Education: A Defense Industry in Transition

Abstract

In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education's Report, A Nation at Risk: The Imperative For Education Reform, confirmed the public perception that something is wrong with the nation's education system. AMERICA 2000 with six national educational goals is President Bush's strategy to transform America's education system. Implementation of the plan will have a beneficial influence on Department of Defense recruiting and training. Recruiters will have a higher quality applicant pool. Training managers should see reduced attrition rates and more efficient use of training time. The military will feel the biggest impact when it transitions to a train before buy system. In train before buy the military satisfies its needs by recruiting fully trained individuals. This is essential in an era when a reduced force size dictates that all the services examine the ratio between training and operational requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262200

Entities

People

  • James J. Sterzinger

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Attrition
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Industrial Training
  • Instructors
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Strategic Security Studies