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NSIAD-84-20 1 (1984-02-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabngl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: n UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 N ATIONAL 89CuAITY AND IiIII~' IIfII INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION 123439 B-211752 FEBRUARY 17, 1984 The Honorable John 0. Marsh, Jr. The Secretary of the Army Attention: The Inspector General DAIG-AI Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Army Could Do More To Reduce Imbalances in Military Occupational Specialties (GAO/NSIAD-84-20) Pay increases and cash bonuses, as well as declining civilian employment opportunities in 1981 and 1982, have boosted the Army's recruitment and retention success since 1981. Never- theless, skill imbalances--too many people in some military oc- cupational specialties (MOSs) and not enough people in others-- persist. Although the Army has taken numerous steps to reduce these skill imbalances, we found that its efforts have not been fully successful and that its reenlistment policy may not go far enough in reducing the problem. OBJECTIVEr SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY Our objective was to examine Army efforts to rectify skill imbalances in light of the highly favorable recruitment and re- tention environment of the past 2 years. Our review focused on MOSs which, according to Army criteria, are imbalanced in the aggregate; that is, they have either significantly more or fewer soldiers, in total, than the Army requires in these occupations. We based the information in this report largely on inter- views with Army officials in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (Enlisted Division) and the Military Person- nel Center in Washington, D.C. We also interviewed Army Forces Command officials to identify problems with reenlistment (967077) /111,3(139 / .. &o l* , ./%J I

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