Army Airlift: Need To Use Air Lines of Communications for Essential Items
NSIAD-87-184
Published: Jul 27, 1987. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 1987.
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GAO reviewed the Army's Air Lines of Communication Program (ALOC) and the Army's reserve stocks of ALOC-eligible materiel to determine: (1) the peacetime cost of ALOC; (2) ALOC ability to function effectively in wartime; and (3) whether reserve stocks of ALOC-eligible items could adequately support overseas forces during a transition to war.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Office of the Assistant Secretary (Installations, Logistics, and Financial Management) | The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Logistics) should direct that the peacetime airlift eligibility criteria under ALOC be made more consistent with the wartime airlift eligibility criteria. |
The Army agreed that the eligibility criteria for peacetime ALOC is more liberal than that for wartime ALOC, but insists that the present volume of peacetime traffic is needed to adequately exercise the system. The Army plans no action.
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| Office of the Assistant Secretary (Installations, Logistics, and Financial Management) | The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Logistics) should reassess the types and quantities of repair parts included in prepositioned war reserve stocks. |
The Army revised the regulation (AR 710-2) covering the forward positioning of selected positions of war reserves. Quantities of stocks on-hand will be increased as funds become available.
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Cost effectiveness analysisDefense contingency planningEligibility criteriaMilitary airlift operationsMilitary cost controlMilitary inventoriesMilitary materielMilitary forcesStocksAircraft