Army Training: One-Third of 1993 and 1994 Budgeted Funds Were Used for Other Purposes

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 1995-04-07 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-71 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71 P0b002ee18039b6ae f:ns95071 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71 NSIAD-95-71 Combat readiness Military training Army personnel Reporting requirements Training utilization Future budget projections Budget outlays Reprogramming of appropriated funds Military budgets Defense operations Army Training Resource Model Army Battalion Level Training Model Letter Report NSIAD Army Training: One-Third of 1993 and 1994 Budgeted Funds Were Used for Other Purposes Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's use of its military training funds, focusing on whether the: (1) Army used training funds for other purposes; and (2) Army's budget requests for training funds were consistent with the amounts needed for training exercises to ensure combat readiness.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the Army used about 33 percent of its budgeted training funds for purposes other than training; (2) the Army used some of the diverted funds for base operations, real property and depot maintenance, and contingency operations; (3) the Army did not report the diversions to Congress because the training funds were not separate budget items and fund movements within the same budget activity did not require congressional approval; (4) Congress has directed that such diversions be reported beginning in fiscal year (FY) 1996; (5) the requested training funds have exceeded the amounts needed to support readiness objectives; (6) in general, combat units have maintained their readiness at lower-than-budgeted training levels, but some have reported degraded readiness due to insufficient funding during the last quarter of FY 1994; (7) the model the Army used to determine the amount of training funds needed contained outdated and incorrect assumptions and failed to consider certain factors; and (8) the Army is updating its model to improve its funding estimates to better reflect its current training requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-71 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-71 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-71; Army Training: One-Third of 1993 and 1994 Budgeted Funds Were Used for Other Purposes; Combat readiness Military training Army personnel Reporting requirements Training utilization Future budget projections Budget outlays Reprogramming of appropriated funds Military budgets Defense operations Army Training Resource Model Army Battalion Level Training Model