MILITARY PERSONNEL: First-Term Recruiting and Attrition Continue to Require Focused Attention

Abstract

I am pleased to provide this statement for the record on our ongoing work for this Subcommittee dealing with recruiting and attrition issues. The statement includes preliminary observations on ways the Department of Defense (DOD) and the services are attempting to meet their recent enlistment shortfalls and to reduce the attrition rate of their first term enlisted personnel. These observations are based on ongoing work, including field visits to the services' recruiting commands and basic training sites. We plan to summarize the results of this work in a report to this Subcommittee to be issued this summer. That report will contain a more detailed description of DOD's actions, our conclusions about the success of various initiatives, and any appropriate recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 24, 2000
Accession Number
ADA373796

Entities

People

  • Norman J. Rabkin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Bone Fractures
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Physical Fitness
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Naval Personnel Management