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DOC~rENT RESUME
07173 - [B2547568]
The Army Can Irpro7e Feacetime Use of leploya1le Enliste,
Personnel. FPCD-78-66; B-146690. be) .Aber 7, 1975. 17 Pp. +
appendix (17 pp.).
Report to Secretary, Depa :tment rof Defease; %y H. L. Krie- ,e
Director, Federal Peracnnel and Ccpensatira biv.
Issue Area: Per.3onnel Management and Compensation (300).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Co-pensation Div.
Budner Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051).
Organization Concerned: Department of the Army; Department of
the Air Force; Lerartment of the Navy.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee cn Armel Services.
Authority: Army Regulation 570-4. Army Regulation 60G-200.
Although its combat mission Lab priority, the Army's
peacetime r'le and demand. on personnel are important. Army
headquartezs has not officially recolnized its peacetime needs
and incorporated them into its persoLnel management pclicles and
instructions. A study was conducted to determine whether
deployable Army enlisted military personnil were or could te
used effectively .nd proluctively tc accomplish w3ork nee.;ed to
maintain garrisons and, 7t the same time, enhance proficiency in
their tasic skills. Findings/Conclusions:: Army headguarters
does net provide adequately for using com1at persornnel for
meeting peacetime needs. It staffs its deplcyable units aad
develcs personnel management policies anJ instru'ctions on the
basis of combat requirements, and it gives nc substantive
recognition of -he need to usq deployable personnel for gurrison
work. Commandersc and individuals' percepticns of special duty
in the garrison and hob to use it effectively aeed to change.
Most of those contactea had negative perceptions of special
duty; these perceptions are demorelizing and not condicive to
good performance. The Army would benefit from more constructive
attitudes toward special duty. Special duty could be used as a
reward for good performance and, by using high achievers in
special duty, the required work could be accomrlished with fewer
people. Recommendations: The Secretary of Dexense, with the
cooperation cf the Secretary of the Army, should develop: policy
guidelines that recognize the extent of the Army's need to use
deployable military personnel to maintain its combat capability
and accomplish its garrison responsibilities; plans a ,d issue
guidclines that will aisist ccmanders at all levels in
as igning deployable personel from their units tc special duty
in the garrison that will maintain or enhance individual skill
proficiency and unit combat capablit',; and cost-effective heans
of recording reliable .nd realistic data on individuals' skill
;ualifications and on :raining and exp-rience ieeded to maintain
skill Froficiency. An interim system should te developed and](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaayam0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)