Warfighting Capability: Some Army Tanks Should Be Transferred to the Marine Corps
NSIAD-94-93
Published: Mar 15, 1994. Publicly Released: Mar 15, 1994.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed the Marine Corps' M1A1 tank requirement, focusing on: (1) the reasonableness of the requirement; and (2) whether the Army should transfer additional tanks to the Marine Corps free of charge to help it meet its requirement.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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Department of Defense | To ensure that the Army's transfers of M1A1 tanks best contribute to total military capability, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army to transfer 84 M1A1 tanks to the Marine Corps to meet its maritime prepositioning squadrons tank requirement. |
Closed – Implemented
The FY 1995 Defense Authorization Act directs the transfer of 84 tanks from the Army to the Marine Corps as M1A1 tanks become excess to the active Army's inventory requirements.
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Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should: (1) assess whether transferring an additional 40 tanks to satisfy the Marine Corps' sustainment requirement has a higher priority than providing those tanks to the National Guard; and (2) direct the Army to transfer an additional 40 tanks to the Marine Corps if the assessment shows that the Marine Corps has a higher priority than the Army National Guard requirement. |
Closed – Implemented
The FY 1995 Defense Authorization Act directs that the Army transfer the tanks to the Marine Corps. The transfer is under way.
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Army procurementCombat readinessDefense capabilitiesDefense contingency planningLogisticsMilitary land vehiclesNational GuardStrategic forcesMilitary forcesMilitary tanks