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          Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm had many excess

          personnel assigned that were not needed to carry out their

          r~ission.  Excess personnel consisted of those individuals

          who were above authorized levels for various positions or

          those who were not authorized to the unit, such as cannon

          crewmembers or infantrymen.   Our analysis of the most

          current Reserve Medical Management Information System report

          available at the time of mobilization for 28 Reserve and

          National Guard hospital units, revealed that of the 10,600

          personnel assigned, 2,100 were in excess of authorized

          levels for individual skill positions and about 1,200 were

          not authorized.   While these statistics were as of September

          1989, the situation appears to have been relatively

          unchanged during m~lization for Operation Desert

          Sfr1eld/~sert StO~     For example, a National Guard

          ~.cuati~ `lospitti reported to the mobilization statipn

          `~~~h 58 ~~nnel ~ither in excess of authorized levels or

¼         ~*` auth~~:~d to t~~ unit.


     UNIT ~ATUS R~~S DID NOT ADEQUATELY

     REFu(~~ ~ERSO~ DEFICIENCIES


     Periodic reporting by medical units in peacetime did not

     accurately reflect the status of personnel in the units.   Unit

     commanders must reflect in their unit status reports any

     personnel deficiencies that could affect mission capability.


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