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Military Readiness: Improvements Still Needed in Assessing Military Readiness

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 11, 1997
Report No. T-NSIAD-97-107
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Summary:

Today's American military forces have earned the reputation of being among the best, if not the best, trained forces in the world. Yet, after nearly a decade of military downsizing, concerns have been raised about the potential for a new "hollowing" of U.S. forces. Concerns voiced by military personnel to congressional staff during field visits are very different from official unit readiness assessment reports forwarded through service headquarters to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. This difference has raised questions about the true measure of readiness of U.S. military forces. This testimony addresses three questions: What disconnects are associated with readiness reporting, and why do they exist? What corrective measures have been proposed and taken to measure readiness? What further actions are needed?

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