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 1998-11-16 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-6 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6 P0b002ee1803929da f:ns99006 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6 NSIAD-99-6 Combat readiness Equipment maintenance Military land vehicles Inventory control systems Military materiel Logistics Data integrity Defense contingency planning Mobilization Defense operations Kuwait Army Afloat Prepositioning Program Korea Qatar Europe Persian Gulf Air Force Bare Base Program Bosnia Army Total Asset Visibility System Chapter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the readiness of the Department of Defense (DOD) prepositioning programs, focusing on the: (1) basis for the program requirements; and (2) rates of inventory fill and maintenance condition of prepositioned stocks and the reliability of this readiness data.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Army and Air Force have poorly defined, outdated, or otherwise questionable requirements in the major programs that GAO reviewed; (2) the Army and Air Force have reported significant shortages and poor maintenance conditions in their prepositioning programs; (3) reliable data to assess inventory fill and maintenance condition was unavailable; (4) while the services are taking steps to address the requirements and reporting problems, it may be several years before these problems are resolved and readiness can be reliably assessed; (5) the positioning of the Army's brigade sets in Kuwait, Qatar, Korea, and afloat supports the current two-war strategy; (6) the three brigade sets in Europe are in a state of flux, and the Army recognizes the need to revisit and evaluate the requirements for those sets; (7) the Kuwait set is at a high level of readiness, and the sets afloat, in Korea, and in Qatar are improving as additional equipment is added to these sets; (8) the readiness of the European sets is declining and the Army has no immediate plans to fill equipment shortages caused by the transfer of equipment to units in, or returning from, Bosnia; (9) the Army has not determined valid requirements for its operational projects and sustainment programs; (10) the Army is reviewing these programs to establish requirements; (11) until the Army establishes valid requirements and improves inventory reporting, their readiness cannot be reliably and comprehensively assessed; (12) the Air Force has not determined precise requirements for its bare base and vehicle programs; (13) in the Persian Gulf, the Air Force has not completed the detailed planning at each of its planned operating locations to determine what infrastructure and vehicles would be available to deploying forces; (14) current requirements are based on a worst-case scenario that assumes the Air Force must provide virtually all the facilities and vehicles it would need should a major war occur; (15) in Europe, the Air Force is storing over 900 vehicles but has no current requirements for the vehicles to be stored there; (16) in the vehicle program, the Air Force does not have reliable, comprehensive reports of inventories on hand or their maintenance condition; (17) at one location visited, GAO found that over 40 percent of Air Force's aging vehicles were in poor condition and would require repair before being used; and (18) until the Air Force determines requirements for these programs and improves reporting, the impact of shortfalls and poor maintenance conditions will be difficult to discern. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-6 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-6 Chapter Report GAO/NSIAD-99-6; Military Prepositioning: Army and Air Force Programs Need To Be Reassessed; Combat readiness Equipment maintenance Military land vehicles Inventory control systems Military materiel Logistics Data integrity Defense contingency planning Mobilization Defense operations Kuwait Army Afloat Prepositioning Program Korea Qatar Europe Persian Gulf Air Force Bare Base Program Bosnia Army Total Asset Visibility System