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 2008-05-30 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-08-670 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-670 P0b002ee18039e69f f:d08670 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-05-04 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-670 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-670 GAO-08-670 Combat readiness Defense capabilities Defense contingency planning Defense operations Force planning Military forces Military officers Military operations Military personnel Military personnel deployment Military training Mission essential operations National defense operations Standards Strategic forces Strategic planning Training utilization program goals or objectives Afghanistan Global War on Terrorism Iraq Other Written Product A82224

Military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism, particularly those in Iraq and Afghanistan, have challenged the Department of Defense's (DOD) ability to provide needed ground forces. Section 354 of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act directed GAO to report on a number of military readiness issues. In this report, GAO addresses (1) the extent to which DOD's use of nonstandard forces to meet ground force requirements has impacted the force and (2) the extent to which DOD has faced challenges in managing the training and use of these forces, and taken steps to address any challenges. To address these objectives, GAO analyzed DOD policies, guidance, and data and interviewed department, joint, combatant command, and service officials as well as trainers and over 300 deploying, deployed, and redeploying servicemembers. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-670/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-670.htm GAO-08-670 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-670 Other Written Product GAO-08-670; Military Readiness: Joint Policy Needed to Better Manage the Training and Use of Certain Forces to Meet Operational Demands; Combat readiness Defense capabilities Defense contingency planning Defense operations Force planning Military forces Military officers Military operations Military personnel Military personnel deployment Military training Mission essential operations National defense operations Standards Strategic forces Strategic planning Training utilization program goals or objectives Afghanistan Global War on Terrorism Iraq Title 10 Section 164 10 U.S.C. 164 Public Law 109-364 Public Law 110-181