Cost-Benefit Analysis of Training a Naval Reserve Seabee.

Abstract

The defense of the United States today is based on the Total Force concept--including a combination of active duty and reserve forces in being which provide for the security structure essential during national crisis. However, the Naval Reserve forces have been continually attacked and reduced in size over the past ten years. Is this continual reduction totally justified. An analysis of the costs to maintain a Reserve Seabee relative to an active duty counterpart suggest that it costs seven times more to pay, train and support the latter. While trained to meet specialization and conditional requirements, the Reserve Seabee benefits both civic and other military organizations with contributed labor, completing many construction projects during the year. The positive benefits at lower cost make the Reserve Seabee an asset to out country's Total Force. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062195

Entities

People

  • Radney Lee Fisher

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Amphibious Operations
  • California
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil War
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.