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MASAD-83-20 1 (1983-04-07)

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


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   MISSION ANALYSIS AND
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION


B-211332

The Honorable John 0. Marsh, Jr.
The Secretary of the Army

     Attention:  The Inspector General
                 DAIG-AI


Dear Mr. Secretary:


Subject:


Mission Area Analyses Conducted by the
Army Training and Doctrine Command
(GAO/MASAD-83-20)


     During the past 2 years, we have been reviewing the
Department of Defense's (DOD's) use of mission area analyses to
assess the current or projected capabilities of the services to
perform their assigned missions. To that end we have in
process, or have completed, several assignments. The following
are particularly pertinent with respect to the Army:

     --Survey of the Army's Close Combat Mission (code 953016).

     --Review of the Fire Support Mission (code 953022).

     --Review of DOD's Mission Area Management (code 953025).

     --Survey of Land Mine Warfare (code 953028).

     During each of these assignments, we examined the extent
to which the Army was conducting mission area analyses to
identify needs and deficiencies within the mission area under
review. This approach to our work inevitably led us to examine
in some detail the Army's mission area analysis process that
has been established for Army-wide application by the Training
and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Based on the cumulative results
of our work to date, this report provides you with some
observations on the TRADOC mission area analysis program. The
report also discusses the fact that we see an opportunity for
the Army to obtain additional benefits from TRADOC's mission
analysis program by more comprehensively implementing Chief of



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APRIL 7, 1983






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