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GAO-09-220R 1 (2009-01-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanlu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: &GAO A M R Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 January 28, 2009 The Honorable Solomon P. Ortiz Chairman Subcommittee on Readiness Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: Military Training: Navy and Air Force Need to More Fully Apply Best Practices to Enhance Development and Management of Combat Skills Training Since September 11, 2001, U.S. military forces have sought to adapt to an expanded battlefield-one in which rear areas are no longer considered safe and secure. As a result, both the Navy and the Air Force determined that, in order to prepare to operate more effectively in combat, servicemembers in specific occupations required additional standardized combat skills training in such areas as land navigation, first aid, and weapons qualification. The Navy has developed and implemented the Expeditionary Combat Skills (ECS) course for select Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) personnel. Through ECS, NECC intended to standardize the training curricula and eliminate inefficiencies and wide divergences in existing combat skills training. To provide similar training to designated enlisted personnel, the Air Force began planning the Common Battlefield Airmen Training (CBAT) program, but decided to cancel the program in August 2008, which was during the course of our work. Despite the Air Force's decision, we included in this report an analysis of CBAT to identify lessons learned applicable to ongoing and future Air Force efforts to establish new training programs. We were asked to review issues related to the Navy's and the Air Force's efforts to expand combat skills training. Based on discussions with your staff, we focused specifically on ECS and CBAT. In evaluating these programs, we relied on best practices drawn from the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)' and GAO's prior work. We specifically examined (1) the Navy's approach in developing and implementing ECS, including its underlying rationale and application of management- framework best practices, and (2) the Air Force's approach in planning for CBAT, including application of management-framework best practices, and the basis for its 1Pub. L. No. 103-62 (1993). GAO-09-220R Military Training Page 1

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