The Navy's Delayed Entry Program
Subtitle: a study of the effectiveness of preparing recruits for basic training
By:  John Dennis Nell
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: United States; United States.   Navy; Attrition (Military science); Recruiting, enlistment; Vocational guidance
Description: In FY-97, over 14 percent of all recruits who entered basic training attrited and nearly one-third of these were due to motivational problems. Could adequate training in the Navy's Delayed Entry Program (DEP) provide the      necessary tools to prepare recruits for basic training and reduce attrition? This thesis examines the DEP's effectiveness in preparing recruits for basic training. It examines how well the recruits were prepared; the types of training conducted; how effectively the recruits perceived their training to be while in the DEP; use of the DEP Personnel Qualification Standards (PQS); DEP meetings; and required recruiter/recruit weekly contact. Recruits at basic training were surveyed on various questions that pertained to their time in the DEP. The findings showed that training is not being conducted in the DEP. DEP PQS is not utilized as a primary training guide. Over one-third of the recruits sampled indicated that they were not told what to expect at basic training. Finally, over one-third of the recruits felt that the DEP did not prepare them for basic training. Recommendations were made to improve training in the DEP.
Notes: "March 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Crawford, Alice ; Ulozas, Benard.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-93).

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US Navy (USN) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 8/5/98.