Army planning, comprehensive risk assessment needed for planned changes to the Army's force structure : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Contributor:

Pendleton, John H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Planning--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Army--Operational readiness.

United States. Army.

Military planning--United States.

Military planning.

Armed Forces--Operational readiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 25 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Comprehensive risk assessment needed for planned changes to the Army's force structure

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.

Summary:

The Army plans to reduce its end strength to 980,000 active and reserve soldiers by fiscal year 2018, a reduction of nearly 12 percent since fiscal year 2011. According to the Army, this reduction will require reductions of both combat and supporting units. Army leaders reported that reducing the Army to such levels creates significant but manageable risk to executing the U.S. military strategy and that further reductions would result in unacceptable risk. This report (1) describes the Army's priorities and planned force structure reductions and (2) evaluates the extent to which the Army comprehensively assessed mission risk associated with its planned combat and enabler force structure. GAO examined the Army's force development regulations and process, DOD and Army guidance, and Army analysis GAO recommends that the Army complete a mission risk assessment of its planned enabler force structure, and revise its process to routinely require a mission risk assessment for its combat and enabler force structure.

Notes:

"April 2016."

"GAO-16-327."

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 14, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

946611460