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NSIAD-84-30 1 (1984-06-27)

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BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Report To The Chairman,

Subcommittee On Defense,

Committee Of Appropriations,

United States Senate


Confusion Over Validity And Effects

Of Purported Petty Officer Shortage



In recent years, congressional concern has focused on (1)
the validity of the Navy's claim of a shortage of petty
officers, (2) the Navy's ability to increase the numbers of
petty officers and (3) the costs and benefits of increasing
the paygrade and experience levels in the Navy's enlisted
force.


GAO found that the Navy determined its petty officer
shortage by computing the difference between the number
of petty officers in the enlisted force and the number of
petty officers shown in an internal Navy statement of
personnel needs--the Enlisted Programmed Authoriza-
tions (EPA) Since the number of petty officer positions
requested by the Navy and funded by Congress each year
has been nearly the same as the actual petty officer
inventories, the continued claims of a petty officer shortage
have been confusing

GAO could not validate the Navy's contention that its petty
officers lacked sufficient experience. From 1983 to 1988,
GAO estimates that $602 million in additional costs will be
spent by the Navy to bring its petty officer inventory into
agreement with the number of petty officers shown in the
EPA


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GAO/NSIAD-84-30
JUNE 27, 1984

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