The Effects of Individual Augmentation (IA) on Navy Junior Officer Retention

Abstract

In 2000, the Navy started the Individual Augmentation (IA) deployment program. IA deployment provides a tool for military leaders to designate and assign specific individuals, not forces, to fill temporary duty jobs outlined by combatant commanders in support of National Command Authorities directed operations. IA is one of the Navy s means of contributing to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). This thesis uses standard statistical modeling techniques to quantify the effects of IA deployments on Navy junior officer retention. Using these models we found that the odds of retention for junior officers who went on IA deployments were statistically significantly higher than for those officers that did not. This is an important result because Navy leaders have said that IA deployments will continue in the future. Officers are the foundation of the Navy command and leadership structure; therefore, it is important to understand the effects these deployments have on their retention.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479884

Entities

People

  • Michael A. Paisant

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Demography
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Flight Training
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Statistical Tests
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Warfare
  • Warrant Officers

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.