Peace Operations: Heavy Use of Key Capabilities May Affect Response to Regional Conflicts
NSIAD-95-51
Published: Mar 08, 1995. Publicly Released: Mar 08, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the impact of peace operations on the U.S. military forces' capability to respond to regional conflicts, focusing on the: (1) force structure limitations that affect the military's ability to respond to other national security requirements while engaged in peace operations; and (2) options available for increasing force flexibility and response capability.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretary of the Army, as part of the Total Army Analysis 2003, to reexamine whether high priority support units that would deploy early in a crisis should still be staffed at less than 100 percent of their authorized strength. |
The 1996 Defense Authorization Act directed the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House National Security Committee by September 30, 1996, that identifies the number of high-priority support units within the armed services that would deploy early in a contingency operation or other crisis and that are managed at less than 100 percent of their authorized strengths. The act also requires that the report include a justification for manning of less than 100 percent, or the status of corrective action. DOD has completed this report and provided it to the Congress.
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