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 2005-10-27 monographic deposited born digital 81 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-105 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105 P0b002ee180395153 f:d06105 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105 GAO-06-105 Armed forces reserves Combat readiness Medical examinations Military forces Military policies Mobilization Reporting requirements Data integrity Military reserve personnel Occupational health standards DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom Other Written Product A40460

The Department of Defense's (DOD) operations in time of war or national emergency depend on sizeable reserve force involvement and DOD expects future use of the reserve force to remain high. Operational readiness depends on healthy and fit personnel. Long-standing problems have been identified with reserve members not being in proper medical or physical condition. Drilling members in the reserve force by law are required to have a medical exam every 5 years and an annual certificate of their medical status. Also, DOD policies require an annual dental exam and an annual evaluation of physical fitness. Compliance with these routine requirements is the first step in determining who is fit for duty. Public Law 108-375 required GAO to study DOD's management of the health status of reserve members activated for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. GAO assessed DOD's (1) ability to determine reserve force compliance with routine exams, and (2) visibility over reserve members' health status after they are called to duty and the care, if any, provided to those deployed with preexisting conditions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105.pdf GAO-06-105 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-105 Other Written Product GAO-06-105; Military Personnel: Top Management Attention Is Needed to Address Long-standing Problems with Determining Medical and Physical Fitness of the Reserve Force; Armed forces reserves Combat readiness Medical examinations Military forces Military policies Mobilization Reporting requirements Data integrity Military reserve personnel Occupational health standards DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom Title 10 Section 1074f 10 U.S.C. 1074f Public Law 108-375