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Defense headquarters : DOD needs to reassess options for permanent location of U.S. Africa Command : report to congressional committees.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
- Standardized Title:
- Defense headquarters (2013 September)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Africa Command.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense--Planning.
- United States. Department of Defense.
- Unified operations (Military science).
- United States--Armed Forces--Headquarters.
- Armed Forces--Headquarters.
- Planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 27 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
- Other Title:
- DOD needs to reassess options for permanent location of US Africa Command
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- A House Armed Services Committee report accompanying a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 mandated GAO to conduct an analysis of options for the permanent placement of AFRICOM headquarters. While GAO's work was ongoing, DOD announced its decision to keep AFRICOM's headquarters at its current location in Stuttgart, Germany. This report addresses the following questions: (1) What courses of action did DOD consider for the permanent placement of AFRICOM headquarters? and (2) To what extent was DOD's decision to keep AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart based on a well-documented analysis of the costs and benefits of the options available to DOD? To meet these objectives, GAO analyzed documents provided by and interviewed officials from the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Joint Staff; and AFRICOM and other combatant commands.
- Contents:
- Background
- DOD considered several possibilities for the permanent placement of AFRICOM before deciding to retain the command in its current location
- DOD's decision to keep AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart is not supported by an analysis that balances operational costs and benefits for a full range of options
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- "September 2013."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-13-646."
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed September 11, 2013).
- OCLC:
- 857810451
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