Assessing Retention and Special and Incentive Pays for Army and Navy Commissioned Officers in the Special Operations Forces

Abstract

Special and incentive (S and I) pays are used to create incentives for retention to meet military manning requirements. Although policymakers need a sound analytical and empirical basis for determining the effect of S and I pay changes on retention, no such capability currently exists for U.S. Special Operations Forces commissioned officers. This report, requested by the Office of Compensation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness, responds to this need. The report should interest policymakers responsible for setting and adjusting military compensation and maintaining Special Operations Forces capability. The report is a companion to a RAND report on the effect of S and I pays on the retention of officers in mental health care professions (Hosek, Nataraj, Mattock, and Asch, 2017). Both reports use a similar methodology - an adaptation of RAND's Dynamic Retention Model. Special and incentive (S and I) pays are used to create incentives for retention to meet military manning requirements. Although policymakers need a sound analytical and empirical basis for determining the effect of S and I pay changes on retention, no such capability currently exists for U.S. Special Operations Forces commissioned officers. This report, requested by the Office of Compensation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness, responds to this need. The report should interest policymakers responsible for setting and adjusting military compensation and maintaining Special Operations Forces capability. The report is a companion to a RAND report on the effect of S and I pays on the retention of officers in mental health care professions (Hosek, Nataraj, Mattock, and Asch, 2017). Both reports use a similar methodology - an adaptation of RAND's Dynamic Retention Model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1085539

Entities

People

  • Beth J. Asch
  • James R. Hosek
  • Michael G. Mattock
  • Shanthi Nataraj

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Green Berets
  • Information Operations
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Students
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Naval Personnel Management