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 2002-05-02 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-541 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-541 P0b002ee18038f915 f:d02541 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-541 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-541 GAO-02-541 Air Force personnel Defense contingency planning Human resources utilization Military operations Strategic mobility forces Strategic planning Air Force Manpower Data System Air Force Total Force Assessment DOD Quadrennial Defense Review Other Written Product A03216 Force Structure: Air Force Needs a Periodic Total Force Assessment (02-MAY-02, GAO-02-541). In May 2000, the Air Force began to test the force requirements in its manpower requirements-determination process. The defense strategy envisions simultaneously fighting two major theater wars and conducting multiple contingency operations in peacetime. The Total Force Assessment was the Air Force's first evaluation of manpower adequacy in these contexts since 1995. Because the Total Force Assessment was not implemented as planned, the Air Force cannot demonstrate that it has the forces needed to carry out the full spectrum of military operations. Although intended to examine whether authorized Air Force personnel were sufficient to meet both the wartime and peacetime scenarios, the assessment only addressed the wartime scenario and did not address the adequacy of manpower for conducting multiple contingency operations in peacetime. Further, although Air Force officials concluded that manpower was adequate to support the wartime scenario, this assessment was inconclusive because the effort was discontinued before all discrepancies in the assessment's results were resolved. Although the Air Force spent considerable time and effort conducting at least a portion of its planned assessment, it has not used the results to the extent anticipated. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-541/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-541.htm GAO-02-541 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-541 Other Written Product GAO-02-541; Force Structure: Air Force Needs a Periodic Total Force Assessment; Air Force personnel Defense contingency planning Human resources utilization Military operations Strategic mobility forces Strategic planning Air Force Manpower Data System Air Force Total Force Assessment DOD Quadrennial Defense Review