Military training
Subtitle: actions needed to further improve the consistency of combat skills training provided to the Army and Marine Corps support forces : report to Congressional committees
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Drill and tactics; Soldiers; Training of; United States. Army; United States; United States. Marine Corps
Other titles: Actions needed to further improve the consistency of combat skills training provided to the Army and Marine Corps support forces
Description: In conventional warfare, support forces such as military police, engineers, and medical personnel normally operate behind the front lines of a battlefield. But in Iraq and Afghanistan-- both in U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM) area of responsibility-- there is no clear distinction between front lines and rear areas, and support forces are sometimes exposed to hostile fire without help from combat arms units. The House report to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010 directed GAO to report on combat skills training for support forces. GAO assessed the extent to which (1) Army and Marine Corps support forces are completing required combat skills training; (2) the services and CENTCOM have information to validate completion of required training; and (3) the services have used lessons learned to adjust combat skills training for support forces.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed Apr. 19, 2010).

"April 2010."

"GAO-10-465."

Includes bibliographical references.

Mode of access: Internet from U.S. Government Accountability Office web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: Army and Marine Corps support forces receive significant combat skills training, but may not consistently complete all required tasks; title: CENTCOM and the Services lack complete information on Servicemember's completion of required combat skills training; title: The Army and Marine Corps have made significant changes to the combat skills training as a result of lessons learned, but information concerning these changes is not being consistently shared; title: Conclusions.