United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-03-15 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-93 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-93 P0b002ee18039d0b2 f:ns94093 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-93 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-93 NSIAD-94-93 Defense contingency planning Combat readiness Defense capabilities Military land vehicles Marine Corps Strategic forces Army procurement Logistics National Guard Soviet Union Warsaw Pact M1A1 Tank Desert Storm M60 Tank Persian Gulf War Letter Report NSIAD In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the United States has changed its national defense strategy. As part of that effort, the military services have been reexamining and restructuring their forces. This report reviews the basis for the Marine Corps' tank requirement and the reasonableness of the Marine Corps' efforts to have the Army transfer tanks to the Marine Corps free of charge. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-93/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-93.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-93 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-93 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-93; Warfighting Capability: Some Army Tanks Should Be Transferred to the Marine Corps; Defense contingency planning Combat readiness Defense capabilities Military land vehicles Marine Corps Strategic forces Army procurement Logistics National Guard Soviet Union Warsaw Pact M1A1 Tank Desert Storm M60 Tank Persian Gulf War