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INSPECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AOO ARMY NAVY DRIVE
ARLINGTON. VIRGINIA 22202.2884 FEB 1 4 1992
Analysis
and Foliowup
MEMORANDUM FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
(}{EAThTH AFFAIRS)
SUBJECT: General Accounting Office (GAO) Testimony
GAO/T-NSIAD-92-8, )?OPERATION DESERT STORM:
Full Army Medical Capability Not Achieved,"
Dated February 5, 1992 (GAO Code 393430)
OSD Case 8953--INFORMATION COPY FOR REVIEW
On February 5, 1992, the GAO presented the subject
testimony before the Military Personnel and
Compensation Subcommittee of the House Committee
on Armed Services. A copy is enclosed. (The under-
lying review remains open--a report subsequently
will be issued.
An advance copy of the testimony as provided to your
action officer for this case, CAPT Jaines Hanrahan--
703-697-8233. Advance copies of the testimony were
also provided to the following collateral action
office points of contact:
~ ARMY - COt Merle Snyder--703-756-8184
* OASD(RA) - LTCOt Shiela Bowman--703-697-0626
~ JS - COt Patrick Hiu--703-69733047
The testimony responds to a request from Chairwoman
Beverly Byron asking the GAO to provide information
on the ability of the Army to provide medical support
during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Testi-
fying for the GAO was Mr. Richard Davis, Director,
Army Issues, the National Security and International
Affairs Division.
The GAO reported that the Army had to overcome numer-
ous and significant problems to make medical units
operational in the Persian Gulf before the start of
the ground war, as follows:
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