By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 17, 2007 18:16:14 EDT
The Army and Marine Corps’ inability to accurately track the amount of time troops have been deployed could lead to faulty calculations of compensation awarded to those required to mobilize or deploy early or often, or who are extended beyond established rotation policy goals.
A Government Accountability Office report published Tuesday http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07780.pdf said that while the Defense Department has reported personnel tempo data to Congress since 2001, Army and Marine Corps do not have the ability to identify faulty data — and both lack quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy of the data.
more at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/07/military_deploymentdata_070717w/
