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 1997-07-11 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-158 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158 P0b002ee18037db01 f:ns97158 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158 NSIAD-97-158 Equipment maintenance Military materiel Human resources utilization Strategic planning Defense operations Mobilization Military cost control Military withdrawal Military downsizing Military facilities DOD Mobility Requirements Study Bottom-Up Review Update South Korea Persian Gulf Europe Army Afloat Prepositioning Program Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Army's progress in redistributing war reserve equipment that is no longer needed in central Europe, focusing on whether: (1) the Army's plan for redistributing central European war reserve equipment provides for the specific and timely disposition of this equipment; and (2) cost savings would be realized by aligning the storage and maintenance capacities in central Europe so that they accurately reflect the reduced mission there.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) could save about $54 million per year in personnel costs once the Army removes unneeded war reserve equipment from central Europe and aligns its resources with the reduced mission; (2) in its plans, the Army has focused on redistributing major items, such as tanks, trucks, and radios, to other war reserve programs and has firm plans for a portion of those items; (3) however, it does not have firm disposition plans for the remaining items; (4) the Army's plans to redistribute these items are closely linked with DOD's plan to reduce the facilities now available; (5) however, because personnel costs comprise about three-quarters of the central European war reserve budget, most of the Army's savings will likely come from aligning personnel with the shrinking workload; (6) the projected reduction in maintenance workload is about 86 percent, which will require only a small fraction of the personnel currently available; and (7) thus, the sooner the Army disposes of its unneeded items and aligns its resources with its reduced mission, the sooner dollar savings may be realized. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-158 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-158 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-97-158; Army War Reserves: DOD Could Save Millions By Aligning Resources With Reduced European Mission; Equipment maintenance Military materiel Human resources utilization Strategic planning Defense operations Mobilization Military cost control Military withdrawal Military downsizing Military facilities DOD Mobility Requirements Study Bottom-Up Review Update South Korea Persian Gulf Europe Army Afloat Prepositioning Program Public Law 103-62