Full Spectrum Army Officer Management
Abstract
Army officers have critical roles in United States national security planning, development, and execution. Current Army officer personnel management practices for the bulk of the Army's officer corps (pay grades 01-through-06) should adapt to the new post 9/11 environment. Today's Army officer personnel management practices are resource intensive, increasingly impractical, and risk the health of the Army's All-Volunteer Force. Future operating environments and fiscal constraints demand a more flexible Army officer personnel management system than currently permitted within the frameworks of the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980, Goldwater-Nichols Act (GNA) of 1986, and the Army's own human resources bureaucracy. The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Army should review laws, policies, and practices governing Army officer personnel management to institutionalize better human capital management practices required for the 21st century and beyond. As the Army transitions roles in Iraq and Afghanistan, a strategic opportunity exists to initiate a creative review of the Army's officer personnel management system to include officer accessions, assignments, promotions, officer transitions, and retirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 22, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA560776
Entities
People
- Thomas J. Edwards Jr.
Organizations
- United States Army War College