Reserve Officers' Training Corps

Questions Related to Organizational Restructuring Gao ID: NSIAD-96-56 February 6, 1996

Because of questions about readiness, housing, and costs, the Army has not approved the proposal to close the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) regional headquarters at Fort Knox, Kentucky. As a result, the regional headquarters at Fort Knox remains open and the summer camp run at Fort Knox is expected to remain in place through fiscal year 1996 and possibly 1997. Still unresolved are questions about the (1) impact of the ROTC program on training and readiness of combat units stationed at some bases that house and support ROTC summer camp programs; (2) adequacy and condition of housing at bases being considered for consolidation of the ROTC program, on both a short- and long-term basis; and (3) costs to address the housing program.

GAO found that: (1) because of questions relating to readiness, housing, and costs, the proposal to close the ROTC regional headquarters at Fort Knox has not been approved by the Army; (2) as a result, the regional headquarters remains open at Fort Knox and the summer camp operated at Fort Knox is expected to remain in place through fiscal year 1996 and possibly 1997; and (3) still unresolved are questions about the impact of the ROTC program on training and readiness of combat units stationed at certain bases that house and support ROTC summer camp programs, the adequacy and condition of housing at bases being considered for consolidation of the ROTC program, both on a short- and longer-term basis, and the costs to address the housing problem.

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