Improvement continues in DOD's reporting on sustainable ranges, but opportunities exist to improve its range assessments and comprehensive plan.
Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world have highlighted the need for U.S. forces to train as they intend to fight. Department of Defense (DOD) training ranges and operating areas are required to be managed and operated to support their long-term viability and ut...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
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[2008]
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS60341 |
| Summary: | Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world have highlighted the need for U.S. forces to train as they intend to fight. Department of Defense (DOD) training ranges and operating areas are required to be managed and operated to support their long-term viability and utility to meet the national defense mission. The use of military training ranges enhances training by providing realistic, hands-on experience. Sustainable training range management focuses on the practices that allow the military to manage its ranges in a way that ensures their usefulness well into the future. Because the military faces obstacles in acquiring new training lands, the preservation and sustainable management of its current lands must be priorities. New advances in technology, coupled with a shift in force posture, mean that DOD needs to continually update and maintain its training ranges. Military training ranges vary in size from a few acres -- for small arms training -- to over a million acres for large maneuver exercises and weapons testing, and include broad open ocean areas for offshore training and testing. These ranges face ever increasing limitations and restrictions on land, water, and airspace as residential, commercial, and industrial development continues to expand around and encroach upon once remote military training and testing installations. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Dec. 17, 2008). Signed: Brian J. Lepore. "December 15, 2008." "GAO-09-128R." Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 26 pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Format: | System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 12/17/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09128r.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |