The Army should conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of its plan to prioritize combat forces over so-called 'enablers,' as the service reduces its end strength to 980,000 soldiers by fiscal year 2018, according to the Government Accountability Office. An April 13 GAO assessment notes that while Army policy requires an examination of mission risk for both fighting forces and supporting units, the service failed to perform this assessment for the latter category. Instead, "the Army assessed the risk operational demands...
