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DOCURENT RESV3HR
07931 - [C3528616]
Army's Requirements for War Reserve Materiel Can B% Reduced
without Impairing Combat Effectiveness. LCD-78-422A; B-133396.
December 14, 1978. 73 pp. + appendix (1 pp.).
Report to Sen. John C. Stennis, Chairman, Seiate Committee on
Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; by Elmtr B. Staata,
Comptroller General.
Unclassified version of a classified report.
Issue Area: salance of War Reserves, Propositioned Stocks, and
the Industrial Base. (806).
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement 6 ccntracts) (051).
Orqanization Concerned: Department of Defense, Department of the
Army.
Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Servicis. Sen. John C. Stennis.
War Laserve materiel is now prestocked, and reserve
requirements are based on ntudies of enemy threats and
capabilities. At the end of fiscal year 1978, the &ray repor-ad
-a $1.7 billion deficiency in war reserve stock fund items, th
major deficiencies in clothing and textile items and avlat:' )n
spare parts. Findings/conclusions: .e this deficiency ve:
valid, it would seem to leave the Army unprepared for an reed
conflict. However, the reported requirements and deficie' ies
are overstated because of a number of assumptions and f ;tors,
such as: incongruities in logistics planning for var rt ervd
stock fund items; the Ary's spare parts requirements aich are
based on outmoded, maximum delivery times while the f -ing-hour
proqram is based on rapid delivery of helicopters; d, iciencies
in the Army's high-priority stocks which are preposialoned for
ready mobilization while the Defense Logistics Agency has some
of the same types of items .'-- lower priority inventories; and
problems with requirements gor chemical protective clothing. A
recent Secretary of Defense directive limits procurement of war
reserve items to satisfy needs for only one-half the days ix the
total planning scenaric period, but the Army includes safety
levels and residual force quantities as early mobilization
requirements which tends to unnecessarily increase requirements.
Recommendations: The Secretary of Defense should: limit the
Army's war reserve stockage objective to be consistent with the
direction liven to the DLA; direct that wartime safety level
factors be eliminated from equipment computations; require the
Army to coordinate its airltft requirements with the ilitaryr
Airlift Command and to consider attrition and comat damage Vo
achieve more accurate projections of requirements; require the
Army to limit total repair cycle time for reparable items to
conform to the planning scenario and use more realistic sLipping
times and distribution methods to compute requirements; seek](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaayhj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)