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NSIAD-93-197R 1 (1993-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackhy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1 aot AI\ United States General Accounting Office National Security and IIIllll l International Affairs Division 149201 B-253323 May 18, 1993 The Honorable Ike Skelton Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives The Honorable Ronald K. Machtley House of Representatives This letter responds to your request for our preliminary observations on the reserve component officers' professional military education system in the Department of the Army. Your Subcommittee and the Panel on Military Education before it have expressed interest in the Department of Defense's downsizing and proposed transfer of functions from the active component to the reserve components. You stated that this, along with the general readiness and performance of reserve components in the Gulf War, meant that changes would probably be necessary in the reserve components, professional military education. Reserve components in the Army consist of the Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. Their purpose is to provide trained units and individuals to supplement the active component in time of war or national emergency. 1Professional military education provides individuals with the skills, knowledge, and understanding that enable them to make sound decisions in progressively more demanding command and staff positions within the national security environment. It addresses the military, political, economic, social, and psychological dimensions of national security with varying degrees of emphasis. These include planning and conducting war, service organizations, joint and combined operations, force employment and deployment concepts, and military leadership. GAO/NSIAD-93-197R Army Reserve Officer Education