HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.gao/gaobackkt0001 and id is 1 raw text is:
United States
GAO
Genera] Accounting Office
National Security and
Interational Affairs Division
B-246608
October 5, 1993
The Honorable Richard C. Shelby
Chairman, Subcommittee on Force
Requirements and Personnel
Committee on Armed Services
United States Senate
Dear Mr. Chairman:
In response to your request, we examined the bases for
letters from the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy
regarding the costs and operation of military service
academy preparatory schools in comparison to private
preparatory schools. Also, as requested, we are providing
our views on the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness' (ASD(P&R)) test program to
determine the effectiveness of using private preparatory
schools as an alternative to the service-operated schools.
In brief, the letters reiterated positions already taken by
the services--there was no new analysis or research done.
In addition, although ASD(P&R) is preparing to initiate a
test program, it should be based on a revised baseline that
reflects several cost-saving initiatives that are underway
by the services.
THE SERVICE LETTERS REITERATED
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
As you noted in your letter to us, the letters from the
services contained a number of conclusions regarding the
effectiveness and cost of the military academies'
preparatory schools, and basically concluded that they are
equal or superior to private preparatory schools. In
preparing these letters, the services did not conduct any
new research or analysis. Rather, the letters reiterated
the services' already expressed belief that private
military schools are not an acceptable alternative.
In discussions with us, service officials contended that
private military schools cannot provide the academic
GAO/NSIAD-94-56R Academy Preparatory Schools](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobackkt0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)