Department of Defense Appropriations for 1978: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Volume 1 |
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Page 8 - Constructive service credit will be provided on a year-to-year basis for each year of education normally required beyond the baccalaureate level — in other words, beyond 4 years. Constructive service credit would be used only for determining the entry grade, the position on the active-duty list, seniority in grade and time in grade for promotion eligibility.
Page 5 - The promotion point and opportunity in turn are determined by the numbers of officers that can be promoted to each grade over a specified period of time, which further depends on the grade distribution that is authorized.
Page 12 - ... permanent upper grade limit. They are not intended just to meet current force structure requirements but are designed to be a flexible management tool which allows long-range management of the officer corps and control of the senior grades. A significant change reflected in these new grade limitations is that Reserve officers ordered to active duty in time of war or a national emergency declared after January 1, 1977, will not be included in the grade limitations.
Page 7 - The purpose of the proposed legislation is to revise the laws which govern the management of commissioned officers serving on active duty In the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps below the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral in order to: (1) establish new statutory limitations on the numbers of officers who may serve In certain grades ; (2) provide common law for the appointment of regular officers and for the active duty service...
Page 2 - ... Monica, California, when appointed to the Department of Defense position. Born February 27, 1937, at Syracuse, New York, Dr. White has had broad educational, military, scientific and industrial experience. He received his BS degree in industrial and labor relations at Cornell University, 1959; his MA degree in economics and public administration at Maxwell Graduate School of Syracuse University, 1964, and his Ph.D degree in economics at Syracuse University, 1969. Dr. White served in the United...
Page 13 - Mr. Chairman, I would conclude by asking that the committee judge this legislation not on the basis of any single aspect, but in terms of our overall objective of improving personnel management in the military services. To be successful we will need a satisfactory balance between the management interests of the Department of Defense and the personal rights of the individual officer. This...
Page 14 - Department's proposal on the basis that it achieves our overall objective of improving and better rationalizing the officer personnel management system for the military services. The system we are proposing preserves the best features of the current system — while correcting deficiencies. It allows sufficient flexibility to adjust to warranted service differences...
Page 4 - The resultant officer personnel management system will allow the services to meet requirements for officers in the various grades at ages conducive to effective performance; provide career opportunity that will attract and retain the number of high caliber officers needed; and provide career opportunity which is reasonable and consistent among the four services.
Page 10 - Lieutenant colonels and commanders who have failed of selection for promotion at least twice and colonels and captains (Navy) with more than 4 years in grade will be eligible to be considered by a continuation board. At least 70 percent of the officers considered in these grades would have to be continued. Those officers not recommended for continuation would be retired. These selective continuation procedures are intended to be used sparingly and are primarily a means of reducing the numbers in...
Page 5 - ... such that a sufficient number of individuals will want to join and remain with the services so that management can exercise a degree of selectivity over those who are to stay. This matter of career opportunity is particularly important because of two characteristics which we consider to be fundamental to personnel management in the military : First, there is limited lateral entry...