All-volunteer Armed Forces: Progress, Problems, and ProspectsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 64 pages |
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... Increase the Supply of Male Enlisted Volunteers . Conclusions . 5. Next Steps . Appendix A : Supply Methodology – ii Appendix B : Regression Analyses of Volunteerism in Relation to Employ- ment .. FIGURES CHAPTER 1 : THE TRANSITION ...
... Increase the Supply of Male Enlisted Volunteers . Conclusions . 5. Next Steps . Appendix A : Supply Methodology – ii Appendix B : Regression Analyses of Volunteerism in Relation to Employ- ment .. FIGURES CHAPTER 1 : THE TRANSITION ...
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... Increase , Fiscal Years 1968-74- CHAPTER 2 : REMAINING TRANSITION PROBLEMS : SHORT - TERM SOLUTIONS 2-1 Reserve Forces : Authorized Strength , Fiscal 1973 , and Manpower Shortage or Surplus , by Reserve Component , March 1973___ 2-2 ...
... Increase , Fiscal Years 1968-74- CHAPTER 2 : REMAINING TRANSITION PROBLEMS : SHORT - TERM SOLUTIONS 2-1 Reserve Forces : Authorized Strength , Fiscal 1973 , and Manpower Shortage or Surplus , by Reserve Component , March 1973___ 2-2 ...
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... in military manpower , on the one hand , and the ability to attract sufficient volunteers as a result of increased financial incentives and recruiting efforts , on the other . 2. The quality of volunteers , as measured by the ( 1 )
... in military manpower , on the one hand , and the ability to attract sufficient volunteers as a result of increased financial incentives and recruiting efforts , on the other . 2. The quality of volunteers , as measured by the ( 1 )
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... increase in those with average scores , and of most importance - a steady decrease in enlistees with below - average scores . 3. As measured by educational attainment , however , modest declines in proportions of Army and Navy enlistees ...
... increase in those with average scores , and of most importance - a steady decrease in enlistees with below - average scores . 3. As measured by educational attainment , however , modest declines in proportions of Army and Navy enlistees ...
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... increase in costs . Though manpower requirements may diverge year by year from the average , the swings in either direction should be relatively small and transitory , and could be stabilized by alterations in military manpower policies ...
... increase in costs . Though manpower requirements may diverge year by year from the average , the swings in either direction should be relatively small and transitory , and could be stabilized by alterations in military manpower policies ...
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73 All Services 73 Army accession requirements Active forces active military Affairs April 1973 AFQT Mental Group age group Air Force 70 Air National Guard All-Volunteer Armed Force analysis Armed Services Army National Guard Assistant Secretary attract authority average bonus bonuses Brookings Institution budget career chapter civilian college dropouts combat arms Committee on Armed completed high school conscription costs decrease Department of Defense draft educational estimates Figure first-term full-time students G.I. Bill ground combat high school graduates increase Manpower and Reserve median incomes ment Mental Category military manpower requirements military pay military personnel military services million months of fiscal Office options policies prior service problems programs proportion qualified and available R-squared racial composition recruiting reduce Reserve Affairs April reserve components reserve forces Secretary of Defense shortages Source Table test scores Total male population true volunteers U.S. Air Force U.S. Bureau unemployment rates volunteer force volunteer rates women
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Page 33 - Reserve components, same as table 2-3, p. 37. Active forces, Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower and ReseMe Affairs (March 1973).
Page 5 - We have satisfied ourselves that a volunteer force will not jeopardize national security, and we believe it will have a beneficial effect on the military as well as the rest of our society.
Page 25 - Taken together, these achievements suggest that this nation can accomplish what no other nation has ever attempted — to maintain an active armed force of over two million men and women on a voluntary basis.6 Since the AVF was fully instituted in 1973, many skeptics appear to have been converted.
Page 52 - Overall, the learning capacity of new entries is adequate in meeting job requirements when the proprotion of mental group IV personnel does not exceed about 22 percent. Conversely, when the overall proportion of mental group IV personnel falls below 15 percent, there is a tendency toward many people being underchallenged by their job assignments.
Page 37 - Statement of Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird before the House Armed Services Committee on the FY 1972-1976 defense program and the 1972 defense budget, March 9, 1971.
Page 19 - Based on data provided by the Department of Defense^ Office of .Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), January 1974.
Page 5 - the Armed Forces henceforth will depend exclusively on volunteer soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. The use of the draft has ended.
Page 32 - Guard divisions be in short-war situations when they are probably incapable of being deployed for at least six months? reservists were viewed as a quick source for meeting wartime requirements. Since 1970, however, naval ships have tended to be more fully manned, which makes the justification for individual naval reservists less clear. Moreover, such a pruning of reserve components to essential activities would probably enhance interest for potential recruits. This might offset the somewhat negative...
Page 34 - ... drawn. The first class will graduate in 1982. However, in order to attract health professionals to military service, the disincentive of present military medical pay must be removed. The proposed Uniformed Services Special Pay Act also includes authority to Increase the special pay of medical and dental officers with two years of service from $150 to $350 per month and the authority to provide retention bonuses to all critical health professionals. Civilian Substitution Many support jobs now...
Page 9 - The All-Volunteer Force and the End of the Draft," Special Report of Secretary of Defense Elliot L. Richardson (March 1973; processed), pp.