Study on the Effect of Voluntary Retirement of Captains with Prior Service on Field Grade Officer Shortfalls in Critically Manned Mission Support Career Fields.

摘要

There is a history field grade manning shortages in mission support career fields. As of August 1988, field grade manning in all mission support career fields was 74 percent--the lowest this decade. The authors of this study believe the early retirement of prior services officers adversely effects this field grade manning posture, particularly in those career fields which are critically manned. The analysis led to the following conclusions: There is a direct relationship between the years of prior service and continuation rates; Continuation rates of prior service personnel in critically manned AFSCs do not differ significantly from continuation rates for those in other mission support AFSCs; Retirements of company grade prior service officers has an adverse effect of field grade manning; The crux of the problem is centered on officers with eight or more years of prior service; Field grade shortfalls in critically manned AFSCs will not be improved noticeably in the near future without change. (SDW)