Preface |
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Summary |
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Acknowledgments |
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Research Questions and Method |
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Organization of This Report |
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Chapter Two Statutory Authority for General and Flag Officers |
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Numerical Limits on Active Duty General and Flag Officers |
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Numerical Limits on Reserve Component General and Flag Officers |
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Calculating Total Numbers of Reserve Component General and Flag Officers |
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The Effect of Exemptions on Reserve Component Staffing, Leadership, and Training |
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Chapter Three Managing Requirements, Authorizations, and Authorized Strength |
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From Requirements to Authorized Strength |
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Compliance with General and Flag Officer Authorized Strength |
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Appropriateness of Exemptions to Authorized Strength |
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Additional Issues Potentially Affecting RC G/FO Requirements, Authorizations, and Authorized Strength |
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Findings and Recommendations |
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Chapter Four Review of General and Flag Officer Positions |
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Data Collection Methodology and Protocol |
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Analysis of Current Reserve Component General and Flag Officer Positions |
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Findings and Recommendations |
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Chapter Five Considering Development in Setting Requirements .53 |
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Using Development to Evaluate the Adequacy of RC G/FO Requirements |
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Empirical Analysis of Developmental Benefits of RC G/FO Positions |
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Findings and Recommendations |
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Current System of Authorized Strength |
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Reserve Component General and Flag Officer Requirements Process |
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66 | (2) |
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Opportunities for Efficiencies |
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Considering Officer Development in Setting Requirements |
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A Key Statutory Provisions |
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B Subject-Matter Expert Interview Participants and Protocol |
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E RAND Data Collection Protocol: Instrument |
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F RAND Data Collection Protocol: Development, Deployment, and Coding |
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G Results of a More Stringent Analysis of RC G/FO Requirements |
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H Empirical Analysis of Development Aspects of RC G/FO Positions |
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Abbreviations |
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Bibliography |
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