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	  **Released on   Apr 15, 2024**
          F-35 Sustainment: Costs Continue to Rise While Planned Use and Availability Have Decreased
    GAO-24-106703
      Published:   Apr 15, 2024
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 15, 2024
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    The F-35 aircraft is DOD's most advanced and costly weapon system. DOD currently has about 630 F-35s, plans to buy about 1,800 more, and intends to use them through 2088. We reported in this Q&A that DOD's projected costs to sustain the F-35 fleet keep increasing—from $1.1 trillion in 2018 to $1.58 trillion in 2023. Yet DOD plans to fly the F-35 less than originally...
      **Released on   May 2, 2023**
          Military Readiness: Improvement in Some Areas, but Sustainment and Other Challenges Persist
    GAO-23-106673
      Published:   May 2, 2023
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        Publicly Released:   May 2, 2023
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    We testified that the Department of Defense faces several challenges as it works to rebuild and restore readiness across the military while also modernizing its forces. For example, we've previously reported: the Navy's ship maintenance backlog has grown to $1.8 billion maintenance and supply issues limit the availability of aging aircraft space readiness goals are unclear Although the readiness of ground forces—such as the Army...
      **Released on   Aug 17, 2022**
          Military Personnel: Armed Forces Should Clarify Tattoo Policies' Waiver Guidance
    GAO-22-105676
      Published:   Aug 17, 2022
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        Publicly Released:   Aug 17, 2022
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    The armed forces have policies on the content, size, and location of allowable tattoos. As tattoos have become more common, policies have become less restrictive on size and location. Current policies allow tattoos almost anywhere except the head. Armed forces recruitment and retention data doesn’t include information that would allow us to assess whether tattoo policies have an effect on recruitment and retention. Most services...
      **Released on   Jul 14, 2021**
          Military Vehicles: Army and Marine Corps Should Take Additional Actions to Mitigate and Prevent Training Accidents
    GAO-21-361
      Published:   Jul 7, 2021
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 14, 2021
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    We reviewed Army and Marine Corps tactical vehicle (e.g., tanks, trucks) accidents from FY 2010-2019, and steps taken to prevent them. The services reported 3,753 non-combat accidents resulting in 123 servicemember deaths Driver inattention, supervision lapses, and training shortfalls were common causes The Army and Marine Corps have practices to mitigate and prevent tactical vehicle accidents, but units don't always use them DOD improved driver...
      **Released on   Apr 6, 2021**
          Depot Maintenance: DOD Should Improve Pandemic Plans and Publish Working Capital Fund Policy
    GAO-21-103
      Published:   Apr 6, 2021
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 6, 2021
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    About 40,000 civilians at Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force depots maintain weapon systems and equipment. During FY 2020, COVID-19 exacerbated challenges the depots already faced, such as having too few people or materials to finish work. The depots responded to COVID-19 by protecting personnel, shifting schedules, or pausing operations. DOD also acted to keep the funds used to operate depots solvent, despite reduced depot...
      **Released on   Jan 19, 2021**
          GPS Modernization: DOD Continuing to Develop New Jam-Resistant Capability, But Widespread Use Remains Years Away
    GAO-21-145
      Published:   Jan 19, 2021
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 19, 2021
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    GPS may seem like everyday technology, but it depends on military systems that continue to evolve to meet defense needs. The Department of Defense has worked for decades to develop a jam-resistant GPS capability for the military called M-code. This requires satellites to broadcast the M-code signal, control systems on the ground, and equipment that can receive it. Modernized satellites are in space but receiver...
      **Released on   Dec 2, 2020**
          Navy and Marine Corps: Services Continue Efforts to Rebuild Readiness, but Recovery Will Take Years and Sustained Management Attention
    GAO-21-225T
      Published:   Dec 2, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 2, 2020
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    The 2018 National Defense Strategy called for improving the readiness and lethality of U.S. military forces. Readiness challenges—for example, maintenance delays that keep ships in dry docks or planes on the ground—have reduced the availability of these forces for training and operations. This statement for the congressional record summarizes our 2016-2020 work on Navy and Marine Corps readiness challenges, including the need to maintain ships...
      **Released on   Jul 16, 2020**
          Military Parachutes: Observations on Army and Marine Corps Acquisition Programs
    GAO-20-524
      Published:   Jul 16, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 16, 2020
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    Army and Marine Corps special operations and reconnaissance forces use free fall parachutes to navigate and covertly land in contested areas. These parachute systems have a service life of about 12-15 years. The Army and Marine Corps plan to spend about $150 million to replace their aging systems with ones better suited for their unique missions. Both services had similar contracting strategies and bought existing...
          Military Depots: Army and Marine Corps Need to Improve Efforts to Address Challenges in Measuring Performance and Planning Maintenance Work
    GAO-20-401
      Published:   Jul 16, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Jul 16, 2020
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    The Army and Marine Corps operate large industrial depots to maintain, overhaul, and upgrade weapon systems and equipment. Delays at depots reduce the available time for operations and training with tanks, radars, and other weapons and equipment. Both services reported largely meeting depot maintenance goals in recent years. We found ways they could improve depot performance measures and efficiency. The Army, for example, could do...
      **Released on   Apr 6, 2020**
          Movement of Household Goods: DOD Should Take Additional Steps to Assess Progress toward Achieving Program Goals
    GAO-20-295
      Published:   Apr 6, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 6, 2020
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    DOD is the largest customer in the nation’s personal property moving and storage industry—accounting for about 15% of all moves (about 400,000 shipments a year). U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) manages the DOD program. DOD proposed putting a single commercial move manager in charge of moving and storage, in part to address customer complaints. TRANSCOM plans to award a multi-year contract, and determine, in the contract’s...
      **Released on   Apr 2, 2020**
          DOD Utilities Privatization: Improved Data Collection and Lessons Learned Archive Could Help Reduce Time to Award Contracts
    GAO-20-104
      Published:   Apr 2, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Apr 2, 2020
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    To address maintenance issues, DOD has transferred the ownership of more than 600 utility systems located on military installations to private and public entities since 1988. DOD and others are concerned about how long the contracting process takes. We found that DOD took about 4 years to award 21 new utility services contracts between 2016 and 2018. DOD, however, did not track the total time...
      **Released on   Mar 16, 2020**
          Weapon System Sustainment: DOD Needs a Strategy for Re-Designing the F-35's Central Logistics System
    GAO-20-316
      Published:   Mar 6, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 16, 2020
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    The F-35 is the Department of Defense’s most ambitious and costly weapon system. It’s also supposed to be one of the smartest—relying on its Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) to manage missions, maintenance, training, and more. However, after years of development and testing, the system does not work properly—with inaccurate or missing data sometimes leading ALIS to ground flight-ready aircraft, among other problems. DOD knows...
      **Released on   Mar 12, 2020**
          Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Program Costs
    GAO-20-195G
      Published:   Mar 12, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 12, 2020
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    Legislators, government officials, and the public want to know whether government programs are achieving their goals and what their costs are. To make these kinds of evaluations of the latest ship, IT system, or other acquisition, reliable cost forecasts and updates are required. We developed this guide, initially published in 2009, to provide agencies across the government with a way to produce reliable, high quality...
      **Released on   Mar 4, 2020**
          Defense Logistics Agreements: DOD Should Improve Oversight and Seek Payment from Foreign Partners for Thousands of Orders It Identifies as Overdue
    GAO-20-309
      Published:   Mar 4, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Mar 4, 2020
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    Weaknesses in the Department of Defense’s oversight of the support it has provided to foreign partners have resulted in thousands of overdue reimbursements. Through its Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements, DOD provides foreign partners with reimbursable support such as meals, aerial refueling, munitions (for example some used in Saudi-led Coalition activities in Yemen), and more. However, DOD has not consistently maintained quality data or requested reimbursement...
      **Released on   Feb 20, 2020**
          Professional Military Education: Programs Are Accredited, but Additional Information is Needed to Assess Effectiveness
    GAO-20-323
      Published:   Feb 20, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Feb 20, 2020
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    Joint Professional Military Education programs bring together officers from across the military and prepare them to work together in complex operations and major conflicts. However, according to one DOD document, these programs have “stagnated” into a credit-earning exercise. We found the programs met accreditation standards. However, they did not always include the required mix of students. For example, an Air Force program lacked Navy/Marine Corps/Coast...
      **Released on   Jan 30, 2020**
          Military Depots: DOD Can Benefit from Further Sharing of Best Practices and Lessons Learned
    GAO-20-116
      Published:   Jan 30, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 30, 2020
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    DOD operates depots nationwide to overhaul, upgrade, and rebuild complex weapons and equipment. These depots are crucial to keeping the military ready to conduct operations and training. While depots have sometimes struggled to meet repair needs in recent years, they reported benefits from sharing best practices and lessons learned with each other. For example, one shared an improvement that reduced service time for a type...
      **Released on   Jan 15, 2020**
          Defense Health Care: DOD Should Collect and Use Key Information to Make Decisions about Incentives for Physicians and Dentists
    GAO-20-165
      Published:   Jan 15, 2020
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        Publicly Released:   Jan 15, 2020
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    DOD spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to recruit, educate, train, and retain military physicians and dentists. Despite this, DOD has had trouble meeting its needs for certain critical specialists, in part because it pays less than the private sector. In 2017, the maximum a military physician or dentist could earn was less than the private sector median in 21 of 27 specialties we...
      **Released on   Dec 4, 2019**
          Navy Maintenance: Persistent and Substantial Ship and Submarine Maintenance Delays Hinder Efforts to Rebuild Readiness
    GAO-20-257T
      Published:   Dec 4, 2019
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        Publicly Released:   Dec 4, 2019
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    The Navy continues to face persistent and substantial maintenance delays that hinder its ability to stay ready for operations and training. Since fiscal year 2014, Navy ships have spent over 33,700 more days in maintenance than expected. Insufficient shipyard capacity and a shortage of skilled workers are among the contributing factors we identified. The Navy has efforts underway to improve its maintenance operations. They will...
      **Released on   Nov 27, 2019**
          Water Scarcity: DOD Has Not Always Followed Leading Practices to Identify At-Risk Installations
    GAO-20-98
      Published:   Nov 27, 2019
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        Publicly Released:   Nov 27, 2019
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    Do military installations have enough water to meet mission needs? DOD completed 6 assessments—3 at the department level and 3 at the military-service level—and found 102 installations at risk of water scarcity. But these assessments were conducted differently and produced different results. The department-level assessments didn’t follow leading practices, and officials disagreed over whether the service-level assessments could be used across DOD. We recommended that...
      **Released on   Oct 16, 2019**
          Civilian Personnel: Additional Guidance and Consistent Data Reporting Could Help Improve the Marine Corps' Budget Management
    GAO-20-148
      Published:   Oct 16, 2019
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        Publicly Released:   Oct 16, 2019
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    In fiscal year 2019, 4 of 15 Marine Corps commands either over- or underspent by $5 million or more on civilian personnel. The Marine Corps bases its budget requests on prior fiscal year spending rather than the hours projected for full-time employees to do the work, as recommended by the Office of Management and Budget. Though this approach has benefits, such as flexibility to use...
    
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