as a result of recent media coverage of the Guard's so called ghost soldiers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 2002
Accession Number
ADA400598

Entities

People

  • Derek B. Stewart

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Classification
  • Congress
  • Databases
  • Drilling
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • House Of Representatives
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Personnel
  • National Guard
  • Observation
  • Personnel Management
  • Reliability
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design