Quality of Career Non-Commissioned Officers
FPCD-81-33: Published: Dec 31, 1980. Publicly Released: Dec 31, 1980.
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Concern was expressed about the loss of large numbers of quality noncommissioned officers (NCO's) from the services. Beyond the loss of too many skilled NCO's, the concerns centered on whether those NCO's staying in the services are of the same quality level as those who are leaving. GAO made a trend analysis which examined three quality indicators: (1) mental category; (2) educational level; and (3) pay grade.
GAO found that among those NCO's the services desire to retain: (1) the services tend to be losing those who have higher mental aptitudes than those reenlisting; (2) there is little difference in the educational levels of those staying and those leaving; and (3) those staying have average pay grades slightly higher than those leaving.
Oct 16, 2017
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Reserve Component Travel:
DOD Should Assess the Effect of Reservists' Unreimbursed Out-of-Pocket Expenses on RetentionGAO-18-181: Published: Oct 16, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 16, 2017.
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Defense Nuclear Enterprise:
Processes to Monitor Progress on Implementing Recommendations and Managing Risks Could Be ImprovedGAO-18-144: Published: Oct 5, 2017. Publicly Released: Oct 5, 2017.
Sep 29, 2017
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Defense Health Reform:
Steps Taken to Plan the Transfer of the Administration of the Military Treatment Facilities to the Defense Health Agency, but Work Remains to Finalize the PlanGAO-17-791R: Published: Sep 29, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2017.
Sep 28, 2017
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Defense Supply Chain:
DOD Needs Complete Information on Single Sources of Supply to Proactively Manage the RisksGAO-17-768: Published: Sep 28, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2017. -
Nuclear Nonproliferation:
NNSA Needs to Improve Its Program Management Policy and PracticesGAO-17-773: Published: Sep 28, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2017.
Sep 27, 2017
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Defense Management:
DOD Needs to Improve Its Oversight of Executive AgentsGAO-17-601: Published: Sep 27, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 2017.
Sep 26, 2017
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Navy and Marine Corps Training:
Further Planning Needed for Amphibious Operations TrainingGAO-17-789: Published: Sep 26, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 26, 2017.
Sep 19, 2017
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Navy Readiness:
Actions Needed to Address Persistent Maintenance, Training, and Other Challenges Affecting the FleetGAO-17-809T: Published: Sep 19, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 19, 2017.
Sep 12, 2017
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Naval Shipyards:
Actions Needed to Improve Poor Conditions that Affect OperationsGAO-17-548: Published: Sep 12, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2017. -
Weapon Systems Management:
Product Support Managers' Perspectives on Factors Critical to Influencing Sustainment-Related DecisionsGAO-17-744R: Published: Sep 12, 2017. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2017.
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