Force Structure: Assessment of Army Report on Fiscal Year 2011 Progress in Modular Restructuring

Abstract

The Army considers its modular force transformation the most extensive restructuring it has undertaken since World War II. Restructuring the Army from its division-based force to a brigade-based force requires investments in equipment and in the retraining of personnel. The John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2007 directed the Army to report to Congress annually, on the date that the President submits a budget to Congress, on, among other things, progress made during the previous fiscal year to ensure that financial resources are provided for the repair, recapitalization, and replacement of equipment used in the global war on terrorism, the overall equipment requirements of Army units transforming to modularity, the reconstitution of prepositioned stocks, and the schedule for meeting those requirements. The same law directed the Comptroller General to provide an annual report assessing the Army's progress in staffing and equipping the modular force, among other things. In our 2008 report addressing this legislative requirement, we reported that the Army did not have a comprehensive and transparent approach to measure progress against its modularity objectives and that Congress should consider specifying more clearly the reporting elements that would be most useful in overseeing the transformation. The Ike Skelton NDAA for Fiscal Year 2011, enacted on January 7, 2011, retained the requirement for the Army to report annually on its progress toward implementing modularity but specified new elements to be included in the Army's report, such as reporting on key enabler equipment and personnel available to modular units. It also directed the Comptroller General to review the Army's annual report. To respond to this mandate, we are reporting information on the extent to which the Army's annual fiscal year 2011 report addressed the statutory reporting requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2012
Accession Number
ADA558502

Entities

People

  • John H. Pendleton
  • Mae Jones
  • Margaret G. Morgan
  • Matthew R. Young
  • Natalya Barden
  • Nicole Wilems

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Human Systems

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  • Accountability
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  • Force Structure
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  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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