Army Reserve Components

Minimum Essential Equipment for Training Has Not Been Effectively Managed Gao ID: NSIAD-90-136 May 25, 1990

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the Army's Minimum Essential Equipment for Training (MEET) program, focusing on: (1) the Army's accuracy in reporting minimum equipment requirements; (2) the extent to which the Army met its requirements; and (3) factors that impeded the Army's ability to meet requirements.

GAO found that the Army: (1) had not adequately identified MEET program requirements; (2) had not kept MEET lists updated, even though MEET included a requirement to update the program annually, resulting in outdated and invalid unit requirement lists; (3) procedures to determine MEET requirements did not ensure that all units were included and reported their critical equipment needs; (4) still did not know the specific items and quantities essential to training its reserve units; (5) could not determine whether MEET lists included all requirements, since it did not adequately retain records; and (6) did not give unit commanders an adequate amount of time to respond to a unit survey. GAO also found that Army officials believed that it had not effectively managed the MEET program since 1987 because the equipment posture of reserve components had significantly improved due to the Dedicated Procurement Program.

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