Military Training: Actions Needed to Assess Workforce Requirements and Appropriate Mix of Army Training Personnel
Abstract
To support ongoing operations, the Army gives priority to providing personnel to its operating forces over its support organizations, including Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). TRADOC performs various functions, such as developing warfighting doctrine and providing training. To help manage its workforce, TRADOC has taken certain actions, such as relying more on contractors and reassigning other staff to be instructors. In a February 2010 memorandum, the TRADOC Commander stated that because of various factors TRADOC's ability to successfully perform its core competencies and functions was increasingly at risk. House Armed Services Committee report 111-491 directed GAO to evaluate the availability of Army trainers. GAO assessed the extent to which TRADOC has done the following: (1) identified the number and type of personnel needed to carry out its training mission, and (2) evaluated the impact of its workforce management actions on the quality of training. GAO interviewed key Army and TRADOC officials and reviewed relevant doctrine, guidance, curricula, personnel requirements data, and training survey results. GAO recommends that TRADOC establish a plan to do the following: (1) update its personnel requirements models, doctrine, and curricula; (2) complete a personnel mix assessment; and (3) establish metrics to evaluate its workforce management actions. DoD concurred with the recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA549062
Entities
People
- Brian Mateja
- Chanee Gaskin
- James A. Reynolds
- Sharon L. Pickup
- Sonja Ware
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office