Base Force Retention Rate (BFR): An Improved Measure of Navy Officer Retention

Abstract

The retention rate (RR) is a measure currently used by officers of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, and Training) (OP-01) to assess the Navy's ability to build and maintain a career force of officers. This rate employs the minimum service requirement (MSR) as a point of reference. However, since the MSR frequently does not reflect an officer's true obligation, the RR tends to be overstated. As a result, the maintainability of the career force is overstated. This report describes the base force retention rate (BFR), an alternative to the RR. The BFR does not rely on MSR-based computation but, rather, is the proportion of officers between 5 and 10 years of service who resign their commission annually. The report includes illustrations of the BFR's usefulness in identifying changes or trends in an officer community's retention behavior--trends that the conventional RR might not reveal or might only uncover much later than would the BFR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA130628

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  • Edward S. Bres
  • Murray W. Rowe

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  • Administrative Personnel
  • Computations
  • Maintainability
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Military Forces (United States)
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  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training

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