Military Retention: A Holistic Approach To Understanding Officer Separation In The Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Community

Abstract

This thesis explores and identifies trends in officer separation within the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer community. It blends analyses of a survey conducted on active duty EOD officers with interviews of former EOD officers to better understand why the community struggles to meet manning requirements at the eight-to ten-year mark. Analysis of the data indicates that family stability, leadership, military bureaucracy, and limited operational time each are factors in the communitys retention problem. Of those, this thesis proposes that leadership focus on a factor it can influenceoperational time. In particular, it proposes that longer tours and extending operational time for junior officers may mitigate officer separation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1030905

Entities

People

  • Mark D Gutierrez

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • California
  • Communities
  • Education
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Leadership
  • Military Personnel
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Training

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Naval Personnel Management