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 2003-04-15 monographic deposited born digital 33 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-437 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437 P0b002ee18038b14e f:d03437 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437 GAO-03-437 Armed forces reserves Army reservists Combat readiness Health care services Medical information systems Other Written Product A06663 During the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, health problems prevented the deployment of a significant number of Army reservists. To help correct this problem the Congress passed legislation that required reservists to undergo periodic physical and dental examinations. The National Defense Authorization Act for 2002 directed GAO to review the value and advisability of providing examinations. GAO also examined whether the Army is collecting and maintaining information on reservist health. GAO obtained expert opinion on the value of periodic examinations and visited seven Army reserve units to obtain information on the number of examinations that have been conducted. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437.pdf GAO-03-437 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-437 Other Written Product GAO-03-437; Defense Health Care: Army Needs to Assess the Health Status of All Early-Deploying Reservists; Armed forces reserves Army reservists Combat readiness Health care services Medical information systems