Deployments and Army Personnel Tempo

Abstract

This report presents the results of an empirical analysis of data on Army "tempo" during the period from 1994 through 2000. The purpose is to provide a firm basis for describing recent rates of deployments and other Army activities that take soldiers away from their home stations and, sometimes, from their units. It should interest those involved in planning and managing U.S. military personnel, operations, and deployment policies. The report rests primarily on analyses of (1) unit DEPTEMPO data from the official readiness reporting system, documenting deployment rates for units; and (2) individual data from the personnel system, documenting the deployment histories of soldiers. It also reflects insights gleaned from an extensive series of RAND visits to operational units in 1998-1999. This analysis focuses on the Army Active Component only; similar issues may be raised about the Reserve Components, but they lie beyond the scope of the data used in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA400827

Entities

People

  • J. M. Polich
  • Ronald E. Sorter

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Army Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Police
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Special Forces
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Workload

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design