Challenges for Navy Officer Personnel Management
Abstract
Last year, Navy leadership proposed changes to how carrier strike groups (CSGs) may be deployed and manned, A fleet response plan (FRP) was proposed in which CSGs would have two 7-month deployments in a 36-month cycle. The effect on officer retention was a concern. Using recent data from CSGs that had deployed twice in an FRP cycle (i.e., "double-pumped" CSGs), we compared the retention of conventional surface warfare officers (SWOs) and aviators to the of comparable officers in CSGs that were not double-pumped. We found that exposure to a double-pump deployment did not appear to affect retention. Recently, Navy leadership proposed another FRP schedule that includes one 8-month deployment in a 36-month cycle. To increase readiness, officers would be prohibited from rotating during the training and deployment phases of the FRP cycle. We found that when officers were "locked down," average officer crew experience in the CSG was about 33 percent higher by the end of the deployment phase compared to that achieved using a traditional, unconstrained rotation plan. Average crew experience in the lock down model was 25 percent lower during the maintenance phase of the cycle. We found little empirical evidence linking average officer crew experience and readiness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA601388
Entities
People
- Ann D. Parcell
- David L. Reese
- Jonathon D. Mintz
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses