Reserve Officer Commissioning Program (ROCP) Officer and Reserve Personnel Readiness

Abstract

During Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, the Marine Corps had to augment active component (AC) officers to fill vacant platoon leader billets at activated Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) units. In 2006, the Reserve Officer Commissioning Program (ROCP) was created to recruit non-prior-service officers into the SMCR. This study looks at the performance of the ROCP candidates and their effect on SMCR personnel readiness. We find that ROCP candidates perform similarly to their AC counterparts and tend to affiliate with the SMCR beyond their initial obligationsparticularly if they have active-duty (AD) experience. We also found a positive relationship between the presence of lieutenants at SMCR units and the retention of nonobligor enlisted Marines. We recommend that the Marine Corps explore opportunities to expand ROCP recruiting sources, provide ROCP officers with AD experience, and continue to monitor ROCP officers career development as the program matures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2017
Accession Number
AD1033579

Entities

People

  • Jennifer Griffin
  • Michelle Dolfini-reed

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Attrition
  • Data Science
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Minority Groups
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Propensity Score Matching
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Regression Analysis
  • Training
  • United States Naval Academy

Readers

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Personnel Management