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Military Recruiting: Actions Needed to Address Digital Marketing Challenges

GAO-25-106719
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Chief of the Army Enterprise Marketing Office assesses whether the Army should adopt and document internal processes to improve predictability and consistency of marketing funds. (Recommendation 6)
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Military Officer Performance: Actions Needed to Fully Incorporate Performance Evaluation Key Practices

GAO-25-106618
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should assess the design, implementation, and outcomes associated with the Army's forced distribution model and consider alternatives as necessary based on the findings of the assessment. (Recommendation 10)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should revise the Army's performance evaluation system policy to require the provision of performance feedback to all officers at key points in the process, including following the completion of a performance evaluation report. (Recommendation 11)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop a plan for the delivery of training on the Army's performance evaluation system to all officers on an ongoing basis. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop a mechanism, such as a signature block on the Army's evaluation report, to capture the provision of performance feedback to officers with their performance evaluation report. (Recommendation 12)
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Military Officer Performance: Actions Needed to Fully Incorporate Performance Evaluation Key Practices

GAO-25-106618
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should develop a plan for regularly evaluating the Army's performance evaluation system, including system tools and processes. (Recommendation 15)
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Army Watercraft: Actions Needed to Optimize Small but Critical Fleet

GAO-25-106387
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7, in consultation with the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Commander, U.S. Army Pacific Command, develops a mitigation plan addressing challenges to the watercraft fleet, reducing risks, and bridging and mitigating gaps in Army watercraft capability and capacity, to meet current and near-term mission and campaign plan requirements in the Indo-Pacific theater. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Watercraft Governance Board, in conjunction with other Army stakeholders, take actions to develop integrated strategies that identify, analyze, and respond to persistent maintenance challenges, including significant and unanticipated maintenance delays, fully capturing maintenance data within Army enterprise-wide system, and ensuring that maintenance manuals are issued in a timely manner. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that Headquarters, Department of the Army G-3/5/7 in consultation with Commander, Indo-Pacific Command, and Commander, U.S. Army Pacific Command, assesses the costs and benefits of potential courses of action to improve the ability of Army watercraft to meet current and near-term mission requirements. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that the Army Watercraft Governance Board develops and issues a governance framework that reflects GAO's leading practices for effective governance. (Recommendation 3)
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