Joint Specialty Officer Modeling System (JSOMS): Development, Impact, and Uses for the U.S. Navy

Abstract

The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act was intended to improve the management, development, and deployment of JSOs. Title IV, the management policy portion of the Act, requires all services to identify, train, and assign promotable officers to fill joint duty billets. The report describes a simulation tool that allows the Navy to assess its ability to comply with Title IV and analyze the impact of Title IV policies on Navy Officer Personnel Management. All crucial aspects of Title IV and the Navy career path (as defined by the Navy) have been incorporated into JSOMS. JSOMS has already gained a high level of acceptance and use in the Navy. Several Navy policies have been streamlined to increase the number of officers obtaining joint credit and ultimately being designated as JSO as a result of using the model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272028

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  • Douglas J. Hentschel

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Officer Personnel
  • Organizational Realignment
  • Personnel Management
  • Simulations
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.