Reporting the Daily Location of Deployed Service Members Generally Adequate; However, the Navy Needed Improvement
Abstract
This audit was the result of a verbal request from senior officials in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). Our overall objective was to assess DoD's effectiveness in reporting the daily location of deployed Service members for use in health surveillance. Specifically, we evaluated the status of the Military Departments' implementation of daily Service member location reporting to Defense Manpower and Data Center. The Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps reported the daily location of deployed Service members; however, the Navy did not report the required deployment information. This occurred because the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) did not task the appropriate Navy commands to establish clear roles and responsibilities for implementing the daily location reporting requirements of DoD Instruction 6490.03, "Deployment Health," August 11, 2006. As a result, the Defense Manpower Data Center did not have comprehensive DoD daily Service member deployment records available for users to monitor, assess, and control or reduce health risks from Service member exposures to occupational and environmental hazards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 18, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA565480
Entities
Organizations
- United States Department of Defense