Fair Exchange: Education and Service Procuring America's Officer Corps

Abstract

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (P.L. 104-106, s531) asked that the Department of Defense report to the Committee on the relationship between active duty obligations for Service academy graduates and the number or quality of applicants seeking appointment to the academies. This paper provides information from the Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS.) and from the Services suggesting that a change in the length of obligation after graduation would have little effect on interest in attending the Service academies. The paper also presents YATS data indicating that differing monetary incentives would affect interest in ROTC participation. Finally, it describes reasons youth give for interest in serving as a military officer -- and disincentives for the same.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364001

Entities

People

  • Dana H. Born
  • Jerome D. Lehnus

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Military Education
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Reserve Officer Training Corps
  • Schools
  • Service Academies
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States Air Force Academy
  • United States Military Academy
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Universities

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting