National Guard: Joint Activity Personnel Management and Sustainment

Abstract

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2008 recognizes the National Guard Bureau as a Department of Defense Joint Activity. This essay provides recommendations to the National Guard Bureau and the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters on methodologies to nominate, select, train, perform, and sustain joint staff assignments and rotations throughout the country. These recommendations are based on comparisons of current National Guard personnel management operations to the other services' joint personnel operations and doctrine. The pool of joint staff personnel within the Bureau and other interagency partners comes mostly from National Guard states and territories. The future joint personnel management process requires the endorsement or at least consensus support from states Adjutants General. Accordingly, additional evidence is extracted from state-level personnel surveys to support the recommendations. Ultimately, the proposed joint personnel management operations at the state level will improve the overall strategic effectiveness of the entire National Guard, as qualified and experienced joint-qualified National Guard personnel evolve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA498272

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  • Charles R. Tilton

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  • United States Army War College

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  • Active Duty
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  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • War Colleges

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