A review of centralized readiness reporting systems and their impact upon the U.S. Marine division
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Shaver, Carl Arthur
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Teti, Frank M.
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1974-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
Subsequent to World War II a gradual trend toward unification
of the Armed Forces and centralization of control occurred within the
Department of Defense. In addition, the increased requirement for
unit readiness information during the Vietnam War era and the availability
of the computer, contributed to the development and utilization,
by the Marine Corps, of two significant centralized, automated readiness
reporting systems. This paper reviewed these two centralized
readiness reporting systems, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Force Status
and Identity Report (FORSTAT) and the Marine Automated Readiness
Evaluation System (MARES) and examined their functional impact upon the U. S. Marine division in the areas of organizational structure,
man-hour requirements, internal decision making, and attitudes of
assigned Marine personnel. Resulting from this analysis specific
recommendations were provided for possible improvements in the
continuing development and utilization of centralized reporting and
control systems within the U. S. Marine Corps.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.