Army Force Structure: Observations about Aviation Restructuring and Other Relevant Force Structure Challenges

Abstract

Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the results of our recent evaluation of the Army s analyses of its aviation force structure and on the highlights of other past work GAO has conducted that may assist the commission in comprehensively reviewing the structure of the Army. In April 2015, we completed our report on the Army s approach for comparing its aviation restructuring proposal with an alternative proposal offered by the National Guard Bureau (Bureau). Specifically, we compared the assumptions underlying the Army s and Bureau s respective proposals, and reviewed the Army s assessment of the proposals abilities to meet future combat requirements and their respective costs, as well as other factors. That report followed a decade of GAO reports on the Army s force structure and force-generation practices (see appendix II for a compilation of our work). As you requested, my statement today will (1) discuss key findings from our April 2015 report on the aviation restructuring and (2) highlight relevant force-structure challenges identified in our prior work. Detailed information on our objectives, scope, and methodology can be found in the issued reports we cite throughout this statement. We conducted the work supporting our prior reports, which were issued from March 2005 through April 2015, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 2015
Accession Number
ADA618177

Entities

People

  • John H. Pendleton

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Combat Operations
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Observation
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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