Central Issue Facility at Fort Benning and Related Army Policies

We determined whether the Army central issue facilities provided the required clothing and equipment to DOD civilians and contractor employees deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan and whether these individuals returned the clothing and equipment when their deployment ended. We visited the central issue facility at Fort Benning, GA, because, according to the Army, about 95 percent of civilians and contractor employees processed for deployment through that facility. Fort Benning issued 21.4 million of recoverable clothing and equipment to 7,338 civilians and contractor employees processed for deployment during FYs 2006 and 2007.