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 1996-06-10 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-153 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153 P0b002ee1803939e1 f:ns96153 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153 NSIAD-96-153 Women Military training Enlisted personnel Cost analysis Comparative analysis Military facilities Military recruiting Navy Recruit Training Program Army Basic Training Program Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the services' enlisted basic training programs to determine the: (1) extent to which the services conduct gender-integrated basic training; and (2) changes that the services made to accommodate gender-integrated training.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the military services use several different approaches to integrate men and women into basic training programs; (2) male and female trainees experience the same type of recruit program outside of having separate berths, medical examinations, hygiene classes, and physical standards; (3) the costs associated with gender-integrated training are low; (4) the Army spent $67,000 to modify its barracks to house gender-integrated basic training units; (4) these modifications included installing partitions between male and female berthing areas and creating separate bathrooms for male and female trainees; (5) the Navy made modifications to its basic training facility in response to base realignment and closure decisions; (6) the performance of military trainees is not harmed by gender-integrated training programs; (7) women performed better in the Army's gender-integrated training units, but male trainees' performance remained the same; and (8) the Army has no record of the gender-integrated training it conducted during the late 1970's and early 1980's to compare with its current program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-153 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-153 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-153; Basic Training: Services Using a Variety of Approaches to Gender Integration; Women Military training Enlisted personnel Cost analysis Comparative analysis Military facilities Military recruiting Navy Recruit Training Program Army Basic Training Program