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NSIAD-84-17 1 (1984-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabekx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of The Army Army Can Better Use Its Soldiers Trained/ tn Critical Shortage Occupations Many soldiers trained in critical undermanned occupations are being assigned tasks outside their prime skill areas. In visiting five Army installations, GAO found that some of these soldiers were noncommissioned officers--the Army's primary trainers at the unit level--and soldiers who had received cash bonuses for working in their skill areas. GAO found that this occurred because of: --Circumstances beyond the installations' control, such as assignment of soldiers by the Army above autho- rized levels, unexpected security clearance delays, and equipment-personnel mismatch problems. --Installation commanders' judgement that other jobs are more important than the ones soldiers were trained to do. GAO identified several opportunities for reducing such practices and recommended the corrective actions. DOD agreed with GAO's recommendations and outlined changes that have been made or are underway to improve Army systems for distributing, assigning and using its personnel. /lltJrldlt/ll//lltl U illl lII 123682 01 < oGAO/NSIAD-84-17 -. .MARCH 20, 1984