Defense Use of Military Personnel in Industrial Facilities--Largely Unnecessary and Very Expensive
FPCD-79-10
Published: May 01, 1979. Publicly Released: May 01, 1979.
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After making a case study of military staffing at the Naval Weapons Support Center in Crane, Indiana, in 1976, GAO recommended that the Department of Defense (DOD) should use civilians instead of military personnel in an industrial environment. It was estimated that about 10,000 military personnel were assigned to commercial and industrial military support activities.
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