Reserve Component Unit Stability: Effects on Deployability and Training

Abstract

Personnel stability is highly valued by all military forces, particularly in combat units and other formations that deploy to a theater of operations. Yet, Army units, including those in the Reserve Components (RCs), commonly experience high levels of instability?that is, the departure of some unit members and their replacement by others. In fact, basic features of RC units inevitably generate a considerable amount of personnel instability, which is accentuated as they prepare for mobilization and deployment. This monograph examines the rate of instability, its primary causes, potential effects on training, and policy options for dealing with instability and its effects in deploying units.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA527783

Entities

People

  • J. M. Polich
  • Thomas F. Lippiatt

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design