Inspection

Evaluation Sources

Commanders rely upon many sources of information to evaluate and assess the organization’s state of readiness. Commanders tailor inspections to meet their needs. In doing so, they have multiple sources of information available to assess the state of readiness of their commands. Sources of types of information that can be evaluated are shown below.

Internal Sources

Personal observations
USR (Unit Status Reports)
EDRE (Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise)
CPX/FTX (Command Post Exercise/Field Training Exercise)
Gunnery
Logistics Evaluations
Internal Review Audits
Internal Controls
Command Inspections
Staff Inspections

External Sources

DAIG Inspections (DA Inspector General)
GAO Audits (Government Accounting Office)
IG, DoD Inspections
USAAA Audits (U.S. Army Audit Agency)
ORE (Operational Readiness Exercis