Army Force Structure: Need to Determine Changed Threat's Impact on Reserve Training Divisions
NSIAD-92-182
Published: Jun 22, 1992. Publicly Released: Jun 22, 1992.
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Highlights
GAO provided information on the: (1) impact of changing national security needs on the justification for maintaining Army reserve training divisions; (2) current operations and roles of reserve training divisions; and (3) proposed new roles for reserve training units.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of the Army | The Secretary of the Army should, as a part of the Army's mobilization training analysis, determine the viability of assigning the IRR refresher training mission to the reserve training divisions. If this is found to be viable, the Secretary should determine the number of reserve training divisions required to perform the mission. |
Closed – Implemented
The Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, in coordination with Forces Command and the Training and Doctrine Command, is reviewing new training requirements and strategies in anticipation of evolving training division missions. Analysis of the results of a 1993 mobilization exercise found that refresher training is a viable training division mission.
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| Department of the Army | The Secretary of the Army should deactivate those reserve training divisions not required for a mobilization training mission. |
Closed – Implemented
The Army evaluated the training division requirement against the war-fighting scenarios generated by TAA 2001. Based on this analysis and the assignment of new missions to the training divisions, the Army concluded that the planned reduction to nine training divisions is consistent with the mobilization training mission.
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Armed forces reserve trainingArmed forces reservesArmy reservistsForce structureCombat readinessDefense capabilitiesDefense contingency planningFederal agency reorganizationMilitary operationsMilitary training