Military personnel
Subtitle: DOD needs action plan to address enlisted personnel recruitment and retention challenges : report to Congressional committees
By: United States Government Accountability Office
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Personnel; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel
Publisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Armed Forces; Recruiting, enlistment; Rules and practice; National Guard; Reserves; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Other titles: Military personnel :; DOD needs action plan to address enlisted personnel recruitment and retention challenges; Department of Defense needs action plan to address enlisted personnel recruitment and retention challenges
Description: The Government Accountability Office, under the Comptroller General's authority assessed the extent to which Department of Defense's (DOD)  active, reserve, and National Guard components met their enlisted aggregate recruiting and retention goals; assessed the extent to which the components met their authorized personnel levels for enlisted occupational specialties; and analyzed the steps DOD has taken to address recruiting and retention challenges.
Notes: Cover title.

"November 2005."

"[Report to] the Honorable John Warner, Chairman, the Honorable Carl Levin, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate ... the Honorable Lindsey Graham, Chairman, the Honorable Ben Nelson, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate .. the Honorable Duncan L. Hunter, Chairman, the Honorable Ike Skelton, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives ... the Honorable John M. McHugh, Chairman, the Honorable Vic Snyder, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives"--P. 40.

"GAO-06-134."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via Internet from the GAO web site (http://www.gao.gov/). Address as of 2/07/06: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06134.pdf; current access available via PURL.