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GAO-09-147R 1 (2008-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanlh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 GOffice of the Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 December 15, 2008 Congressional Committees Subject: Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Enhanced to Better Inform Congress The Department of Defense (DOD) prepositions equipment at strategic locations around the world in order to field combat-ready forces in days, rather than the weeks it would take if equipment had to be moved from the United States to the locations of conflicts. DOD's prepositioned stock programs support the National Military Strategy and are an important part of its overall strategic mobility framework. Prepositioned materiel and equipment have played an important role in supporting ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, sustained continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on the condition and readiness of military equipment. In April 2008 we testified that it was unclear when these critical reserve stocks would be reconstituted or how much the total cost would be.' The Army and Marine Corps face a number of ongoing and long-term challenges that will affect both the timing and the cost of equipment repair and replacement-particularly to its prepositioned stocks.2 DOD has reported to Congress that the military services are committed to resetting prepositioned materiel but must balance its efforts within the priorities of reorganization of those prepositioned capabilities and changes in overseas military presence. In June 2008, DOD issued an instruction on the War Reserve Materiel Policy. In the instruction, DOD established a Global Prepositioned Materiel Capabilities Working Group to, among other things, address joint issues concerning war reserve risk assessments provided by the military departments and the Defense Logistics Agency, initiate programs as needed, and make recommendations for war reserves that balance resources against operational risk.4 'GAO, Force Structure: Restructuring and Rebuilding the Army Will Cost Billions of Dollars for Equipment but the Total Cost Is Uncertain, GAO-08-669T (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 10, 2008). 2GAO, Defense Logistics: Preliminary Observations on Equipment Reset Challenges and Issues for the Army and Marine Corps, GAO-06-604T (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 30, 2006); GAO, Defense Logistics: Preliminary Observations on the Army's Implementation of Its Equipment Reset Strategies, GAO-07- 439T (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 31, 2007). 3DOD, Report on Department of Defense Programs for Prepositioning of Materiel and Equipment: Interim Submission: Way Ahead to Comprehensive Review and Discussion of Current Service Prepositioning Strategies (Sept. 19, 2007). 4Department of Defense Instruction 3110.06, War Reserve Materiel (WRM) Policy (June 23, 2008). GAO-09-147R Defense Logistics

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