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 2005-08-12 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-765R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R P0b002ee18038097b f:d05765r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R GAO-05-765R Accountability Defense budgets Defense procurement Military operations Munitions Policy evaluation Risk assessment Correspondence A32981

In October 2002 we reported that inadequate linkage existed between near-term munitions needs of the combatant commanders and the purchases made by the military services. The Department of Defense (DOD) concurred with our recommendations and took steps to address them by rewriting the overarching DOD Instruction for determining munitions requirements. Related to our ongoing work on prepositioned stocks, we assessed whether DOD's efforts thus far and initiatives planned for the future will ensure the required linkage since successful implementation of operational war plans is contingent on the availability of the right mix and quantity of munitions. To make our assessment, we obtained and analyzed information from cognizant organizations within DOD, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Headquarters and subordinate units of the Military Services, and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). We conducted our analysis of DOD's munitions requirements process in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R.pdf GAO-05-765R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-765R Correspondence GAO-05-765R; Defense Management: Munitions Requirements and Combatant Commander's Needs Still Require Linkage; Accountability Defense budgets Defense procurement Military operations Munitions Policy evaluation Risk assessment Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720