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Nuclear Enterprise: Clearer Guidance Could Improve Joint Professional Military Education Nuclear Deterrence Curriculum
GAO-25-107416
Sep 18, 2025
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff updates the guidance on enduring and periodic special areas of emphasis to explicitly define nuclear deterrence to aid all intermediate- and senior-level JPME programs' development of JPME curricula with nuclear deterrence content. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff updates the guidance on enduring and periodic special areas of emphasis to require all intermediate- and senior-level JPME programs to incorporate the definition of nuclear deterrence into relevant JPME curricula. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sets a specific time frame for implementation—including for conditional and full certification—of the outcomes-based military education system by all intermediate- and senior-level JPME programs. (Recommendation 3)
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DOD Cyberspace Operations: About 500 Organizations Have Roles, with Some Potential Overlap
GAO-25-107121
Sep 17, 2025
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy assesses the extent to which similar cyberspace training courses provided by the services overlap and can be consolidated to ensure that the military services are implementing a federated and joint training model in a manner that achieves efficiencies and reduces training development and delivery costs. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy assesses the extent to which there are opportunities to achieve cost savings and efficiencies by consolidating DOD cybersecurity service providers. (Recommendation 2)
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Military Moves: DOD Needs Better Information to Effectively Oversee Relocation Program Reforms
GAO-25-107771
Sep 11, 2025
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should—as the department develops its path forward for DP3—ensure that the Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with TRANSCOM Defense Personal Property Management Office, obtain comprehensive information needed on capacity, performance, and costs to effectively oversee and manage risks to DOD's personal property program. (Recommendation 1)
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ICBM Modernization: Air Force Actions Needed to Expeditiously Address Critical Risks to Sentinel Transition
GAO-25-108466
Sep 10, 2025
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6 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should develop a transition risk management plan for the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel ICBM. The plan should include a transition risk report and a risk register in future Programming Plan updates. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should establish a detailed, logical, and sequenced schedule for completion of the Physical Security System Test Facility that aligns with Sentinel restructuring plans and reflects scheduling best practices. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should complete an assessment of personnel needs for the transition, including potential Reserve Component support for the transition. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should expeditiously develop a post-2030 Minuteman III operational test launch plan that is aligned with a Sentinel fielding plan and coordinated with the Department of Energy. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should specifically address Minuteman III sustainment risks in the overall transition risk management plan. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should specifically address the personnel and materiel implications of a decision to re-MIRV ICBMs as part of the overall transition risk management plan. (Recommendation 6)
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