page_title: Defense Readiness Reporting System
section_title: Intentions
hierarchical_section_title: Defense Readiness Reporting System / Intentions
caption_attribution_description: English: Operational Readiness Reporting and Assessment Overview
context_page_description: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 added Section 117 to United States Code Title 10, which directed the Secretary of Defense to establish a "comprehensive readiness reporting system" that would "measure in an objective, accurate, and timely manner" the capability of the U.S. military to carry out the National Security Strategy, Defense Planning Guidance, and the National Military Strategy.
context_section_description: DRRS represents a shift in how the Defense Department:
  Thinks of readiness 
  Beyond narrow resource accounting
  Synonymous with capability—What can forces do?
  In the context of assigned missions
  Measures force status
  Focus on forces and missions
  Includes Joint, support, operational units, and Combat Support Agencies
  Assesses risk
  Uses collaborative tools linked to near-real time data
  Requires operational context based on assigned mission
  Responds to deficiencies
  Builds in the identification of mitigation strategies
  Considers readiness reporting, risk assessment and adaptive planning as one large, iterative process
  DRRS is mission focused ...
  Detailed views of unit personnel and equipment 
  Insights in force “availability”
  Includes Joint organizations
  Includes installations, facilities, ranges
  Informs risk mitigation/Alternative Course of Action analysis
  DRRS enables and supports Global Force Management while maintaining an inventory of individuals who possess special skills.
caption: Operational Readiness Reporting and Assessment Overview
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