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NSIAD-84-17 1 (1984-03-20)

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BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE





Report To The Secretary Of The Army







Army Can Better Use Its Soldiers

Trained/ tn Critical Shortage

Occupations


Many soldiers trained in critical undermanned occupations
are being assigned tasks outside their prime skill areas. In
visiting five Army installations, GAO found that some of
these soldiers were noncommissioned officers--the
Army's primary trainers at the unit level--and soldiers who
had received cash bonuses for working in their skill areas.

GAO found that this occurred because of:

   --Circumstances beyond the installations' control, such
   as assignment of soldiers by the Army above autho-
   rized levels, unexpected security clearance delays,
   and equipment-personnel mismatch problems.

   --Installation commanders' judgement that other jobs
   are more important than the ones soldiers were
   trained to do.

GAO identified several opportunities for reducing such
practices and recommended the corrective actions. DOD
agreed with GAO's recommendations and outlined
changes that have been made or are underway to improve
Army systems for distributing, assigning and using its
personnel.
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