MILITARY PERSONNEL: Reserve Components Need Guidance to Accurately and Consistently Account for Volunteers on Active Duty for Operational Support
Abstract
The reserve components have not consistently or accurately identified the number of reservists serving in an operational support capacity since this monthly reporting requirement was adopted in fiscal year 2005. The reserve components are inconsistently including certain categories of personnel in their reported numbers, and components had different definitions of the personnel included within some reported categories. Inconsistencies and errors in the reported numbers of operational support reservists may continue until DOD and the reserve components uniformly update their guidance to clarify and consistently define what categories of reservist to include in their reported numbers. Until this is accomplished, DOD and Congress do not have a clear picture of how many volunteer reservists are currently on active duty serving in an operational support capacity. We are recommending that DOD and the reserve components develop guidance that clarifies and defines the categories of operational support that should be included in the reported numbers so that accurate and consistent information is reported across the components. In its comments on a draft of this report, DOD concurred with our recommendation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA457445
Entities
People
- Derek B. Stewart
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office