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 1997-01-29 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-55BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR P0b002ee18039475d f:ns97055b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR NSIAD-97-55BR Military downsizing Armed forces reserves Defense contingency planning Army reservists Cost analysis Military cost control Federal agency reorganization Human resources utilization Personnel management Reductions in force Army National Guard Division Redesign Study DOD Bottom-Up Review Total Army Analysis Process DOD Quadrennial Defense Review Briefing Report NSIAD By the end of fiscal year 1999, the Army National Guard plans to have 367,000 personnel in military commands in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. War planners, the Defense Department (DOD), and the Army have noted that many Guard combat units are not needed to meet the national security strategy of fighting and winning two nearly simultaneous regional conflicts. According to DOD documents and Army officials, these excess forces are assigned to secondary missions, such as providing wartime rotational forces, serving as a deterrent to future adversarial regimes, and supporting civil authorities at home. Previous GAO reports and the report of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces have discussed the need to make better use of reserve forces. This report examines how the Army National Guard Division Redesign Study addresses this need. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-55BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-55BR Briefing Report GAO/NSIAD-97-55BR; Army National Guard: Planned Conversions Are a Positive Step, but Unvalidated Combat Forces Remain; Military downsizing Armed forces reserves Defense contingency planning Army reservists Cost analysis Military cost control Federal agency reorganization Human resources utilization Personnel management Reductions in force Army National Guard Division Redesign Study DOD Bottom-Up Review Total Army Analysis Process DOD Quadrennial Defense Review Public Law 104-201