Bøger af Michael G. Mattock

This report documents efforts to implement a capability for the U.S. Department of Defense to assess alternative policies to enhance officer retention using estimates of behavioral responses to policy and provides source code and foundations of a spreadsheet version of the model.

A proposal allowing vested Army reservists to receive military retirement benefits immediately upon retiring is analyzed for effects on the size and experience mix of the Army reserve and active components and on Army personnel costs.

Presents officer and enlisted retention and cost effects of a new approach to reserve compensation proposed by the 11th QRMC. The approach is viable, enhances force management, costs less, but requires supplemental pay to sustain retention.

The dynamics of growth in worldwide satellite communications capacity over the past two decades is closely related to general economic growth.