Summary

During the first 6 months of a mobilization, the Armed Forces may be required to handle a sudden influx of approximately 1.8 million people entering the Active Services as volunteers, draftees, and from the reserves. This influx will impact on the operations of Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations (AFEES), training centers, and active installations. The Department of the Army, as Executive Agent for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), administers the AFEES. The Army's Military Enlistment Processing Command (MEPCOM) is responsible for day to day operations and for providing mobilization planning guidance.

AFEES lack plans or guidance from MEPCOM to expand their operations. MEPCOM is relying on the services to provide the additional physicians needed during a mobilization; however, the services will not be able to meet this need. The Army will have difficulty expanding the 9 training centers now in operation to the 14 centers required for mobilization because expansion plans are not current, personnel and training levels are deficient, and the availability of mobilization training equipment is unknown.