United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-05-10 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-425 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425 P0b002ee1803a5910 f:d01425 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425 GAO-01-425 Inventory control Military inventories Warfare Spare parts Defense contingency planning Logistics Other Written Product A00984 The ultimate test for the military, according to the current National Military Strategy, is for the United States to be able to win two major theater wars occurring nearly simultaneously. Department of Defense policy calls for each of the services to acquire and maintain sufficient war material inventories to execute and sustain a two-war scenario until the industrial base can establish resupply. In part because of the Army's significant shortfall in meeting its reported war reserve spare parts requirement and its current funding plans, there is some risk associated with executing the two major theater war scenario, assuming requirements have been adequately identified. Because of limitations in the Army's process for determining war reserve spare parts requirements, uncertainties exist regarding the accuracy of the war reserve spare parts requirements and funding needs. These limitations include (1) not using the best available data on the rate at which spare parts would be consumed during wartime for its war reserve spare parts requirements calculations, (2) having a potential mismatch between the Army's process for determining spare parts requirements for war reserves and how the Army plans to repair equipment on the battlefield, and (3) lacking a fact-based assessment of industrial base capacity to provide needed parts for the two major theaters of war scenario. Some uncertainties are likely to remain for the foreseeable future as the Army contemplates a significant transformation of its forces and other changes are considered affecting military strategy and force structure. However, improvements in the above areas could lessen the degree of uncertainties that exist. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425.pdf GAO-01-425 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-425 Other Written Product GAO-01-425; Defense Inventory: Army War Reserve Spare Parts Requirements Are Uncertain; Inventory control Military inventories Warfare Spare parts Defense contingency planning Logistics