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GAO-08-10R 1 (2007-10-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity* Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 October 11, 2007 Congressional Committees Subject: Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan In the midst of the global war on terrorism and recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Defense (DOD) is working to make U.S. forces more agile and expeditionary. This transformation involves a shift from a Cold War era defense posture to a military that can surge quickly to trouble spots around the globe. In order to accomplish this transformation, it is vital for U.S. forces to train as they intend to fight. New advances in technology, coupled with this shift in force posture, mean that DOD needs to continually update and maintain its training ranges. Military training ranges vary in size from a few acres-for small arms training-to over a million acres for large maneuver exercises and weapons testing, as well as broad open ocean areas that provide for offshore training and testing. These ranges face ever increasing limitations and restrictions on land, water, and airspace as residential, commercial, and industrial development continues to expand around and encroach upon once remote military training and testing installations. Section 366 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003,' dated December 2, 2002, required that the Secretary of Defense report on several items. First, the Secretary of Defense was required to develop a comprehensive plan for using existing authorities available to the Secretary of Defense and the military services to address training constraints caused by limitations on the use of military lands, marine areas, and airspace-both in the United States and overseas. As part of the preparation of the plan, section 366 required the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of current and future training range requirements and an evaluation of the adequacy of current DOD resources, including virtual and constructive assets, to meet current and future training range requirements. Section 366 further required the Secretary to submit the plan, the results of the assessment and evaluation, and any recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes to address training constraints in a report to Congress at the same time the President submitted the budget for fiscal year 2004. Further, the Secretary was required to submit to Congress a report annually between fiscal years 2005 GAO-08-10R Military Training 'Pub. L. No. 107-314 (2002).

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