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GAO-01-201R 1 (2000-12-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaliq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountability * Integrity* Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 December 14, 2000 The Honorable Tim Hutchinson Chairman The Honorable Max Cleland Ranking Member Subcommittee on Personnel Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Subject: Quality of Life for U.S. Soldiers Deployed in the Balkans. As agreed with your office, we are providing information on the quality of life for U.S. military personnel deployed to the Balkans. On December 1, 2000, we briefed Subcommittee staff on (1) how the Army defines and views the quality of life of deployed soldiers there and (2) the results of our assessment of quality of life at three base camps in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. This report transmits the information we provided the staff at this briefing (see encl.). We obtained this information as part of a broader review that we conducted on whether there are opportunities to improve the use of contractors that support Balkan operations and reduce the costs of that support without jeopardizing mission success. We issued our report on the broader review in September 2000.' U.S. Army ground forces have been deployed to the Balkans since December 1995. For these deployed personnel, a tour of duty in this region poses a significant departure from life at their home bases in terms of living conditions and separation from family and friends. The Army has spent over $2 billion to develop camps and implement services to sustain deployed personnel. Much of what has been spent contributes to enhancing soldiers' quality of life. SUMMARY The Army defines quality of life as the provision of equitable, adequate, and appropriate living, working, and leisure conditions consistent with available resources and political and military considerations. To ensure an adequate quality of life for deployed soldiers, it has developed standards for facilities and services. One formal Army survey in Bosnia and Hungary in 1997 and other informal assessments indicated that soldiers enjoy a good quality of life in the Balkans. Our assessment 1 Contingency Operations: Army Should Do More to Control Contract Cost in the Balkans (GAO/NSIAD-00-225, Sept. 29, 2000). GAO-01 -201 R Quality of Life in the Balkans Page 1

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