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FPCD-78-11 1 (1978-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawnb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 04776 - fB03852651 Additional Cost of t4'4re1l-Volunteer Force. FPCD-78-11; B-157371. February 6b. 1'978. 50 pp. + 5 appendices (53 pp.). Report to the Congreas; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue krea: FacilitieS and Material hanagement (700); InteTnational Econokic and Military Programs (600) ;Law Enforcement and crFime Prevention: Prosecution and Adjudication Efforits' (504). Contact: Federal Personnel and Comdensation Div. Budqet Function: Nationali Dfense: Department of Defense - Military (except TQcurement 6 contracts) (051). Organization concerned: Department of Defense; Department of the Army; Department tf the Air Force; Department of the Navy; Veterans Administration. Conqressional Relevane:' House Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on'rmed Services; Congress. The move from a-conscripted to an all-voluteerz trce (AVF) has caused arnual cost increases of more than 13 billion since 1973. The cost oft'-mplementation of the AVF as reflected ir the budget was examined; the budgetary approach represerts a reasonable assessNent of the costs associated with creating ad establishing the AVF. Findings/Conclusions: Lnnual cost increases attributable to the all-volunteer force were about $cl million in 1971, $1.5 billion in 1972, $3 billion in 1973, $3.3 billion in 1974, $3.4 billion iii 1975, $3.3 billion in 1976, $0.8 billion in the 1976 transition quarter, and about $3. 1 billion in 1977. The majority of the annual cost increases resulted fron additional compensation paid to junior service personnel to support the AVF. If the Nation chooses to return Xo the draft, costs would vary by changes which would occur in the compensation and benefits of junior officers and enlisteZ service personnel. Questions exist about the accuracy of data used by several independent organizations in studies of the cost of the AVF. Department of Defense officials expressed reservationt; about the budgetary approach to determining the cost of the AVF, claiming that the method is oversimplified because it does not coxgider future financial implications. (RRS)