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Force Structure: Restructuring and Rebuilding the Army Will Cost Billions of Dollars for Equipment But the Total Cost Is Uncertain

Author : Janet A. St. Laurent

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 23 pages

File Size : 40,52 MB

Release : 2008-09

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1437903665

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The high pace of overseas operations is taking a heavy toll on Army equip. Harsh combat and environmental conditions over sustained periods of time have exacerbated equip. repair, replacement, and recapitalization problems. To support ongoing operations and prepare for the future, the Army has embarked on 4 initiatives: (1) restructuring from a div.-based force to a modular brigade-based force; (2) expanding the Army by adding 74,000 people; (3) repairing, replacing, and recapitalizing new equip.; and (4) replacing equip. borrowed from its pre-positioned equip. sets. This statement addresses: the equip. related cost of Army initiatives, and the mgmt. challenges facing the Army and the actions needed to improve its implementation of these initiatives.



Force Structure

Author : United States Accounting Office (GAO)

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 30,23 MB

Release : 2018-05-21

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ISBN : 9781719372022

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Force Structure: Restructuring and Rebuilding the Army Will Cost Billions of Dollars for Equipment but the Total Cost Is Uncertain





Quadrennial defense Review: 2010 Report Addressed Many but Not All Required Items

Author : John H. Pendleton

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 42 pages

File Size : 10,22 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1437933009

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The DoD is facing the complex challenge of simultaneously supporting continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and preparing its military forces to meet emerging threats of the new security environment. The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) articulates DoD's strategic plan to rebalance capabilities in order to prevail in current operations and develop capabilities to meet future threats. The QDR acknowledged that the country faces fiscal challenges and that DoD must make difficult trade-offs where warranted. This report provides an assessment of the degree to which DoD addressed each of these items in its 2010 report on the QDR and the supplemental information provided to the defense committees. Charts and tables.



Upcoming Transition: Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration

Author : Gene L. Dodaro

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 23 pages

File Size : 19,10 MB

Release : 2009-02

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1437909744

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The next admin. will fill thousands of positions across gov¿t.; there will be a number of new faces in Congress as well. Making these transitions as seamlessly as possible is pivotal to effectively and efficiently help accomplish the fed. govt¿s. many essential missions. The Presidential Transition Act points to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as a resource to incoming admin. The GAO is a source of briefings and other materials to help presidential appointees make the leap from campaigning to governing by informing them of the major mgmt. issues, risks, and challenges they will face. This testimony provides an overview of GAO¿s objectives for assisting the 111th Congress and the next admin. in their transition efforts.



Defense Logistics

Author : William M. Solis

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 20 pages

File Size : 48,4 MB

Release : 2010-02

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1437912478

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The DoD prepositions equip. at locations around the world in order to field combat-ready forces in days. DoD must submit an annual report that addresses: (1) the level of fill for major end items of equip. and spare parts, (2) the materiel condition of equip. in the prepositioned stocks (PS), (3) a list of major end items drawn from PS that FY and a description of how the equip. was used and whether it was returned to the PS after its use, (4) a timeline for reconstituting any shortfall in the PS, (5) an est. of the funding required to reconstitute any shortfall in the PS and a plan for carrying out the reconstitution, and (6) a list of operations and plans affected by a shortfall in the PS and a description of the action taken to mitigate any risk created by that shortfall.



The Power Problem

Author : Christopher A. Preble

Publisher : Cornell University Press

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 24,10 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0801447658

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Preble explores the aims, costs, and limitations of the use of America's military power abroad.



Reserve Forces

Author : John H. Pendleton

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 21,92 MB

Release : 2010-04

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1437922430

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Upcoming Transition: GAO¿s Efforts to Assist the 111th Congress and the Next Administration

Author : Gene L. Dodaro

Publisher : DIANE Publishing

Page : 27 pages

File Size : 34,70 MB

Release : 2009-05

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1437910521

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The upcoming 2009 transition marks the first wartime presidential transition in 40 years. The next admin. will fill thousands of positions across gov¿t.; there will be a number of new faces in Congress as well. Making these transitions as seamlessly as possible is pivotal to effectively and efficiently help accomplish the fed. govt¿s. many essential missions. The Presidential Transition Act specifically identifies GAO as a source of briefings and other materials to help inform presidential appointees of the major mgmt. issues, risks, and challenges they will face. This testimony provides an overview of GAO¿s objectives for assisting the 111th Congress and the next admin. in their all-important transition efforts. Charts and tables.