Reserve Officer Training Corps: Management Deficiencies Still to Be Corrected

Highlights

Except for reversing a decline in enrollments and eliminating duplicate physical examinations, the Department of Defense (DOD) has not corrected many Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) management problems discussed by GAO in a 1973 report. GAO interviewed program managers in headquarters, DOD, the services, and the commands responsible for implementing the program which developed out of the 1973 report.

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