Research Catalog

Title

Tour lengths, permanent changes of station, and alternatives for savings and improved stability / Craig A. Bond [and 5 others].

Author

Bond, Craig A. (Craig Andrew)

Publication

• Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Lewis, Jennifer Lamping, 1976-
• Leonard, Henry A.
• Guo, Christopher
• Rostker, Bernard
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Description

xxiv, 157 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Summary

"The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) moves about one-third of its military service members each year. This study was designed in part to support DoD in preparing a report for Congress on its permanent change of station (PCS) programs. It examined the workings of those programs with the goal of determining the potential for savings that could accrue from reducing the total number of PCS moves by increasing the average amount of time between them. The research covered current policies and programs, looking particularly at incentive programs designed to encourage service members to stay longer at their current stations. The authors collaborated with the Defense Manpower Data Center to develop survey questions designed to collect responses on individual propensities to extend tours and the factors that influence such decisions, with emphasis on overseas tours, which are the most expensive. The analysis suggests that a substantial fraction of those serving overseas would be willing to extend their tour of service if a sufficiently attractive incentive package were offered. The authors recommend implementation of an auction mechanism that would allow service members to bid for extensions to their current overseas tours. The estimated average annual savings could range from $19 million to $84 million"--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Tour lengths, PCS, and alternatives for savings and improved stability

Subject

• United States. Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures
• Employee retention > United States
• United States > Personnel management
• United States > Transfer
• United States > Pay, allowances, etc

Note

• "RR-1034-OSD"--Cover page 4.
• "Rand National Defense Research Institute."
• "Prepared for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographcal references (pages 155-157).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Current Permanent Change of Station Policy and Programs to Increase Tour Lengths -- Estimating the Supply of Voluntary Overseas Tour Extensions Without Incentives -- Estimating the Supply of Voluntary Overseas Tour Extensions with Incentives -- Implementing a Program to Extend Overseas Tours of Service -- The Relationships Among Tour Lengths, Moves, and Costs -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

ISBN

• 0833091220
• 9780833091222

LCCN

^^2016931952

OCLC

936620275

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Harvard Library