Joint Professional Military Education and Its Effects on the Unrestricted LineNaval Officer Career

摘要

The results of this thesis show Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) hasfour primary impacts on the Unrestricted Line (URL) Naval officer career. First, JPME is an effective retention tool. Second, almost all URL officers completing WME do so between the 10 and 22 year points in their career. Third, a URL officer completing any form of JPME prior to the 0-5 promotion board does not have a significantly better chance of promoting to 0-5; whereas, a URL officer completing resident JPME prior to the 0-6 promotion board has a significantly