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The Effects of Perstempo on Officer Retention in the U.S. Military
Are increased deployments in the U.S. military associated with decreased retention? This report looks at retention of military officers in the decade following the Gulf War, as deployments increased and force numbers decreased. The study casts doubt on hypotheses that say "more deployment causes lower retention" or "hostile deployment causes lower retention." While servicemembers often give negative opinions of deployment in surveys of likes and dislikes of military service, these opinions do not seem to translate into actual behavior. In fact, this report, which evaluates the actual behavior of officers leaving military service in relation to how much deployment they experienced, does not find an association between increasing deployment and increasing separation rates. Officers were modeled at two major phases in their careers; hostile and nonhostile deployments were accounted for and measured accordingly in analyzing retention rates.
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Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Abbreviations PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two:
Deployment Rates and Measures PDF
Chapter Three:
Analytic Approach and Data PDF
Chapter Four:
The Effects of Perstempo on Retention PDF
Chapter Five:
Discussions and Conclusions PDF
Appendix A:
Modeling Methodolgy PDF
Appendix B:
Detailed Regression Results PDF
Appendix C:
Officer Retention with Respect to Other Demographics PDF
Appendix D:
Definition of Occupational Categories PDF
References PDF
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