It Only Makes Sense: Aligning Personnel Policies and Procedures Across the U.S. Armed Forces
Abstract
Thesis: Consolidating select personnel policies and procedures across the armed forces would create efficiencies for the United States Department of Defense. Discussion: This paper discusses the extent the United States DoD could gain efficiencies by consolidating common personnel policies, procedures, and information systems across the services. It provides a historical review of the Canadian military, which now operates as a fully unified force structure. In addition, there is a historical review of limited unification efforts of the United States armed forces, which arose following the conclusion of World War II. The main areas of focus were promotions, evaluations, uniforms, leave and liberty, and personnel records, which are common personnel areas across the armed forces. Conclusion: Consolidating personnel policies and procedures the armed forces would realize a number of efficiencies, to include reduced man hours and manpower spent updating policies and procedures when the Department of Defense makes changes, and the ability to improve the joint personnel system while reducing the amount of staff needed to support it.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 25, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1176377
Entities
People
- Kimberly A. Watson
Organizations
- Marine Corps University