Assessment of Navy Personnel Geographic Stability or 'Homesteading' in the 1980s

Abstract

This report contains a survey of past research and Navy initiatives in the area of personnel geographic stability or homesteading and documents lessons learned on why these initiatives have failed. The report also contains a quantitative assessment of informal homesteading through consecutive sea/shore rotational assignments and follow-on sea tours in the same geographical area. The report concludes that the regional sea/shore billet structures for sea- intensive rating, such as boiler technicians and machinist's mates, do not support a formal homesteading guarantee program, but that the current Navy distribution and assignment system already provides considerable homesteading opportunity to career sailors home ported in five major fleet concentration areas: San Diego, Norfolk, Mayport, Seattle, and Charleston. As of September 1989, informal homesteading seemed to be working better than ever, and the negative aspects of a formal homesteading program would far outweigh any potential gains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA235316

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Blanco

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Gas Turbines
  • Geographic Regions
  • Great Lakes
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
  • Personnel Management
  • Technicians
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Software Engineering.