Dec. 16, 2025

Management Advisory: Inadequate Housing of Soldiers Supporting the Southern Border Mission (Report No. DODIG-2026-034)

The objective of the evaluation was to determine the extent to which USNORTHCOM and the Army effectively sustained the Stryker Brigade Combat Team deployed to the Southern Border. We completed site visits to Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Doña Ana Range Complex, New Mexico, on July 26-27, 2025, to observe housing conditions of Soldiers.

Dec. 15, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of the U.S. Transportation Command’s Global Freight Management System (Project No. D2026-DEV0PC-0019.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to a Congressional request in the House Committee on Armed Services committee language to accompany H.R. 3838, the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

Dec. 11, 2025

Management Advisory: Evaluation Directed by the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Classified Annex to the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act, Enclosure 11 (Report No. DODIG-2026-030)

This report contains classified information and no redacted version is available. To file a Freedom of Information Act Request, please submit a request to FOIA.gov.

Dec. 11, 2025

Management Advisory: The DoD’s Calculation and Reporting of Future Servicemember Preparatory Course Graduates for Recruiting Metrics (Report No. DODIG-2026-031)

The DoD OIG conducted a review of the Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course and an evaluation of the Navy’s Future Sailor Preparatory Course. The intent of these courses is to increase the number of applicants eligible for military service.

Dec. 10, 2025

Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: U.S Army Reserve, U.S Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Report No. DODIG-2026-024)

We completed an investigation into allegations that a U.S. Army Colonel and a DoD civilian employee relieved the Complainant (a U.S. Army Reserve Colonel) from Reserve support duties at the U.S. Army War College’s Senior Leader Development Seminar in reprisal for making protected communications to Members of Congress.

Dec. 8, 2025

Audit of the Defense Health Agency’s Management of Military Medical Treatment Facilities Outside the Continental United States in Meeting Access to Primary Care Standards (Report No. DODIG-2026-025)

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) management of military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) outside the continental United States (OCONUS) in meeting access to primary care standards for DoD beneficiaries.

Dec. 2, 2025

Evaluation of the Secretary of Defense’s Reported Use of a Commercially Available Messaging Application for Official Business (Report No. DODIG-2026-021)

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and procedures for the use of the Signal commercial messaging application for official business. Additionally, we reviewed compliance with classification and record retention requirements.

Dec. 2, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Policy and Oversight Reports Related to Using Non–DoD-Controlled Electronic Messaging Systems to Conduct Official Business (Report No. DODIG-2026-022)

The objective of this evaluation was to summarize DoD policies and previous DoD Office of Inspector General oversight reports published from March 2021 through October 2024 related to the use of unclassified networks and non–DoD-controlled electronic messaging systems to discuss sensitive and classified information.

Dec. 1, 2025

Project Announcement: Evaluation of DoD Voting Assistance Programs for Calendar Year 2025 (Project No. D2026-DEV0HB-0013.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject evaluation. The objective of this evaluation is to assess the effectiveness of the Military Services’ voting assistance programs based on 2025 annual reviews by the respective Service Offices of Inspector General, and in accordance with section 1566, title 10, United States Code, 2020, as amended.

Dec. 1, 2025

Project Announcement: Oversight of the Audit of the FY 2026 U.S. Department of the Army Working Capital Fund Financial Statements (Project No. D2026-D000FI-0011.000)

The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you of our planned oversight that will begin immediately. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, requires this audit. In accordance with the Act, the DoD Office of Inspector General is the principal auditor for the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) Working Capital Fund Financial Statements.

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