Enlisted Personnel Management: A Historical PerspectiveEnlisted force management is concerned with meeting national military manpower requirements with the nation's citizens. It attempts to balance the demand for enlisted personnel, as determined by the requirements process, with the supply of enlisted personnel, in a cost-effective manner. This report presents a historical view of enlisted force management, from two perspectives. First, it provides a chronological account of how external influences have shaped enlisted force management and the evolution of enlisted management practices. Second, it describes some recurring themes that run through the history of the enlisted force: quality, specialization, integration, separation, and compensation. |
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Organization of the Report | 5 |
RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL INFLUENCES | 15 |
Chapter Four | 25 |
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accessions AFQT all-volunteer force allowances aptitude armed forces Armed Services Army Navy Marine assigned ASVAB attrition average AWOL basic pay Binkin blacks bonus budget career force careerists changes Chapter civilian combat combat exclusion law compensation system Congress continuation rates Corps Air Force costs Craftsmen Department of Defense desertion rates determined drawdown early effect Eitelberg Employment Cost Index enlisted force management enlisted management enlisted personnel management established experience levels grade structure higher homosexuals increase Korean War management system manpower requirements Marine Corps Air ment military compensation military pay military personnel military service missions Navy Marine Corps needs Office percent Percentage period promotion policy racial integration ratio recruits reenlistment remained result retention retirement screening Secretary of Defense Selected senior service Figure Service Profile skill specialties tary tion TOP 5 Grades trends units Vietnam conflict World World War II