Prepositioned Stocks: Marine Corps Needs to Improve Cost Estimate Reliability and Oversight of Inventory Systems for Equipment in Norway

Abstract

The Marine Corps is changing its mix of equipment at Marine Corps Prepositioning Program Norway (MCPP-N) to address the U.S. European and U.S. Africa commands strategic and theater-specific operational requirements. U.S. European Command s posture plan identifies MCPP-N as a key program that can respond to contingencies. While U.S. Africa Command plans that refer to a need to access prepositioned equipment do not specifically identify MCPP-N as an asset to meet that need, both Marine Corps and U.S. Africa Command officials stated that MCPP-N has served and can continue to serve as a global support asset to meet combatant command requirements. The Marine Corps reported that it routinely uses MCPP-N equipment sets to support European and Africa training and exercises.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622255

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Best Practices
  • Combat Support
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Marine Corps
  • Reliability
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.