What DOD Needs to Do
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What DOD Needs to Do
DOD’s compensation strategies and principles (including benefits programs) need to be reexamined and revised to ensure DOD is using its resources in a cost-effective manner, including:
- Compiling the total costs to provide military compensation and communicating these costs to decision makers within DOD and Congress;
- Assessing the affordability and sustainability of the compensation system as well as the reasonableness and appropriateness of the allocation to cash and benefits and whether changes in the allocation are needed to more efficiently achieve recruiting and retention goals in the 21st century;
- Communicating to service members the value of pay and benefits and the competitiveness of the total compensation package when compared to civilian counterparts.
