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| Summary |
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Organization of the Report |
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4 | (1) |
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Reporting Requirement: Evaluation of the Impact on Officer Retention of Granting Promotion Boards the Authority to Recommend Officers of Particular Merit Be Placed at the Top of the Promotion List |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Reasons and Frequency with Which Officers in the Grade of 0-3 or Above Are Passed Over for Promotion to the Next-Highest Grade, Particularly Those Officers Who Have Pursued Advanced Degrees, Broadening Assignments, and Nontraditional Career Paths |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Utility and Feasibility of Creating New Competitive Categories or an Independent Career and Promotion Path for Officers in Low-Density Military Occupational Specialties |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of How the Armed Forces Can Avoid an Officer Corps Disproportionately Weighted Toward Officers Serving in the Grades of Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel and Navy Grades of Lieutenant Commander, Commander, and Captain, If Statutory Officer Grade Caps Are Relaxed |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (3) |
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Reporting Requirement: A Statistical Analysis Based on Exit Surveys and Other Data Available to the Military Departments on the Impact That Current Personnel Policies Under the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Have on Recruiting and Retention of Qualified Regular and Reserve Officers of the Armed Forces |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Benefits and Limitations of the Current Promotion Time Lines and the "Up-or-Out" System Required by Policy and Law |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Utility and Feasibility of Encouraging Officers to Pursue Careers of Lengths That Vary from the Traditional 20-Year Military Career and the Mechanisms That Could Be Employed to Encourage Officers to Pursue These Varying Career Lengths |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Current Officer Force-Shaping Authorities and Any Changes Needed to These Authorities to Improve Recruiting, Retention, and Readiness |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of Any Other Matters the Secretary of Defense Considers Appropriate to Improve the Effective Recruitment and Retention of Officers |
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Chapter Four Talent Management |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Extent to Which Current Personnel Policies Inhibit the Professional Development of Officers |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Efficacy of Officer Talent Management Systems Currently Used by the Military Departments |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of How Best to Encourage and Facilitate the Recruitment and Retention of Officers with Technical Expertise |
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Chapter Five Active/Reserve Permeability |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Utility and Feasibility of Allowing Officers to Transition Repeatedly and Seamlessly Between Active Duty and Reserve Active-Status Throughout the Course of Their Military Careers |
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Chapter Six Crosscut ting Issues |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of What Actions Have Been or Could Be Taken Within Current Statutory Authority to Address Officer Management Challenges |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of What Actions Can Be Taken by the Armed Forces to Change the Institutional Culture Regarding Commonly Held Perceptions on Appropriate Promotion Time Lines, Career Progression, and Traditional Career Paths |
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Reporting Requirement: An Analysis of the Impact That Increased Flexibility in Promotion, Assignments, and Career Length Would Have on Officer Competency in Their Military Occupational Specialties |
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Chapter Seven Flexibilities Introduced in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act |
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75 | (1) |
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Relationship to Reporting Requirements in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act |
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Chapter Eight Conclusions and Recommendations |
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A Review and Reporting Topics |
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B Selected Status of Forces Survey Results |
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C Statutory and Policy Provisions by Topic |
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| Bibliography |
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