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Military Readiness: Improved Assessment Measures Are Evolving

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 16, 1995
Report No. T-NSIAD-95-117
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Summary:

In recent years, military leaders have expressed concern about the effect on military readiness of (1) the level of current military operations, (2) contingency operations, (3) the shifting of funds to support these operations, and (4) personnel turbulence. Questions have also been raised about the ability of the Defense Department's (DOD) readiness-reporting system to provide a comprehensive assessment of overall readiness. In an October 1994 report (GAO/NSIAD-95-29), GAO examined whether current indicators of readiness adequately reflected the many complex components that contributed to overall military readiness and whether readiness indicators existed that could predict positive or negative changes in readiness. This testimony highlights key findings from that report and discusses some major DOD initiatives to achieve a more comprehensive readiness assessment.

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