Army Could Do More To Reduce Imbalances in Military Occupational Specialties
NSIAD-84-20
Published: Feb 17, 1984. Publicly Released: Feb 17, 1984.
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Highlights
GAO examined Army efforts to rectify skill imbalances in light of the highly favorable recruitment and retention environment of the past 2 years. The review focused on military occupational specialties (MOS) which have either significantly more or fewer soldiers than the Army requires in these occupations.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of the Army | The Secretary of the Army should implement, on a test basis, the Army's stated policy for controlling first-term reenlistments in overstrength MOS and retrain soldiers into understrength MOS. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The Army believes that its policy is accomplishing the objective of balancing the force without the negative impact it believes would be inherent in involuntary retraining or forced separation programs. GAO has seen no data to support the Army's contention that it is improving force alignment or that enforcing the policy option would have an adverse effect on retention.
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Air Force personnelArmy personnelCareer planningMilitary recruitingMilitary occupational specialtiesMilitary trainingPersonnel managementTraining utilizationMilitary forcesMilitary officers