An Army Reserve Manpower Planning Model

Abstract

Because of the expected shortages in its Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) program, the Army Reserve is considering two manpower policy changes. One is the use of Position Vacancy Promotions (PVP) and the other is to allow more officers to serve beyond 20 years of Active Federal Service (AFS). To evaluate the impact ofthese policy changes, either individually or in combination, on alleviating the shortages, this thesis develops the Army Reserve Manpower Planning model (ARMP). ARMP is an optimization model that determines the annual numbers of accessions, promotions, and separations that best meet the authorized inventory targets. Results from ARMP suggests that a combination of extension of the AFS requirement and allowing PVP can nearly eliminate the shortage in the near future if implemented immediately. ARMP is also useful for managing the AGR officer force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392073

Entities

People

  • Ward E. Litzenberg

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Field Grade Officers
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Linear Programming
  • Manpower
  • National Guard
  • Officer Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Personnel Management
  • Schools
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.