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NSIAD-84-32 1 (1983-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnez0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION B-210814 DECEMBER 9, 1983 The Honorable John 0. Marsh, Jr. I 11111 111111 II The Secretary of the Army 1Z3025 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: The Army's Retention of Overage Vehicles (GAO/NSIAD-84-32) We found during a recent survey that continuing cutbacks in procurement of nontactical vehicles are causing Army commands to adopt other, less economical means of keeping their nontactical fleets operating. The shortage of replacement vehicles is forcing commands to extensively repair vehicles that have exceeded their life expectancies and cannot be economically re- paired. Major commands are also authorizing their installations to compensate for these shortages by leasing vehicles without determining that leasing is an economical alternative to procure- ment. In some cases, commands have also been forced to use tactical vehicles in nontactical roles, reportedly with adverse effects on both operating costs and combat readiness. We conducted our survey at the U.S. Army Forces Command and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, which jointly have about one-third of the service's nontactical vehicles. Between November 1982 and February 1983, we worked at Fort McPherson, Georgia; Fort Monroe, Virginia; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. Our objective was to assess the practice of retaining and extensively repairing overage vehicles rather than buying new ones. We made our assessment primarily by comparing the practice with Army policies and by comparing repair costs with replace- ment costs and present value of vehicles being extensively repaired. Also we identified alternative measures that commands are using to keep their nontactical fleets operating. We performed our work in accordance with generally accepted government audit standards, except that we did not obtain offi- cial agency comments. (943526)

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