Continuous Management Attention Needed for Army To Improve Combat Unit Personnel Requirements

GAO reports and Army studies during the past 14 years have shown widespread, serious weaknesses in the Army's system for determining personnel requirements for combat units. The Army's Manpower Authorization Criteria provides criteria for determining the staff needed for combat functions which have measurable workloads. Errors in estimating either workload or soldiers' available worktime can have a major impact of the number of soldiers available.