Defense Management: Additional Measures to Reduce Corrosion of Prepositioned Military Assets Could Achieve Cost Savings

Abstract

The military services store prepositioned stocks of equipment and material on ships and land in locations around the world to enable the rapid fielding of combat- ready forces. GAO's prior work has shown that the readiness and safety of military equipment can be severely degraded by corrosion and that the Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars annually to address corrosion. GAO was asked to review the impact of corrosion on prepositioned assets. GAO's specific objectives were to assess (1) the measures taken by the Army and the Marine Corps to reduce the impact of corrosion on prepositioned assets and (2) the availability of corrosion-related data to the Army and the Marine Corps to support corrosion prevention and mitigation efforts for prepositioned assets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA449420

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Combat Readiness
  • Congress
  • Construction
  • Construction Equipment
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Operations
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.