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NSIAD-94-196R 1 (1994-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackov0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO GeneraAccounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-257522 June 15, 1994 The Honorable Earl Hutto Chairman, Subcommittee on Readiness Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: On October 14, 1993, you asked us to review the amount of war reserves, prepositioning of materiel configured to unit sets (POMCUS), and afloat prepositioning. You also asked that we comment on the level of future Department of Defense (DOD) war reserves and prepositioned equipment and supplies. DOD maintains stocks of supplies and equipment called war reserves to support military units in a time of war or mobilization. War reserves stored within the continental United States (CONUS) are distributed as needed by airlift or sealift. War reserves are also stored, or prepositioned, overseas on land or ships near an area of potential conflict. Some supplies and equipment stored in central Europe, which include combat weapon systems, such as tanks and howitzers, are configured in a way to support deploying combat units and are called POMCUS. Afloat prepositioning involves keeping ships continuously loaded with supplies, combat equipment, and/or support items. These ships are intended to respond more quickly than if they had to be deployed from the United States. Generally, for each military service, the requirements for war reserves, other prepositioned assets, and the amount of stock on hand, except for afloat prepositioning, has declined since Operation Desert Storm, and is expected to decline in the future. This decline is caused by (1) a change in the military strategy and (2) a reduction in force size. The military strategy was changed from a global strategy and a long drawn-out war to two shorter nearly simultaneous major regional conflicts (MRC). GAO/NSIAD-94 196R War Reserve Materiel

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