Accession Number:

AD1182936

Title:

DEFENSE LOGISTICS: Actions Needed to Improve the Availability of Critical Items during Current and Future Operations

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

United States Government Accountability Office

Personal Author(s):

• Payne, Richard G
• Lee, John W

Report Date:

2005-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

150

Abstract:

U.S. troops experienced shortages of seven of the nine items GAO reviewed. According to the 2004 National Military Strategy, U.S. forces expect to have sufficient quantities of the right items at the right time. However, demand for the seven items exceeded availability sometime between October 2002 and September 2004. The documented impact of these shortages varied between combat units. For example, while units in the 3rd Infantry Division reported that tire shortages reduced their operational capability, forcing them to abandon equipment, the 4th Infantry Division reported no similar effect.

Descriptors:

• warfare
• supply chain
• combatant commanders
• logistics
• national security
• supply chain management
• information systems
• business administration
• congress
• shortages (logistics)
• management personnel
• united states government
• anti-tank missiles
• armored vehicles
• deployment
• military personnel
• organizational structure

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]