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DOD Reserve Components: Issues Pertaining to Readiness

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 21, 1996
Report No. T-NSIAD-96-130
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Summary:

This testimony makes three main points. First, the Army National Guard has considerable excess combat forces at the same time that the Army has a substantial need for combat support units. Second, the readiness of some Army National Guard combat brigades for early deployment to support the defense strategy is highly uncertain. As a result, GAO questions whether the roles and the missions of the Army Guard need to be modified. Third, the Army National Guard has forces assigned to the continental air defense. This dedicated force is not needed today. Considerable money could be available for other critical needs if the dedicated forces were eliminated and the mission was assigned to existing forces.

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