Observations Concerning Plans and Programs To Assure the Continuity of Vital Wartime Movements Through U.S. Ports

GAO conducted a study of defense and civil agencies' current efforts to ensure that U.S. ports can sustain military deployment operations during mobilization given the number of public and private organizations involved. The United States would be very dependent on ports during a war because troops and material would be transported by ships and, as a result, a need exists for secure operational ports.