Joint Professional Military Education and its effects on the Unrestricted Line Naval officer career
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: NAVY; RETENTION (GENERAL); EDUCATION; OFFICER PERSONNEL
Description: The results of this thesis show Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) has four primary impacts on the      Unrestricted Line (URL) Naval officer career. First, JPME is an effective retention tool. Second, almost all URL      officers completing WME do so between the 10 and 22 year points in their career. Third, a URL officer      completing any form of JPME prior to the 0-5 promotion board does not have a significantly better chance of      promoting to 0-5; whereas, a URL officer completing resident JPME prior to the 0-6 promotion board has a      significantly better chance of promoting to 0-6- except in the case of nonresident WME, intermediate level Phase      1/11, and the equivalents (Federal Executive Fellowships or Foreign Service Colleges). For these three forms of      JPME, the effect on promotion is insignificant at all levels. Fourth, unlike JPME, a URL officer completing any form      of graduate education prior to the 0-5 promotion board has a significantly better chance of promoting to 0-5. In      contrast, a URL officer completing graduate education after the 0-5 promotion board does not have a significantly      better chance of promoting to 0-6.
Notes: Thesis advisors, William R. Bowman, Gregory G. Hildebrandt.

AD-A331 606.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1997.

Includes bibliographical references.

dk/dk cc:9116 11/24/97.