The U.S. armed forces lacked mechanisms for reporting failures.

Evidence

No such form existed among the tens of thousands printed by the U.S. armed forces. … The post-World War II American system was receptive only to the recording of sunny hours. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 776

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 776
• XREF: connects to: American military reports were overly optimistic and non-critical. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 825