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NSIAD-84-29 1 (1983-11-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnee0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION B-212168 NOVEMBER 10, 1983 The Honorable John 0. Marsh, Jr. The Secretary of the Army Attention: The Inspector General DAIG-AI 122793 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Better Followup Can Reduce Equipment and Facility Problems Affecting Army Guard and Reserve Training (GAO/NSIAD-84-29) The Joint Chiefs of Staff require each of the services to report the current status of their active and reserve component units and, accordingly, established the Unit Status and Identity Report. To satisfy this requirement, the Army established the Unit Status Reporting (USR) system. The USR is the primary means of tracking Army National Guard and Army Reserve units' ability to train. USR ratings are intended to show whether units are capable of performing their missions and to identify resource shortfalls that prevent units from meeting their training objec- tives. It is well known that many Army Guard and Reserve units do not have all of their authorized equipment. Ideally, each unit should have enough equipment to satisfy its training require- ments. Furthermore, for the equipment on hand to be of most value, units must have good access to training facilities. In conducting this review, we wanted to find out whether (1) equipment shortages and constraints on access to training facili- ties adversely affect Guard and Reserve units' ability to train and (2) the Army has an effective means for identifying and cor- recting reported training problems. To meet our objectives, we visited six Guard and Reserve units and discussed followup proce- dures with Army officials throughout the chain of command. Our findings are summarized below and are discussed in detail, along with our objectives, scope, and methodology, in the enclosure: --USR information is inconsistent or incomplete. Recent USRs show that equipment shortages and problems in gaining access to training facilities have a major impact on units' ability to meet training objectives. We found that (967064) / 4..,OL / I..)

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