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FPCD-83-31 1 (1983-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmzs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION B-211122 JUNE 14,1983 The Honorable John F. Lehman, Jr. 121663 The Secretary of the Navy Attention: Comptroller of the Navy (NCB-53) Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Navy Could Reduce Costs By Better Monitoring Its Enlisted Transfer Policy (GAO/FPCD-83-31) We have reviewed the Navy policy that requires enlisted personnel to have enough time remaining in their enlistment (obligated service) to complete their tour at a new location before transferring. We found that the Navy is not complying with its transfer policy and, as a result, is incurring un- necessary costs. This situation is occurring because local commanders are not fulfilling their responsibilities and the procedures for insuring that members obligate additional serv- ice before transferring to a new duty location are inadequate. , We found that at least 6,900 enlisted members (as of Oct. 6, 1982) transferred to new duty locations between July 1978 and September 1982, even though they did not have enough obligated service to complete their tours at their new loca- tions. While we recognize that some of these members may have received a waiver of the obligated service requirement or may obligate additional service before their enlistment expires, we believe that the large number of members transferring with- out obligating additional service is a costly practice. While we have not been able to determine how many of these Members subsequently extended their tour or obtained waivers, we did identify, during our review, at least 156 members who actu- ally left the service at or near the end of their enlistment before completing their tours. These uncompleted tours repre- sented about 182 staff-years of lost time, estimated at about (967068)

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