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 1997-04-18 monographic deposited born digital 67 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-90 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90 P0b002ee180378164 f:ns97090 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90 NSIAD-97-90 Human resources utilization Military cost control Military downsizing Personnel management Military officers Projections Reductions in force Naval personnel Enlisted personnel DOD Bottom-Up Review Navy Shore Requirements, Standards, and Manpower Planning System Navy Manpower Engineering Program Navy Total Force Manpower Management System DOD Future Years Defense Program Chapter Report NSIAD GAO reviewed the: (1) size and composition of Navy active duty forces between 1989 and 1999; (2) Navy's plans to achieve its fiscal year (FY) 1999 active duty force goal and initiatives that could further reduce forces beyond the planned FY 1999 level; and (3) Navy's processes for determining active military force requirements.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Navy plans to reduce its active military forces from 592,652 in FY 1989 to 394,900 in FY 1999; (2) by the end of FY 1999, infrastructure-related positions will have been reduced at a slightly greater rate than mission-related positions; (3) during the drawdown, the Navy plans to reduce the number of enlisted personnel at a higher rate than officers and the number of junior officers and enlisted personnel at higher rates than senior personnel; (4) while officers and enlisted personnel in mission-related positions will decline by nearly the same percentage, enlisted personnel will decline by a greater percentage than officers in infrastructure positions; (5) as a result, the proportion of officers in infrastructure positions will increase from about 17 percent in FY 1989 to 21 percent in FY 1999; (6) the effect is that costs will not decline in proportion to personnel; (7) as of September 30, 1996, the Navy had reduced its active military personnel by 164,700 primarily by decommissioning ships, submarines, and aircraft squadrons and closing shore-based activities; (8) the Navy will need to reduce its forces by another 33,100 to reach its end strength goal by continuing to close bases, decommission ships, submarines, and aircraft squadrons, plus reducing recruiting and associated training and outsourcing some functions; (9) for 25 years, the Navy has not properly assessed personnel requirements for its shore-based activities primarily because of the low priority that the Navy traditionally gave to managing the shore establishment, ineffective Navy management and oversight of the shore requirements program, and changes in program direction; (10) the Navy is instituting several measures to strengthen the shore requirements program; (11) however, without continued high-level Navy support and long-term commitment, there is no guarantee that the fate of these proposals will be any different than those of earlier years; (12) the Navy has little assurance that resources are being used efficiently and that its shore establishment is appropriately sized without an effective long-term program for determining personnel requirements; (13) accordingly, GAO believes this represents a material weakness in the Navy that should be reported under the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA); and (14) GAO believes improving the requirements process is particularly important as the Navy looks for savings and eff* https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-90 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-90 Chapter Report GAO/NSIAD-97-90; Force Structure: Streamlining Plans Could Enable Navy to Reduce Personnel Below FY 1999 Goal; Human resources utilization Military cost control Military downsizing Personnel management Military officers Projections Reductions in force Naval personnel Enlisted personnel DOD Bottom-Up Review Navy Shore Requirements, Standards, and Manpower Planning System Navy Manpower Engineering Program Navy Total Force Manpower Management System DOD Future Years Defense Program