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Officer Commissioning Programs: More Oversight and Coordination Needed

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 6, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-93-37
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Summary:

In fiscal year 1990, the Pentagon spent more than $1.5 billion to train newly commissioned officers. This report reviews the three main officer-commissioning training programs in each service--the academies, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and the Officer Candidate Schools. GAO discusses the cost of training an officer, the quality of officers trained by the various commissioning sources, the effectiveness of management oversight of officer training, and the immediate opportunities to cut costs.

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