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 2008-09-10 monographic deposited born digital 85 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-930 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930 P0b002ee1803a3c86 f:d08930 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930 GAO-08-930 Defense capabilities Defense cost control Defense operations Equipment inventories Equipment management Federal property Government owned equipment Iraq War and reconstruction Logistics Military bases Military forces Military inventories Military materiel Military policies Military withdrawal National defense operations Program evaluation Program management Property Protective equipment Reporting requirements Strategic planning Supply chain management Program implementation Desert Storm DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq Kuwait Other Written Product A84112 The redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq, a process the Department of Defense (DOD) refers to as "reposturing," will be a massive and expensive effort. As of March 2008, for example, there were about 173,000 pieces of equipment in Iraq, worth about $16.5 billion, that will need to be returned to the United States. The redeployment process following Operation Desert Storm in 1991, a much shorter war, lasted at least 14 months. DOD guidance emphasizes the importance of early planning for this redeployment process. GAO performed this work under the Comptroller General's Authority. GAO examined the (1) status of logistical planning for reposturing U.S. forces from Iraq and associated assumptions and (2) extent to which DOD established roles and responsibilities for managing and executing retrograde from Iraq. GAO also identified issues that DOD will need to consider in its reposture planning. GAO reviewed documents and interviewed officials from over 20 DOD organizations in the United States and Kuwait. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930.pdf GAO-08-930 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-930 Other Written Product GAO-08-930; Operation Iraqi Freedom: Actions Needed to Enhance DOD Planning for Reposturing of U.S. Forces from Iraq; Defense capabilities Defense cost control Defense operations Equipment inventories Equipment management Federal property Government owned equipment Iraq War and reconstruction Logistics Military bases Military forces Military inventories Military materiel Military policies Military withdrawal National defense operations Program evaluation Program management Property Protective equipment Reporting requirements Strategic planning Supply chain management Program implementation Desert Storm DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq Kuwait Public Law 109-163 Public Law 110-181