**GAO-08-418**                      Published: May 29, 2008. Publicly Released: May 29, 2008.                  

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## Highlights

The Navy faces affordability challenges as it supports a high pace of operations and increasing ship procurement costs. The Navy has used multiple crews on some submarines and surface ships and has shown it to increase a ship's operational availability. GAO was asked to evaluate the extent to which the Navy, for ship rotational crewing, has (1) employed a comprehensive management approach, (2) developed and implemented guidance, (3) systematically collected, analyzed data, and reported findings, and (4) systematically collected and used lessons learned. To conduct this work, GAO analyzed Department of Defense (DOD) and Navy documentation and best practices for transformation, conducted focus groups, and interviewed DOD and Navy officials.

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National Defense

AccountabilityComparative analysisConcept of operationsCost analysisCost effectiveness analysisData collectionDefense capabilitiesFacility managementFederal agency reorganizationForce structureLessons learnedLife cycle costsMilitary forcesMilitary vesselsNaval personnelNaval procurementPersonnel managementProcurement planningReporting requirementsShipsSystems analysisSystems evaluationSystems integrationSystems managementCost estimates